W8: China Flashcards
Which country has the world’s largest population?
China
Where is the world’s largest tidal bore?
Qiantang River
Which Dynasty era did thousands of Terra cotta warriors were buried in?
Qin
What is the length of the Great Wall?
21,150 km
What has China been known for?
The Middle Kingdom
When was the Xia Dynasty?
2100 BCE
Ming Dynasty was from when to when
1300 to 1600
How long did the Quing Dynasty be?
1600-1900
When were the 1st Opium War and the 2nd Opium War?
1842 and 1860
What was the Boxer Rebellion 1899-1901 about?
Strong anti-west reaction, over 100,000 people were killed
When was the people’s republic of china established?
1949
How long was the great leap forward event?
1958-1969
What was the Great Leap Forward about?
an attempt to convert China from an agricultural to a modern industrial economy
How many people died in the Great Chinese Famine?
20m
Which ethnic group dominates China?
The Han ethnic
What is the terminology for the large non-Han populations?
autonomous regions: Tibet, Xinjiang, Guangxi, Inner Mongolia
Which parts of China with different economic systems have been designated as “special administrative regions”?
Hong Kong and Macau
What is the minor ethnic group in Xinjiang?
Uighur
What is the size rank of China?
3rd, with 9.60m km2
Which country is the most populous? with how many people? and who is expected to take over?
China with 1.45b people, and India is expected to overtake China’s population by 2027
What are the 2 large rivers flowing from the west to the east in China?
Huang He (Yellow) and Chang Jiang (Yangtse)
What are the plateaus in China with a 4500m average altitude?
Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
What are the deserts in China?
Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts
Which desert is having the great green wall around it?
Gobi desert
What is the human adaptation and modification to landscape in China that got recognized by UNESCO?
Grand Canal
What is the name of the largest hydroelectric project in the world?
Three Gorges Dam
How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 groups that aren’t Han
What are Chinese characters based on?
Pictograms
Which languages do not use Chinese characters?
Tibetan, Uighur, and Mongolian
What is the silk road?
It’s the collective name for overland trade routes between China and the Middle East, from 2nd to 15th century
What is the Belt and Road Initiative?
The Modern Silk Road revival announced in 2013
What is the purpose of SEZs?
attract foreign investment and development
What is the largest port in the world?
Shanghai
Who is the father of the modern Chinese economic system?
Deng Xiaoping
Which general eventually founded the People’s Republic of China?
Mao Zedong
How many nations will eventually be connected by the Belt and Road Initiative?
65 (including China)
