DE 23.2 Communist China Vocab plus

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Cold War

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A period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies, after World War II.

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People’s Liberation Army

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The combined military forces of the People's Republic of China, including land, sea, and air forces.

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Great Leap Forward

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An economic and social campaign by the Communist Party of China from 1958 to 1962 aimed at rapidly transforming the country from an agrarian economy into a socialist society through rapid industrialization and collectivization.

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agrarian

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Relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.

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Mao Zedong

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The founding father of the People's Republic of China and its leader from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.

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ally

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A state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose.

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communism

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A political and economic ideology advocating for a classless system in which the means of production are owned communally.

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Cultural Revolution

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A sociopolitical movement in China from 1966 until 1976, initiated by Mao Zedong, aiming to preserve Chinese communism by purging remnants of capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society.

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cult of personality

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When a country's regime uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods to create an idealized, heroic, and worshipful image of a leader.

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Red Guards

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A mass student-led paramilitary social movement mobilized by Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution.