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China-1 Flashcards

1
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Dollar amount of US exports to china

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$100 B

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2
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Dollar amount of Chinese imports from the US

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$100 B

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3
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Dollar amount of US imports from China

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$391 B

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Dollar amount of Chinese exports to the US

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$391 B

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5
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The difference between the dollar value of the countries exports and the dollar value of the country’s imports.

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Trade deficit/ surplus

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6
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US-China trade deficit

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-$291 B

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7
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China-US trade surplus

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+$291 B

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8
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Formula for a trade deficit/surplus

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Exports-imports

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9
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A good or service that goes out of the country

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Export

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10
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Be good or service that comes into a country

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Imports

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11
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US-China trade deficit 2011

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$295 B

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12
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US-China Trade Deficit 2010

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$273B

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13
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US-China Trade Deficit 2009

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$226 B

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14
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US-China Trade Deficit 2008

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$268 B

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15
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US-China Trade Deficit 2007

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$256.2 B

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16
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US-China Trade Deficit 2006

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$232.6 B

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17
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The decrease in the US-China trade deficit between years 2008 – 2009

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$42 B

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18
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Caused the $42 B decrease in 2008-2009

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Mortgage crisis

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19
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Fraction of people in the world wearing a Nike shoe

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1/3

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20
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Used to be number one before Nike

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Adidas

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21
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North American Free Trade Agreement

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NAFTA

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22
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Countries involved in NAFTA

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Canada, US, and Mexico

23
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Year NAFTA was passed

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1993

24
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President that was behind NAFTA

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Bill Clinton

25
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Trade without tariffs

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Free trade

26
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Tax on imported goods

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Tariff

27
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US has cornered this market in the world

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Planes and trucks

28
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Owner of Nike

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Phil Knight

29
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Mao Zedong proclaimed People’s Republic of China (PRC)

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10/1/49

30
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Mao Zedong meets with US Pres. Richard Nixon in Beijing

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1972

31
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Capital of China

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Beijing

32
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Mao Zedong died of a heart attack at age 82

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1976

33
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Mao Zedong was a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party

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1921

34
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Mao Zedong launched the “Great Leap Forward”

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1958

35
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Mao Zedong began the “Long March”

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1934

36
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Mao Zedong began the “Cultural Revolution”

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1966

37
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Leader of the nationalist and defeated by Mao Zedong and the communists in the Chinese Civil War

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Chiang Kai-Shek

38
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M/D/Y Mao Zedong and the communist defeat Chiang Kai-Shek and the nationalists

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10/1/49

39
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Island where Chiang Kai-shek and the nationalist fled to

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Taiwan

40
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Year Chiang Kai-shek died in Taiwan

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1974

41
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Year Mao Zedong invaded Tibet

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1950

42
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Year Mao Zedong and 90,000 communists began the Long March

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1934

43
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Miles that the Long March covered

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6,000

44
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Number of years the Long March covered

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2

45
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Chiang Kai-Shek left Mao Zedong and the communists to form the Nationalist Party

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1927

46
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Great Leap Forward goals

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  1. To modernize and industrialize China

2. Grow enough food to feed China

47
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Clean water, irrigation, cars, refrigerator

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Modernize

48
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Moving people from rural to urban areas, having them work in factories and make things

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Industrialize

49
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Did China modernize & industrialize?

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Short term: yes

Long term: yes

50
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Did China grow enough food to feed China?

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Short term: no

Long term: yes

51
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Mao Zedong’s view of ideological purity

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Cultural revolution

52
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Mao’s goal of 100% believing 100% of communism

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Ideological purity

53
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Cultural revolution success

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Short term: no

Long term: no

54
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Using the military to restore power

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Martial law

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