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Ch.30&31 Flashcards

1
Q

The belief that God does not exist

A

Atheism

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2
Q

A political unit with limited self government

A

Autonomous region

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3
Q

In farming, growing more than one crop a year

A

Double cropping

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4
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A mass migration from a region

A

Exodus

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5
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In written language, a character or symbol that represents an idea or thing, as in the Chinese language

A

Ideogram

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6
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The production of small clothing and appliances

A

Light industry

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7
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The law administered during a period of strict military control

A

Martial law

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8
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Temporary, pending permanent arrangements

A

Provisional

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9
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An area or country that is politically and economically dominated by, though not directly governed by, another country

A

Sphere of influence

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10
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The ruler of theocracy, someone who claims to rule by religions or divine authority

A

Theocrat

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11
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A local leader with a military following

A

Warlord

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12
Q

Deng changed the focus of China’s industrial development to _________ which spurred spectacular industrial growth

A

Light industry

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13
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_________ is the chief economic activity in northwest China

A

Nomadic herding

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14
Q

_________ has become a manufacturing and trade center with imports and exports equal to those of China

A

Hong Kong

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15
Q

_________ are 94% of the entire Chinese population

A

The Han

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16
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_________ is the region which is the center of China’s government and industry.

A

Northeast

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17
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Chiang Kai-Shek was the leader of the _________

A

Nationalist

18
Q

During the _______ the communist government eased restrictions on religious practices

A

1980s

19
Q

In ________ areas most couples have followed the policy and have had just one child

A

Urban

20
Q

________ is the country with the most cities with over 3 million people

A

China

21
Q

The _______ is the river which promotes movement through the southwest region

A

Yangzai

22
Q

The contract responsibility system led farmers to ______ their output 8% per year

A

Increase

23
Q

The Huang He is also called China’s Sorrow due to ____________________________

A

Destruction caused by flooding

24
Q

After the _________ production actually fell and the government soon abandoned the plan

A

Great Leap Forward

25
Q

Deng established ________________ as part of the four modernizations

A

Contract responsibilities

26
Q

Each of the about ______ ethnic minority groups in China have their own language

A

55

27
Q

East Asia and the pacific world is home to ____ of the worlds population

A

60%

28
Q

In __________ language written characters are no phonetic and give no clues to pronunciation

A

Chinese

29
Q

_________ is the political area which rejoined China in 1997

A

Hong Kong

30
Q

Much of ________ China has a low pop density bc of the mountains and the climate

A

Southwest

31
Q

_________ rise to economic powers as aided by land reform and the starting of industry

A

Taiwan

32
Q

The Chinese government used military force to drive off the protesters from _________

A

Tenneman square

33
Q

The communists gained control by defeating the nationalist in ____________

A

A long civil war

34
Q

The emphasis on _____________ helped spur spectacular industrial growth

A

Light industry

35
Q

The ______ has dominated life in China for thousands of years

A

Han

36
Q

The one couple, one child policy was introduced as a means to improve the ________________ in China

A

Standard of living

37
Q

The purpose of the great cultural revolution was to ____________________________________________________

A

Make China’s production greater by combining China’s collectives into self-sufficient people’s communes

38
Q

The ______________ was supposed to make China’s production greater by combining China’s collectives into self-sufficient people’s communes

A

Great cultural revolution

39
Q

Written Chinese language involves the use of ___________

A

Ideograms

40
Q

The ancient Chinese practice of inserting fine needles at specific body points to cure disease or to ease pain

A

Acupuncture

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