(1934-1935)- strategic retreat that cemented Mao’s status
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“Two Chinas”
Creation of “__**________**__” : Mao’s communist China and Chiang’s nationalist China in Taiwan
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Great-Leap Forward
1958 __**“________”**__ Plan to modernize China and turn China into an industrial power
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Sino-Soviet Spilt
Creates a bid for leadership of the communist movement
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Cultural Revolution
Mao announces a _____. Hides the __**mistakes**__ of the Great Leap Forward. Mao’s __**“Little Red Book”**__ spread his ideology. Re-motivates the __**revolutionary**__ movement
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Tiananmen Square
__**In 1989 Students peacefully demonstrated in Beijing’s**__ **_________ for the political reform Deng’s changes lacked.** Demanded greater freedom and **democracy.** Demonstrators refused to break up
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Nationalist leader of the Guomindang Party who united China in 1928. Faced a constant struggle with communist and Japanese invaders
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Mao Zedong
Was a communist leader
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Taiwan
1949- Mao drove Chiang Kai Shek out of mainland China
Shek retreated to island of **________.**
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People’s Republic of China
The **____________** (Communist China) was not allowed to join the __**United Nations**__
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Red Guards
Mao gathers 11 million students to meet in Beijing as **_______.**
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Deng Xiaoping
__**1976**__- Mao died and __**_______**__ became China’s leader
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Ho Chi Minh
leader of Communist North Vietnam. Received aid from China and the Soviet Union
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Viet Cong
South Vietnamese Communist that supported the North. Used Guerilla warfare
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Indian National Congress
formed in 1885, main organization dedicated to Indian Independence
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Muslim League
Gandhi tried to convince Muslims (led by __**Muhammad Ali Jinnah**__ of the **_________**), Hindus and Britain not to divide India into 2 __**separate**__ nations.
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Passive Resistance
Gandhi developed policy of _________
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Civil Disobedience
Gandhi urged Indians to disobey unjust British Laws
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Salt March
1930- Led the _____ to protest the British Salt tax
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Cottage Industries
Gandhi encourage Indians to boycott British Cotton goods and to buy homemade goods.
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Pan Africanism
the belief that all Africans shared a common identity
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Single Party System
In the 1980s, the military or **__________** ruled many African nations.
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Tribalism
The concept of nationhood was __**undermined by warring ethnic groups (**__**_________**__**)**__ because originally national boundaries had been drawn __**arbitrarily**__ by colonial powers (__**Berlin Conference**__)
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Mohandas Gandhi
Leader of the National Indian Congress
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pakistan was a Muslim Nation led by ______. (Led the Muslim League)
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Jawaharlal Nehru
India was a Hindu Nation led by _______
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W.E.B. Dubois
A Harvard-educated African American who tried to make all Africans aware of their cultural heritage.
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Marcus Garvey
A Jamaican who lived in Harlem stressed the need for unity of all Africans (Pan-Africanism)
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Jomo Kenyatta
Argued that British rule was destroying native culture in Kenya.
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Leopold Senghor
Organized an independence movement in Senegal.
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Nmamdi Azikiwi
Started a Newspaper called the West African Pilot and urged nonviolence as a method to gain independence
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Ghana
He refused to support Britain
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Charles DeGaulle
Granted Algeria its independence in 1962
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Droughts/AIDS
____ __and__ _____ and population growth have crippled some African Economy and a serious problem in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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General Ojukwu
Organized the rebellion and declared the east an independent state called Biafra.
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Hutus/Tutsis
In central Africa, fighting between ______ created unstable governments in Burundi and Rwanda.
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Mandate System
1920’s: British and the French divided up the Middle East under a League of Nations “_______”
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Pan Arabism
By 1953, now independent Egypt under leader __**Gamal Abdel Nasser**__ sought to unite all Arab nations.
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Balfour Declaration
1917: Declared Britain to be in favor of establishing "a national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine. \n Jews began to migrate to Palestine.
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White Paper
1937- After pressure by Arabs, Britain limited immigration to 75,000 additional Jews.
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General Abdel Nasser
Created Pan Arabism
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Suez Canal
He hoped to get support to force the British out of the __**_______**__ and to get weapons to fight against Israel.
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Theodor Herzi
writer who fought for the creation of the Jewish state of Israel (1800s)
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UN Partition Plan
After WWII, the U.N. proposed __**dividing the remaining territory into a Jewish and an Arab State.**__
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Kwame Ojukwu
Under the guidance of __**__________**__, __**Ghana**__ was the first former British colony to gain independence (1957).
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Israeli War for Independence
1948- Beat back the invading Arab armies; Israel won the war (Doubled it’s territory and gained one half of Jerusalem).