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China Global Review
Review terms and information on China for the Regents test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Location of early Chinese civilization, called "China's Sorrow". | Yellow River Valley |
| Location of farming, industry, and 85-90% of China's population | The eastern river valleys and coast of China |
| Silt blown in from the Gobi desert that turns the Huang He (Yellow River) river yellow. | Loesse |
| Accomplishments of dynastic China | Paper currency, paper, printing (movable type), magnetic compass, seismograph, clock, Great Wall, Grand Canal, silk making, porcelain, acupuncture, gunpowder. |
| First Chinese civilization, located in the Yellow River valley. | Shang |
| Geographical features that isolated China and allowed it to develop a unique culture. | Mountains, deserts, seas |
| Mineral rich part of China that was taken over by Japan prior to WWII. | Manchuria |
| A ruling family, China had many. | Dynasty |
| The dynastic cycle and belief that the power to rule is divine. | Mandate of Heaven |
| The last Chinese dynasty | Manchu (Qing) |
| Respect for elders ( and obedience to them) | Filial Piety |
| Philosophy that stresses everyones place in society, the value of family, and five relationships. | Confucianism |
| Religion practiced in China that believes all suffering is caused by desires (one of the Four Noble Truths), followers must practice the Eightfold Path to reach Nirvana - Enlightenment. | Buddhism |
| Belief that people are born evil and must have strict laws and punishments to keep them in line. | Legalism |
| Belief in harmony with nature and following the "way" of nature. | Taoism |
| Tests taken by people that wanted to have a government job and move up in society. Part of it was based on Confucianism. | Civil Service Exams |
| Invaders from the north that created the largest land empire | Mongols |
| Leader of the Mongols | Genghis Khan (Chinggis Khan) |
| Grandson of Ghengis Khan that ruled China | Kubla Khan |
| European explorer that traveled to China and wrote a book about his trip, inspiring interest in foreign places. | Marco Polo |
| During feudal times and time of struggle (Waring States period for example) who ruled and controlled various parts of China? | Warlords |
| The first president of China, he wants the "Three Principles of the People." Leader of the Nationalists(Guomindang), he introduced democratic reforms. | Sun Yat-Sen (Yixian) |
| The Three Principles of the People? | Nationalism, Democracy, Livelihood |
| A Nationalist(Guomindang)dictator of China that was corrupt and lost the support of the peasants | Chang Kai-Shek (Jiang Jieshi) |
| The first Communist leader of China, he implements Five Year Plans, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution. He also improved the standard of living for most Chinese. | Mao Zedong |
| Five Year Plans created growth by stressing? | Industry and Agriculture |
| Large cooperative farms owned by the Communist government in China. | Communes |
| A great disaster rather than moving forward. | The Great Leap Forwad |
| A time of purge and chaos when the Red Guard got out of hand and many people suffered, production slowed down. Many people died or had to be "re-educated" | The Cultural Revolution |
| The Four Modernizations are? | Industry, Agriculture, Defense, Science and Technology. These led to expanded economic opportunity. |
| The leader that introduced elements of capitalism into the economic system and the Four Modernizations was? | Deng Xiaoping |
| Student protests were put down harshly during a demonstration for democracy in? | Tiananmen Square |
| Why were Communists successful in achieving power in China? | They gained the support of poor starving peasants by giving them land, education, health care, a stable government... |
| Two areas ruled as special zones or territories and have more freedom then the rest of China are? | Hong Kong (previously British) and Macao (previously Portuguese) |
| Status given to China by the United States, allowing it the best trading terms? | Most Favored Nation status |
| Policy that led to a sex imbalance and rise in the crime rate of China. It applied to everyone except special minorities in the west and peasant families. | One Child Policy |
| Built along a rain line, to keep out foreigners (nomads)from the north. | Great Wall of China |
| Reason China was forced to sign unequal treaties during the age of Imperialism (1840's). | The Europeans had superior military technology |
| Series of wars fought by Chinese angry with foreign intervention. This proved that China wasn't strong enough to resist Western demands for trading rights. | Opium Wars |
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