Ch 33-2
Communists Take Power in China
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
WWII and China
Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolution
The two China's affect the Cold War
The superpowers react
China expands under the Communists
Chinese Cold War
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
Mao's China
The Great Leap Forward
What Was China's Cultural Revolution and Why Was It So Violent?
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