Ch.30&31 Flashcards
The belief that God does not exist
Atheism
A political unit with limited self government
Autonomous region
In farming, growing more than one crop a year
Double cropping
A mass migration from a region
Exodus
In written language, a character or symbol that represents an idea or thing, as in the Chinese language
Ideogram
The production of small clothing and appliances
Light industry
The law administered during a period of strict military control
Martial law
Temporary, pending permanent arrangements
Provisional
An area or country that is politically and economically dominated by, though not directly governed by, another country
Sphere of influence
The ruler of theocracy, someone who claims to rule by religions or divine authority
Theocrat
A local leader with a military following
Warlord
Deng changed the focus of China’s industrial development to _________ which spurred spectacular industrial growth
Light industry
_________ is the chief economic activity in northwest China
Nomadic herding
_________ has become a manufacturing and trade center with imports and exports equal to those of China
Hong Kong
_________ are 94% of the entire Chinese population
The Han
_________ is the region which is the center of China’s government and industry.
Northeast
Chiang Kai-Shek was the leader of the _________
Nationalist
During the _______ the communist government eased restrictions on religious practices
1980s
In ________ areas most couples have followed the policy and have had just one child
Urban
________ is the country with the most cities with over 3 million people
China
The _______ is the river which promotes movement through the southwest region
Yangzai
The contract responsibility system led farmers to ______ their output 8% per year
Increase
The Huang He is also called China’s Sorrow due to ____________________________
Destruction caused by flooding
After the _________ production actually fell and the government soon abandoned the plan
Great Leap Forward
Deng established ________________ as part of the four modernizations
Contract responsibilities
Each of the about ______ ethnic minority groups in China have their own language
55
East Asia and the pacific world is home to ____ of the worlds population
60%
In __________ language written characters are no phonetic and give no clues to pronunciation
Chinese
_________ is the political area which rejoined China in 1997
Hong Kong
Much of ________ China has a low pop density bc of the mountains and the climate
Southwest
_________ rise to economic powers as aided by land reform and the starting of industry
Taiwan
The Chinese government used military force to drive off the protesters from _________
Tenneman square
The communists gained control by defeating the nationalist in ____________
A long civil war
The emphasis on _____________ helped spur spectacular industrial growth
Light industry
The ______ has dominated life in China for thousands of years
Han
The one couple, one child policy was introduced as a means to improve the ________________ in China
Standard of living
The purpose of the great cultural revolution was to ____________________________________________________
Make China’s production greater by combining China’s collectives into self-sufficient people’s communes
The ______________ was supposed to make China’s production greater by combining China’s collectives into self-sufficient people’s communes
Great cultural revolution
Written Chinese language involves the use of ___________
Ideograms
The ancient Chinese practice of inserting fine needles at specific body points to cure disease or to ease pain
Acupuncture
