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- 2. A desperate move made by Mao during the Chinese Civil War, he ordered his troops to retreat back to an extremely far northern area in China. But as dangerous and costly it was, it paid off, similar to how at the last minute the underdog team somehow managed to make a comeback and win, his troops/forces managed to win the civil war afterwards. [L1B]
- 8. A book that was promoted among the young people in the Cultural Revolution, filled with quotes and stories of Mao. It was like their version of the “Bible’ except it taught other things than “God”.
- 10. An ethnic group located in the northern part of Western China, mostly identity as being Muslim. But recently, they have been subject to harassment from the Chinese Government in the name of combating terrorism. Even though many nations have condemned the Chinese on their approach and actions against the ethnic group, there have been no major actions to stop this. [L6]
- 11. Guards Made up of mostly young people, like middle schoolers, high schoolers, etc, this group of youngsters would go around finding enemies of the revolution or destroy things that didn’t fall in line with communism. But yet again, since these are kids we are talking about, it was hard to keep control of them.
- 12. An economic ideology in which if you work hard enough, you will earn a profit, and help promote competition, therefore a good economy. It is also the economic ideology used by Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War.
- 13. Unlike Mao’s “Four Olds”, these four things implemented by Deng actually improved China economically (through agriculture, industry, military, & technology) and weren’t things to get rid off by the Red Guards.
- 14. Lama The leader of the region of Tibet. After being forced to flee due to Chinese intervention, the leader has been on a world tour to promote support for his nation’s freedom.
- 15. As much as the communist party and the Kuomintang party hated each other (to point of civil war), they can both agree that this leader was great and have continued his legacy.
- 16. After the unifier that held together both the communist & nationlist party had died, the two parties split and began to fight each other. But like any sibling rivalry, they worked together for some time when another nation joined in the fight, and managed to push back Japan from invading all of China. And then it was back to fighting. [L2B]
- 17. An economic ideology in which the people work together to help each other out, resulting in no need for a government. But most leaders just leave out the last part, and make their own interpretation of the ideology.
- 19. A province, once under British rule, that technically is a part of China but has major differences compared to China. It’s a weird relationship, but once 50 years have passed since the agreement was made between Britain & China to return the province, it will no longer have any differences compared to China. [L5]
- 20. The last and final Chinese dynasty to rule China before it was beaten by the British over drugs, specifically Opium. It is also the reason why Sunyatsen launched revolt against foreign powers in China and laid the foundation for the state of Hong Kong.
Down
- 1. A master plan led by Mao to make China more industrialized and a stronger nation. It’s simple, grow plenty of food to feed everyone in China and have plenty to spare to sell across the world, hence a great economy! (Also simply ignore any signs or reports of famine among the people, it’s just rumors). [L2A]
- 3. A region in China that has ancient Buddhist roots and once even had independence from China after the fall of the Qing. But once China got its stuff together after inner conflict & civil war, it ‘reclaimed' the region back under Chinese rule, and has since continued to fight to regain freedom. [L5]
- 4. Groups made up of mostly college students began to protest the little, if none at all, social change under Deng, in Tiananmen Square. And like most authoritarian governments, they send troops to attack and remove the protesters. All except that one person who had the guts to stand in front of a tank!
- 5. Ever in a situation where you are a leader of a huge nation and need support from the people (cause somehow you failed to help them during a famine)? Then simply create a “revolution” for those young children & teens, teach them you are good, great, and better than their family, give them a little red book to read, and let them riot/kill/snitch their way to freedom. [L2B]
- 6. A Chinese civil war veteran, who worked for Mao, then got fired, and then rehired, and fired, many times. After Mao died, he was chosen to be the next leader of China, and made many improvements through his policies. But although he made the market freer, the people were still not given much freedom. [L3]
- 7. What most stubborn people can’t seem to get rid of: Old ideas, old culture, old customs and finally for people like me, old habits! And of course, can’t forget that the Red Guards were encouraged to destroy or get rid of these things, since these were too “western”.
- 9. An island off the coast of China that claims to be the “true” China. But it’s a bit different to back that up when they lost in the Chinese Civil War and failed to receive much recognition from other nations (since if they do China puts them on their naughty list, resulting in no trade from China). [L1B]
- 18. Zehong A peasant in the rural area of China, but soon after being educated would go on to lead his people (aka communists) to victory and take over all of China. And from there, it would go all down hill, to the point of brainwashing young people.