Reflection Essay on Chapter 16 World History Study Guide – Flashcards

an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea

Started by Mao Zedong, combined collective farms into People’s Communes, failed because there was no incentive to work harder, ended after 2 years

large collectivized farms, created by Mao

a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard

Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)

Leader of the Nationalist Party after 1925

mao’s quotations of proper communist living; carried by the red guard

1977-1992 leader of China; increased trade, farmers own land, reduce police force

Deng Xiaoping’s plan to change China after the disaster of Cultural Revolution. Improve- agriculture, science/technology, defense and industry

Act in China that allows people to have only 1 child in the city and 2 children in the countryside.

a war between North and South Korea

line of latitude that separated North and South Korea

a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited

a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula

N. Korea’s older president, died shortly after becoming president, son took his spot

was a great Indian nationalist leader who worked for independence and social reform. He became first prime minister of independent India, a position he retained until his death. He initiated India’s nonalignment policy in foreign affairs.

daughter of Nehru who served as prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984)

Nonviolent religous group that blended Buddhism, Hinduism and Sufism

an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India

a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley

a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south

an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands

Indonesian statesman who obtained the independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands in 1949 and served as president until ousted by Suharto in a coup d’etat (1901-1970)

an organization of Vietnamese Communists and other nationalist groups that between 1946 and 1954 fought for Vietnamese independence from the French

Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969)

a nation in southeastern Asia

a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970

Philippine politician; he was elected president of the Philippines in 1965, but soon became an authoritarian dictator. He imposed martial law, arrested his political opponents, and stole millions from his country’s treasury.

unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II

an economic system that is primarily capitalistic but there is some degree of government ownership of the means of production

Collective name for South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore-nations that became economic powers in the 1970s and 1980s.

Korean leader who became president of South Korea after World War II and led Korea during Korean War.

the capital of Nationalist China

an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea

an island south of the Malay Peninsula

formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province