sss Flashcards
(40 cards)
What city did China regain control of in 1997
Hong Kong
What river is called “China’s sorrow
Yellow river/Hueng he
Why is “China’s sorrow” known as that?
Many floods in the past.
Who led the Communist party in China against the Nationalists
mao zedong
Who led the Nationalists in China against the Communists
Chaing Kai-shek
What Chinese region was once controlled by the United Kingdom
Hong Kong
What does China’s one-country, two-system pledge refer to
Keep the freedoms that people had before
Who led a series of expeditions with lands far from China
Zheng He
What were people going to do in the expeditions with lands far from China
Exsplore and Trade
Many groups of Mongols joined together under which leader
Gengis Khan
Which Mongol leader started a new dynasty in china
Kublai Khan
What was the dynasty that a Mongol leader started called
Yuan dynasty
What three different Chinese ethical systems were practiced in ancient China
Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism.
What does Confucianism teach?
It teaches about respecting family.
What is daoism?
It teaches about going with the flow and being in harmony with the universe.
What does Legalism teach
It teaches that when people do wrong, they should be punished
Whose teachings shaped government and society in China until the early 1900s?
Confucius
Who organized the great leap forward
Mao Zedong
What were the goals of the great leap forward?/
Increasing agriculture and widespread industrialization.
How were the goals of the great leap forward to be achieved
Everyone would build steel furnaces in their backyard, Innovative, yet untested techniques would be tried to increase crop production, and people would kill all sparrows, because he believed it hindered agricultural production.
What were the results of the great leap forward?
he steel furnaces could not heat up enough to make pure steel, The untested techniques hindered crop production, and the lack of sparrows caused locust swarms which ate up the crops. The great leap forward was a flop and many people starved.
Who organized the cultural revolution
Mao Zedong
What were the goals of the Cultural revolution
To get rid of all past or foreign traditions and cultures.
How were the goals of the Cultural revolution to be achieved
Mao Zedong closed schools, sent intellectuals to rural work farms, and organized groups of students and young children called the red guard to destroy all remnants of old traditions and cultures.
