China Final Review Geography

Chung Kuo

•Geographic Geographic BarriersBarriers•IsolationIsolation•China ProperChina Proper•13 % land 13 % land can be farmedcan be farmed•Yellow, Yellow, Yangtze, Xi Yangtze, Xi RiversRivers

Physical MapChina Final Exam Review

Chinese Ethnic BreakdownChina Final Exam Review

•94 % Ethnic Han

•60 Million various ethnic minorities.

•2 million Tibetans persecuted.

Tang DynastyChina Final Exam Review

• A succession of rulers from the same family; a family or group which maintains great power, wealth, or position for many years.

Sung DynastyChina Final Exam Review

• Good government through the utilization of Confucian officials.•Civil service exam. •Arts flourished •Printing books using carved, wooden blocks.Windmill, compass, gunpowder, mechanical clock, movable type, water-powered machinery, blast furnace, paper money.

Ming DynastyChina Final Exam Review

•Built Grand Canal and Forbidden City.

Belief SystemsChina Final Exam Review

China Final Exam Review Philosophy

•Social relations.•Understand proper role. •Group over the individual.Filial Piety, respect elders.Women inferior.Moral code regulating all family relationships.

China Final Exam Review Philosophy

•Learn from nature how to behave and think.•Peace and harmony by acting in accordance with the ways of nature.

China Final Exam Review Philosophy

•Originated in India.•Shed worldly desires.•Meditation

China Final Exam Review Foreign Domination

•Manchu emperor banned sale of British Opium•Technology prevailed.•Britain received Hong Kong and extraterritoriality

China Final Exam Review 19th Century

•European Imperialism

•The territorial claims of Europe and Japan established after Britain forced China to open its ports to the opium trade.

•Controlled trade and many aspects of the economy

China Final Exam Review European Imperialism

•1849, the Taiping Rebellion•1899-1900 Boxer Rebellion

Cold War Political

China Final Exam Review Rise of Communism

•Communist defeat the Nationalists.

•Nationalists retreat to Taiwan

China Final Exam Review Rise of Communism

•The Long March

•Listened to peasants and promised land reform.

China Final Exam Review Regional Conflict

China Final Exam Review Economics

•1958 Five Year Plan for economic and industrial growth.

China Final Exam Review Economics

•Work long hours.•Machinery broke down.•Inefficient production.•Introduced the commune system.

China Final Exam Review Cultural

•Radical social change.•Young people leave school and learn revolution by making revolution.

China Final Exam Review Modern China

•Practical steps to achieving economic growth.•Four modernizations. (Agriculture, industry, science, and defense).•Applied some principles of free market economics. (Surplus)

China Final Exam Review Modern China

Introduce Elements of Capitalism

China Final Exam Review Human Rights Violations

China Final Exam Review Human Rights Violation

China Final Exam Review Human Rights Violations

•Government fired upon citizens.

•Arrests and executions were made.

China Final Exam Review Human Rights Violations

•Pay a penalty in the form of reduced income, a less desirable job, or poorer housing.

China Final Exam Review July 1, 1997

•China agreed not to change the economic or social system for 50 years.

China Final Exam Review Rising China

•World center for manufacturing.•Major player in global credit.

Which event is the best example of imperialism?

(1) The Opium Wars in China(2) The Spanish Inquisition(3) The Yalta Conference(4) The Hundred Years War

Which event is the best example of imperialism?

(1) The Opium Wars in China(2) The Spanish Inquisition(3) The Yalta Conference(4) The Hundred Years War

The teachings of Confucius encouraged people to

(1) Put their own interests first(2) Reject government authority.(3) Believe in reincarnation(4) Follow the code of moral conduct.

The teachings of Confucius encouraged people to

(1) Put their own interests first(2) Reject government authority.(3) Believe in reincarnation(4) Follow the code of moral conduct.

The teachings of Confucius encouraged people to

(1) Put their own interests first(2) Reject government authority.(3) Believe in reincarnation(4) Follow the code of moral conduct.