Ch 33-2

Group Discussions

Standards:

I-C.9 Analyze and evaluate international developments following World War II, the cold war and post-cold war.

I-C.10 Evaluate the ideologies and outcomes of independence movements in the emerging third world.

Objective:

Explain how the Communists took control of China.

Analyze the civil war between the Nationalist and the Communist.

Explain how China split into two Nations.

Describe how males Marxist regime transform China.

WICOR: Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading

EQ: In your opinion, why did the Great Leap Forward fail?

Communist vs. Nationalist

World War II in China

Civil War resumes

The two China's affect the Cold War

The superpowers react

China expands under the Communists

The Communists transform China

Communist claim a new Mandate of Heaven

Mao’s brand of marxist socialism

The Great Leap Forward

New policies and Mao’s response

The cultural revolution

Vocabulary:

Mao Zedong

Communist leader who defeated the Nationalists and led the People's Republic of China

Jiang Jieshi

Nationalist leader who set up a new government in Taiwan

Commune

Large farm setup in China in which many families work the land and live together

Red Guards

Young Chinese students who carried out the Cultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution

Uprising in China between 1966 and 1976 that aimed to establish a society of peasants and workers in which all were equal