China

Question 1

What policy is being implemented to prevent the population from growing in China?

Answer 1

China’s One Child Policy

Question 2

Name 10 different superpowers that China has?

Answer 2

Military power
economy
Exports
Nuclear capacity
Influence
population
technology
influence
wealth
health and 
Resources

Question 3

What is the Population of China?

Answer 3

1.4billion.

Question 4

What incentives did they give to people to encourage them not to have a second child?

Answer 4

More pay, better housing, better health care, and priority in school enrolment.

Question 5

Between which years did population in China increase the most?

Answer 5

1950 to 1980

Question 6

Why did the population growth slow down from 1980 onwards?

Answer 6

Because that was when they enforced the one-child-policy.

Question 7

What is globalisation?

Answer 7

When a country trades their products and influences other countries with their products. E.g.(music,movies,food,cultures)

Question 8

What is the Three Gorges dam?

Answer 8

A large scaled project designed to produce HEP (Hydro-electric-power) and reduce flood risk.

The Three Gorges Hydroelectric Dam spans the Yangtze River and is the largest dam in the world. It is also the most controversial dam in the world because it has been plagued by corruption, human rights violations, technological difficulties and has caused dramatic environmental changes.

Question 9

Where was the Three Gorges dam built?

Answer 9

Hubei Province, China

Question 10

What were the disadvantages of the three Gorges Dam?

Answer 10

Lives were disrupted, people were forced out of their homes and relocated, left living in poverty.

They had to submerge any buildings and cities and waste dumps which will be likely to include toxic chemicals.

All the chemicals and pollution will end up in the water.

Question 11

What were the advantages of the Three Gorges Dam?

Answer 11

It offered a renewable energy source and controls flooding. It also reduces the need to transport coal and oil which is less harmful to the environment.

Question 12

How much has the carbon dioxide emissions decreased because of the three gorges dam?

Answer 12

10 million tons

Question 13

What is Dongtan?

Answer 13

A greener city project that encourages people to walk or cycle. it will be a city that is better for the environment.

Question 14

Is Dongtan sustainable?

Answer 14

They have enforced new rules, like recycling, preventing heat loss and keeping the city clean and pollution-free. This has been better for the environment and the economy.

Question 15

What is a superpower?

Answer 15

A superpower is a nation with the ability to project its influence anywhere in the world and be a dominant global force.

Question 16

Where are most of the cities located and the most fertile farm land in China?

Answer 16

The East of the country which has low relief.

Question 17

How does the west of China look?

Answer 17

The land is very high with a steep relief. This part of China is landlocked and is difficult to grow crops on. Hence very few people live here.

Question 18

What are China’s three main rivers?

Answer 18

1. Yangtze
2. The Yellow river
3. The Pearl river

Question 19

Which president introduced the “Great Leap Forwards”, in 1958, and what was it?

Answer 19

Mao Zedong. He wanted to industrialise China and modernise the economy in the shortest amount of time.

Question 20

What year did Deng Xiaoping become the Chinese leader? and What did he do for China?

Answer 20

1977. He was known as “the architect of Modern China’. He contributed to China becoming the world’s largest economy in terms of its purchasing power in 2014.

Question 21

What year was the one child policy introduced?

Answer 21

1979

Question 22

What does the acronym SEZ stand for?

Answer 22

Special Economic Zones

Question 23

When was OCP scrapped?

Answer 23

2016

Question 24

Explain how China’s economy changed between 1978 and 2017?

Answer 24

Since the beginning of Deng Xiaoping’s reforms, China has been one of the world’s fastest growing economies where the GDP has risen tenfold.

1. Rise in agricultural production
2. Growth in rural industry
3. Rise in foreign trade
4. Large foreign exchange reserves
5. Open door policy on foreign capital investment and technology

Question 25

What is healthy China 2020?

Answer 25

A plan to provide all Chinese people with healthcare.

Question 26

What is the population of China?

Answer 26

1.4 Billion

Question 27

Rivers play a major role in China. What are the two main roles?

Answer 27

Transportation and Irrigation.

Question 28

There are many regional climates in China. Which region has severe winters?

Answer 28

Northern China

Question 29

What does central China mostly consist of?

Answer 29

Mountainous region

Question 30

What are China’s strengths and weaknesses as an emerging superpower?

Answer 30

Strengths:

• highly educated, technologically innovative
• soon to be world’s largest economy
• military technology is challenging the USA’s
• modern infrastructure

Weaknesses:

• will soon have an ageing population
• pollution issues
• tense relationships with its neighbours
• relies on imported raw materials
• plays a limited geopolitical role

Question 31

What is communism?

Answer 31

An economic system where the government owns all property and wealth is distributed evenly amongst citizens, and the government employs all its citizens and pays them the same wage.