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China
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| first communist leader | Mao Zedong |
| human rights violations | do not respect human rights, many countries threatened to stop trade with China until they improve on citizen respect |
| North China Plain | China's main population |
| how communist gained power | civil war between nationalist and communists, communists won calling China the People's Republic of China |
| Mao and economy | wanted a classless society, everyone poor, no private ownership |
| jobs of most Chinese | most are farmers |
| Tiananmen Square | in 1989 more than 100,000 pro-democracy protesters gathered here, government attacked |
| Little Red Book | a red book filled with Mao's quotes |
| Size of economy & industrialization | world's second largest economy |
| citizens rights | little citizen rights, government tightly controls most aspects of life |
| government type | Communist |
| command economy | government controls all economic aspects, owns all businesses & makes decisions |
| Loess | fertile, yellowish soil |
| Chinese zodiac | based on a 12 year cycle, originated in Han dynasty, every year has a certain animal with characteristics |
| Cultural Revolution | 1965-1968 : Mao's plan to reassert his beliefs in China, little red book, Mao forced his beliefs on the people of China and wanted to bring communism, red guards |
| Gobi desert | world's coldest desert (-40 degrees F), harsh area of gravel & rock |
| Tien Shan | a mountain range found in China |
| Chinese New Year | lasts 15 days, different celebration everyday, starts with first new moon & ends with the full moon |
| Yangtze River | Asia's longest river with a fertile delta, key transportation route |
| Chiang Kai-shek (ideas) | nationalist, lost civil war, went to Taiwan, won civil war (1949) |
| Mao Zedong (ideas) | Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution |
| Deng Xiaoping (ideas) | Ten Year Plan |
| Confucianism | a philosophy created by Confucius that focuses on authority, obedience, and mutual respect, family & society above individual |
| Daoism | a philosophy created by Lao Tzu with no rule or laws, believe that order & harmony can only be achieved if allowed to happen naturally |
| Legalism | a philosophy created during the Qin dynasty with punishments & rewards based on good & bad behavior |
| Buddhism | a philosophy in China created by Siddhartha, goal is to break cycle of rebirth (nirvana) |
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