AP World History Chapter 29 Terms

The 1920s and 1930s, shaped by the results of World War I.

Leader of the provisional government in Russia after the fall of the tsar; kept Russia in World War I and resisted major reforms; overthrown by Bolsheviks at the end of 1917.

Successor to Sun as leader of the Nationalists; fierce opponent of the Communists, yet he formed an alliance with them to fight Japan.

Great social and economic changes were the hallmark of this decade.

Military organization constructed under leadership of Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik follower of Lenin; made use of people of humble background.

To escape the Nationalists, 90,000 Mao supporters traveled thousands of miles in 1934 to remote regions; solidified Mao's leadership and created much of his myth.

A multinational treaty sponsored by American and French diplomats that outlawed war; an example of the optimism that existed during part of the 1920s.

Lenin's temporary measure that allowed some capitalism within a Communist framework; food production increased under this program; ended by Stalin.

Artistic style rendering familiar objects in geometric shapes; headed by Pablo Picasso, who was influenced by African art.

Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)

Created in Italy by Mussolini and expanded in Germany by Hitler, this political and economic movement promoted socialist programs combined with authoritarianism.

a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia

Australia, Canada, and New Zealand; forged separate "autonomous communities" within the British empire, called the British Commonwealth of Nations.

Assistant to Lenin who beat out Trotsky for undisputed control of the U.S.S.R. after Lenin's death; installed the nationalistic "socialism in one country" program, collectivization, and widespread purges.

In Japan, industrial corporations with close government cooperation that expanded rapidly in this era into shipbuilding and other heavy industries.

International office of communism under U.S.S.R. dominance established to encourage the formation of Communist parties in Europe and the world.

Mexican revolutionary who led guerrilla fighting in the North; pursued unsuccessfully by the U.S. government in 1913.

Soviet policy of eliminating private ownership of farmland and creating large state-run farms.

Mexican revolutionary who led guerrilla fighting in the South; motto was "Tierra y Libertad"; demanded land reform.

Popular 1919 uprising in China against Japanese interference and for Western-style government that featured intellectuals and students as its leaders; sank under the weight of problems facing China in the early 20th century.

Conservative peasant movement in the 1920s in Mexico; backed by the Catholic church and many politicians; resisted the secularization of the culture and government.

Western-educated leader of the Revolutionary Alliance, the Guomindang, and at times, China, in the 1910s and 1920s; struggled with warlords for control of the nation.

This Mexican political party dominated politics from the 1930s to the end of the century.

Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)

socialist Mexican painter of murals (1886-1957)

Nationalist party in China; it was the Communist Party's greatest rival, yet the Guomindang and Communists forged an alliance against Japanese aggression; the ruling party in mainland China until 1949, it failed to implement most of the domestic programs it proposed.