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China
China Unit Test 2015
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Boxer Rebellion | Unsuccessful uprising during the late 1800s by patriotic Chinese who didn't like foreign influence in China |
| Capitalism | Economic principle of using supply and demand to determine production |
| Collective commune | Large farms of shared ownership and government decision-making |
| Communism | Economic principle of using government control to determine production |
| Cultural revolution | Time when Mao tried to eliminate intellectuals and anyone that criticized the government |
| Deng Xiaoping | Leader of China after Mao's death in 1976 |
| Great Leap Forward | Program of change that was to lead China into prosperous manufacturing and industry |
| Kuomintang | Nationalists that tried to introduce democracy into China |
| Little Red Book | Publication of Mao's quotations used to inspire the communist movement |
| Long March | 6000-mile journey taken by over 600,000 Communists to escape defeat by the Nationalists |
| Mao Zedong | Leader of the Communist movement in China who was raised as a peasant farmer |
| Nationalism | Patriotic movement in China; influenced the overthrow of the dynasties in the early 1900s |
| Opium Wars | Uprisings against the British trading opium to buy Chinese goods |
| People's Republic of China | Name of the Communist government that took power in China in 1949 |
| Red Guard | The army of young people Mao used to enforce his policies in the 1960s |
| Revolution | A dramatic change; an event that changes thing drastically |
| Sun Yat-sen | Leader of Chinese Nationalists that overthrew the rule of the dynasties and became China's first president |
| Tiananmen Square | Large open area in Beijing that was the location of many demonstrations, most notably a student uprising in 1989 |
| Oligarchy | Term to describe government by a few, as in China's government controlled by the Chinese Communist Party |
| Huang He | Location where China's earliest civilizations developed along its banks; Yellow River |
| Paper, gunpowder, silk | Important Chinese inventions |
| North | The Great Wall was built to defend against invaders from the ___ |
| Terra Cotta Soldiers | Artistic guardians of Emperor Qin's tomb that were unearthed in 1974 |
| Confucianism | Philosophy based upon respect for family and authority and the idea that everyone has a place in society |
| Daoism | Philosophy of balance and harmony with nature symbolized by yin and yang; developed by Lao-tzu |
| Marco Polo | Italian explorer who traveled across Asia, lived as a part of Kublai Khan's empire, and produced an influential book about his travels |
| Silk Road | Trade route on land along which Chinese products, European products, and ideas were exchanged |
| Communist | The type of government China has today, where the government makes many economic and social decisions and one party controls much of the election process |
| 2008 | Year that Beijing was the host city for the Summer Olympic games |
| 1989 | Year of the student uprising in Tiananmen Square where some students were attacked and killed |
| 1980 | Year when Deng Xiaoping becomes the leader of China following Mao's death |
| 1960s | Decade when the Red Guard carries out the Cultural Revolution |
| 1949 | Year China officially is ruled by the Communist Party and becomes the People's Republic of China |
| 1934 | Year of the Long March |
| 1911 | Year when the Nationalists eliminate the age of the dynasties |
| Political freedom | Even though China's economy is stronger, people still do not have ___ ___ |
| Chiang Kai-shek | Leader of the Nationalist party during the civil war with the Communists |
| Command economy | Type of economic system in which the government makes the economic decisions |
| Market economy | Type of economic system China's economy is moving toward |
| Famine | Result of Mao's Great Leap Forward |
| Entrepreneur | One who has ideas and takes a risk in business |
| Unitary | System of government where the power is held in the central government |
| Chinese Communist Party (CCP) | Political party in control of China's government |
| Buddhism | Religion including reincarnation, nirvana, the Eightfold Path, and eliminating selfish desires |
| Investing | The construction of the Three Gorges Dam and hosting the Olympics are examples of ways China's government is ___ in the economy |
| Provinces | Political divisions of China |
| Ming | Portions of the Great Wall were constructed during this dynasty; these are the parts of the Great Wall we see today |
| Qin | Emperor who ordered the construction of the Great Wall and the Terra Cotta army; he standardized writing and currency |
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