CH 4 woz words china and japan

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republic

form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body

warlord

a person who exercises military, economic, and political control over a region, often in a country without a strong national government

dynasty

a very powerful or royal family line

purge

to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify; get rid of everything

boxer rebellion

1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops.

yuan shi kai

a warlord and a general in the Chinese army, a president of republic of china, replaced pu-yi on the throne for emperor

beiyang army

a large, Western-style Imperial Chinese Army established by the Qing dynasty

koumintang

It’s a major political party in the Republic of China, initially based on the Chinese mainland and then in Taiwan since 1949

millitary dictator

a type of dictatorship in which power is held by one or more military officers

21 demands

claims made by the Japanese government to special privileges in China during World War I

peasant

lowest class of person

new culture movement

a progressivist movement in China in the 1910s and 1920s that criticized classical Chinese ideas and promoted a new Chinese culture based upon progressive, modern ideals like elections and science.

manifesto

a public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by a political party or candidate.

may fourth movement

a Chinese cultural and anti-imperialist political movement which grew out of student protests in Beijing

chinese communist party

communist group in china

chiang kai-shek

second leader of the KMT, main guy that fought the CCP

the three principles

nationalism, democracy, social and economic reform

northern expedition

a military campaign launched by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang against the Beiyang government and other regional warlords in 1926

insurrection

a violent uprising against an authority or government

martial law

the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers

mao zedong

main leader in the CCP and fought the KMT

xian incident

a significant political crisis in China from December 12 to 26, 1936, where the leader of the Nationalist government was placed under house arrest by his own generals in a city in northwest China

puppet state

a state that is independent but completely dependent upon an outside power and subject to its orders

penal system

the punishment’s which people receive for breaking the law as defined in the legal system

eight points for attention

a list of rules laid down for the marchers

proletarian

workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism); urban working class

diet

a national assembly, the lower house of the japanese parliament which first sat in 1890

inukai tsuyoshi

Japanese prime minister, promoted a fuck ton of democracy, assianated after being against manchuria invasion

kwantung army

a general army of the Imperial Japanese Army

emperor hirohito

emperor of Japan that teamed up with Hitler

admiral makoto saito

leader of the national unity government (land in Manchuria Japan got)

second sino-japenese war

the Chinese War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1945 as part of World War II.

marco polo bridge

a stone bridge located 15 km southwest of Beijing's city center in the Fengtai District. It bridges the Yongding River, a major tributary of Hai River.

general hideki tojo

Japanese prime minister that wanted a more nazi type government

french indochina

a grouping of French colonial territories in Mainland Southeast Asia

dutch east indies

was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence

pearl harbor

a amercian military base that was surprised attacked by that japanese

pre-emptive strike

a surprise attack launched with the stated intention of countering an anticipated enemy offensive

sun yat-sen

first leader of the KMT

mercenary

a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army