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1
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where is most of china’s water?

A

in the south, but most of its people and farmland are in the north

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2
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4 steps of topography

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plateau of Tibet
basins and low mountain ranges
broad coastal plain and river deltas
continental shelf (hong kong and taiwan)
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3
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river:
old and broad
nicknamed river of sorrow
color is due to loess

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yellow river

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4
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river: 
young and cuts through narrow valleys
nicknamed main street of China
40% pop lives in basin
site of 3 gorges dam
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long river

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5
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climate

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dry interior
monsoon east
cold in winter
wet, tropical in summer

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6
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would rank among world’s 25 largest economies

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guangzhou

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7
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first a fishing village

hosts the world’s largest electronics factory “foxconn city”

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shenzhen

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8
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means buddha mountain

produces 70% of country’s ceramic products

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foshan

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9
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home to world’s largest shopping mall

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dongguan

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10
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dirtiest air on earth

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taiwan

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11
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30% of china’s urban water is now

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recycled

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12
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china is world’s largest producer and consumer of

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coal

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13
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agricultural water will soon have to be diverted to

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beijing

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14
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filial piety

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deference or respect that children must have for parents

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15
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mandate of heaven

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if rulers do not rule harmoniously, then the people may overthrow them

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16
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born poor
worked in politics
lived during a politically unstable and difficult time

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confucius

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17
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analects

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compilation of confucius’s teachings

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18
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reciprocity

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confucius

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19
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lead people by moral force

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confucius

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20
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legalism

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emphasizes need for order above all else

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21
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rabbit stump

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legalism

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22
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penalties above humaneness

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legalism

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23
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unify laws instead of seeking wise men

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legalism

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24
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daoism founded by

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laozi

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25
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qi

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energy, foundation of the universe and the individual

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26
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immortality is achieved by

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directing the natural energy of the body

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27
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4 elements

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wood fire earth metal water

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28
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yin yang

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daoism

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29
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dao

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the way/ source of all things

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30
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goal of daoism

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achieve inner peace power and mental clarity

live in accordance with nature

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31
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wu wuei

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nonaction

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32
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acupuncture and acupressure

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daoism

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33
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feng shui

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daoism

means wind and water

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34
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let the state be small and the people few

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daoism

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35
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buddha

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enlightened or awakened one

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36
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buddhism

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the middle way

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37
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buddhism based on teachings of

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prince siddhartha guatama

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38
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siddhartha guatatma

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seeked release from cycle of rebirth
found a middle path
organized disciples into a monastic community called sangha

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39
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nirvana

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elimination of dissatisfaction

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40
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to achieve nirvana follow the

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eightfold path

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41
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life is unsatisfying because of disire

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buddhism

42
Q

chinese popular religion

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without a doctrine or theology

43
Q

lin zixu

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end all traffiking

44
Q

treaty of nanjing

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establishment of treaty ports

hong kong awarded to british

45
Q

boxers

A

righteous and harmonious fists
rebelled against imperial government
wanted to expel foreign devils

46
Q

boxer protocol of 1901

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europeans can have military forces in capital
payment to europeans
suspended civil service
prosecution of govt officials

47
Q

communists establish ppls republic of china in

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1941

48
Q

chinese revolution time

A

1911-1949

49
Q

chinese revolution was a period of

A

transition

instability

50
Q

manchu dynasty —->

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communist state

51
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first principle

A

end imperial powers over china and modernize

52
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second principle

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republican, elected form of govt with some level of autocracy

53
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third principle

A

land reform/ socialism

54
Q

sun yat sen

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first president of chinese republic
founder of modern china
nationalist party
self strengthener

55
Q

chinese civil war time

A

1927-1950

56
Q

nationalists led by

A

chiang kai shek

57
Q

communists led by

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mao zedong

58
Q

communists forced to take

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long march

59
Q

communist ideology

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focuses on peasants
equality for all
anti US
campaigns to root out traitors and corruption

60
Q

great leap forward date

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1958-1963

61
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great leap forward was a

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failure

62
Q

special economic zones

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free market areas where chinese investors and entrepreneurs could start businesses with little gvt intervention

63
Q

deng xiaoping

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pragmatist
dismantled collective farming
allowed capitalism in SEZs
four modernizations

64
Q

xi jingping

A

head of state

65
Q

hukou system

A

household registration system

66
Q

_____ growing fastest

A

navy

67
Q

china IS americas greatest threat

A 
speed of getting new power
expanding territory strategically
possible fossil fuel extraction
maintaining historic integrity
control over trade routes and waterways
68
Q

red guards

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college and high school students that became the shock troops of the cultural revolution

69
Q

four olds

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old culture old customs old ideas old habits

70
Q

gang of four

A

maos wife
jiang quing
other radicals

71
Q

little red book

A

maos communist writings

72
Q

deng xiaoping

A

communist leader

73
Q

guanggun

A

bare branches

unmarried men

74
Q

shengnu

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leftover ladies
women who remain unmarried in late 20s and beyond
1 in 5 women is unmarried

75
Q

one child policy establised by

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deng xiaoping

76
Q

social maintanance fees

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if parents do not pay fees, second child cannot get a hukou

77
Q

gendercide

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abortion of girls

78
Q

formerly controlled by britan and became special administrative region in 1984

A

hong kong

79
Q

anti secession law of china states that it can use military force if it tries to get independence from china

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taiwan

80
Q

wishes to gain independence from china as a buddhist state

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tibet

81
Q

governed as an autonomous region of china

A

tibet

82
Q

where nationalist party fled at end of chinese civil war

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taiwan

83
Q

china still claims to have control over it

A

taiwan

84
Q

democratic, self governed

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taiwan

85
Q

anti secession law against it

A

taiwan

86
Q

US sells weapons here

A

taiwan

87
Q

formerly an independent kingdom that china seized in 1950

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tibet

88
Q

identified as an autonomous region

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tibet

89
Q

chinese gvt suppressed the tibetan buddhist religion by destroying thousands of temples and massacring thousands of monks and nuns, dalai lama forced into exile in India

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tibet

90
Q

wants to gain independence from china as buddhist state

A

tibet

91
Q

british colony for over 150 yrs

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hong kong

92
Q

1984- britan and china signed a treaty agreeing that hong kong would return to chinese rule in 1997

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hong kong

93
Q

one country, two systems

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hong kong

94
Q

free market capitalist financial system, freedoms

A

hong kong

95
Q

religion may be practiced in a

A

state approved church

96
Q

china falls short of

A

international standards for protection of religious freedoms

97
Q

__ officially sanctioned religious organiztations

A 
5
buddhist
daoist
islamist
3 self patriotic movement
patriotic catholic
98
Q

internet censorship

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great firewall of china

99
Q

construction has displaced 1.3 mil people from homes and forced them into resettlement villages

A

three gorges dam

100
Q

xi jinping

A

reformed hukou system and one child policy

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