The Russian Revolution
These were the two specific revolutions that took place in Russia in 1917.
What are the February and October Revolutions?
This term refers to the industrial urban working class who do not own the means of production.
Who are the proletariat?
Known as the "Father of Modern China," he helped end imperial rule in 1911.
Who is Sun Yat-sen?
Following their defeat in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists fled to this island.
What is Taiwan?
On this date, Mao Zedong officially announced the birth of the People's Republic of China.
What is October 1, 1949?
This major international conflict acted as a primary cause for the 1917 uprisings.
What is World War I?
These local councils of workers, soldiers, and peasants eventually became the namesake for the Soviet Union.
What are Soviets?
This 1911 event officially ended thousands of years of imperial rule in China.
What is the Xinhai Revolution?
This 1927 event saw KMT forces turn on their Communist allies, killing thousands in a surprise attack.
What is the Shanghai Massacre?
Unlike the Soviet focus on the urban proletariat, Mao believed this group would lead the revolution in China.
Who are the peasants?
The Provisional Government lost public support primarily because it failed to do this.
What is withdraw Russia from World War I?
This was the name of the early Soviet secret police force used to eliminate "class enemies."
What is the Cheka?
Sun Yat-sen’s "Three Principles of the People" consisted of these three ideals.
What are Nationalism, Democracy, and Livelihood?
This was the name of the CCP’s massive retreat to escape destruction by the KMT forces.
What is the Long March?
This Soviet policy followed "War Communism" and allowed for a "temporary retreat" by permitting small businesses and private profit.
What is the New Economic Policy (NEP)?
This three-word slogan was used by the Bolsheviks to promise an end to the war, food for the cities, and land for the peasants.
What is "Peace, Land, and Bread"?
These Communist Party officials were assigned to military units to ensure loyalty to the party's ideology.
Who are commissars?
This student-led protest against the Treaty of Versailles helped spark Chinese nationalism in 1919.
What is the May Fourth Movement?
In 1937, the KMT and CCP paused their civil war to form a "United Front" against this invading nation.
Who is Japan?
Famine and economic collapse were the primary negative results of this strict early Soviet economic policy.
What is War Communism?
Lenin believed this specific type of group was necessary to lead the workers to a successful socialist revolution.
What is a small, disciplined group of professional revolutionaries (the Bolsheviks)?
This policy, the CCP’s biggest "selling point," involved taking land from wealthy landlords to give to the poor.
What is Land Reform?
He took over leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen.
Who is Chiang Kai-shek?
While the KMT represented the urban middle class and business elites, the CCP represented these two groups.
Who are the rural peasantry and the working class?
During the Russian Civil War, the "Reds" gained support by portraying their "White" opponents as puppets of these.
What are foreign invaders (or foreign interventionists)?