WH 15.3 Communism Spreads in East Asia – Flashcards

system in which private farms were eliminated, instead, the government owned all the land while the peasants worked on it.

created the Communist government of North Korea and has existed since World War II and ruled North Korea as a dictator today

China's second five-year plan under the leadership of the impatient Mao, it aimed to speen up economic development while simultaneously developing a completely socialitst society. This plan failed and more than 20 million people starved between 1958 and 1960.

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

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

Location of the Battle of Pusan Perimeter. Defined by the furthest advance by North Korean forces during the Korean War. American and South Korean forces halt North Korea's advance to the South

line of latitude that separated North and South Korea

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

Peasants were given land but then Mao moved people from their small villages and individual farms into communes of thousands of people on thousands of acres. This was suppose to increase farm and industrial production but it produced low quality, useless goods and less food.

China sent troops to help the North Koreans when the United Nations stopped the North Koreans at the Pusan Perimeter.

South Korea enjoyed an economic boom and a rise in living standards, while communist North Korea's economy decline. North Korea was kept isolated and poor.