🌍ap world history: modern review

Mao

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Mao Zedong, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who established communist rule in China and implemented policies such as the Great Leap Forward.

AP course connection

Topic 8.4: 8.4 Spread of Communism After 1900

Unit 8

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