Red Dragon Rising
This communist leader gained support in China by redistributing land to peasants.
Who is Mao Zedong?
This Iranian monarch introduced the White Revolution to modernize and reform the country.
Who is Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi?
This country redistributed millions of acres of land beginning with a 2001 law.
What is Venezuela?
In Vietnam, this communist leader promised land to peasants, earning their loyalty.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
China's land reform during the Great Leap Forward caused how many deaths from starvation?
What is about 20 million?
This economic plan in 1958 aimed to rapidly transform China’s economy but led to mass starvation.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
The U.S. and Britain helped overthrow this democratically elected Iranian prime minister in 1953.
Who is Mohammad Mosaddegh?
Illegal what caused tension during land redistribution in Latin America?
What are squatters?
Vietnam's unequal land ownership before communism reflected the legacy of this European power.
What is France (colonialism)?
Iranian land reforms were opposed by both landlords and this group.
Who are religious conservatives (or frustrated peasants)?
These agricultural communities held land collectively and were central to Mao's land policy.
What are communes?
The White Revolution aimed to give land to peasants, expand women’s rights, and improve these two things
What is literacy or social welfare?
This Central American country’s land reform efforts led to U.S. intervention in 1954.
What is Guatemala?
In Ethiopia, this socialist leader took power in 1974 and carried out violent purges.
Who is Mengistu Haile Mariam?
Mengistu’s rule in Ethiopia was marked by famine, economic failure, and this kind of political violence.
What are assassinations or purges?
Mao launched this 1966 movement to purge critics and reinforce communist ideology.
What is the Cultural Revolution?
The 1979 revolution in Iran replaced the shah with this form of religious government.
What is a theocracy?
This U.S.-backed company opposed land reform in Guatemala and helped oust President Arbenz.
What is the United Fruit Company?
Ethiopian ruler Haile Selassie struggled to implement this type of reform.
What is land reform?
In Venezuela, this group was angry about the land they were forced to give up.
Who are large landowners?
This group of radical students enforced Mao’s ideology and targeted intellectuals.
Who are the Red Guards?
The Iranian clergy formed this powerful council to ensure laws aligned with Islamic law.
What is the Guardian Council?
This famous Mexican artist painted a mural condemning the U.S. role in Guatemala.
Who is Diego Rivera?
Kerala, a state in this country, passed a series of successful land laws in the 1960s and 1970s.
What is India?
In India, this 1969 law allowed tenants to become full owners of land in Kerala.
What is land ownership reform (or land purchase rights)?