Unit 6: Global Communism
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Communism | an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions |
| Russia/Soviet Union/USSR | a state that implemented communism in the revolution of 1917 and had it until 1991 and was ruled by dictators for much of that time |
| China | state that implemented communism in 1949 under the direction of Mao Zedong, leading to many social changes and the cultural revolution |
| Cold War | 1946-1991 conflict between the capitalist United States and the communist USSR that was fought indirectly, causing the space race, wars in other places, and an arms race.Warsaw Pact vs. NATO |
| Russian Revolution 1917 | when Russia changed their government from the tsar, through the Provisional Government, to communism under the guidance of Lenin and the Bolsheviks massive revolutionary upheaval in 1917 that overthrew the Romanov dynasty in Russia and ended with the seizure of power of communists under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin |
| Soviet Communist Party/Bolsheviks | Russian revolutionary party led by Vladimir Lenin and later renamed the communist party; the name "Bolshevik" means "the majority" |
| Berlin Wall | wall separating communist East Germany from West Germany - symbolized divide and opposition between communism and capitalism. Fell on November 6, 1989. |
| Provisional Government | government of Russia in between the Tsar and the Bolsheviks, ineffective and unpopular because of their refusal to exit WWI, the Bolsheviks took power from them in October 1917 |
| Lenin | the leader of the Bolshevik party and Russia's communist revolution and head of the Soviet State from 1917 until his death |
| Stalin | leader of the Soviet Union starting in 1924, he was paranoid and had many people killed in order to maintain his power |
| Chinese Communist Party (CCP) | Chinese political party began in 1928 that was forced out of the cities and so had to adapt their ideology and gain the support of peasants in their fight against the Guominding (Nationalist Party) that was in power. They won this fight when they took power in 1949 |
| Mao Zedong | Chairman of China's Communist Party and de facto ruler of China from 1919 until his death in 1974 |
| Warsaw Pact | military alliance of the USSR and the communist states of Eastern Europe during the cold war |
| Iron Curtain | expression for the division between democratic, American-dominated Western Europe and communist, Russian-dominated Eastern Europe |
| Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) | when Cuba's nationalist revolution became a communist revolution under the guidance of Fidel Castro, the United States became hostile to a communist nation so close to them. Russia was happy because Cuba had become communist without their intervention, and they sent the small island nation nuclear missiles that they could use on the US. The US was very threatened about this and prepared to invade Cuba in 13 days of extreme tension between all countries, but the event ended with a compromise |
| Deng Xiaoping | China's leader after Mao Zedong that essentially ended socialism and communism in his country, allowing China's economy to have more private business and foreign involvement. However, he did not allow China to become democratic and the communist party held power |
| Mikhail Gorbechev | Russia's leader who essentially ended the Cold War by refusing to get involved with global communism and cutting back on the arms race with the US. He also tried to change the culture of Russia with glasnot (openness), which allowed people to know the truth about the government, which made them want democracy. After Russia had democracy, communism ended there |
| glasnot (openness) | Mikhail Gorbechev's police of openness that allowed more cultural freedom in Russia. Soon the culture exploded with the truth of what had and was happening. This led them to want democracy, which led to the end of communism in Russia. |
| arms race | the US and the USSR competed to have the most nuclear missiles during the Cold War, and |
| pop culture | during the Cold War, American |
| third world | industrialized, former colonies that the US and USSR competed for alliances, with each wanted them to become democratic or communist, respectively |
| second world | Soviet-aligned nations (Warsaw Pact) |
| first world | American-aligned nations (NATO) |
| superpowers | America and Russia emerged as this after WWII because they had not been |
| military-industrial complex | coalition of American armed services, research labs, and private defense industries as a result of the cold war arms race |
| ashram | word meaning "village" or "community", Gandhi's idea of an equal community without classes, everybody shares the work |
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