asia vocabulary

• great leap foward: second five-year plan to increase industrial output.
• culteral revolution: violent attempt at social change
• red guards: young people who led the cultural revoltuion by going on rampages throughout china
• gang of four: this gang was jiang ging's group who wanted to continue the cultural revoltuion. (associated with wife)
• deng xiaoping: leader of moderates during late 1970's and directed a complete reform of the economy
• tianaman square massacre: protestors who were killed and wounded at tianamen square (spring of 1989). they had protested for democracy
• kim il sung: communist government who led north korea
• syngman rhee: president of south korea