Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
India
China
100
extreme
What is radical?
100
the number of live births each year per 1,000 people
What is birth rate?
100
the percentage of a population age 15 and over that can read and write
What is literacy rate?
100
a spiritual and political leader who led a nonviolent movement to improve the lives of many people in India
Who is Gandhi?
100
These were groups of students who carried out Mao Zedong's policies during the Cultural Revolution
What are Red Guards?
200
the work people do for which they are paid
What is labor?
200
an area in which no weapons are allowed
What is a demilitarized zone?
200
a cease-fire agreement
What is a truce?
200
In Asia, only this country has a faster-growing economy than India.
What is China?
200
This is the controversial dam recently built on China's Yangtze River.
What is the Three Gorges Dam?
300
a huge food shortage
What is a famine?
300
the average number of years a person is expected to live
What is life expectancy?
300
poor nutrition caused by a lack of food
What is malnutrition?
300
Describe the size of India's middle class.
One of the largest in the world.
300
What was the point of the Cultural Revolution in China?
To completely transform society into what Mao wanted
400
the period during which an economy and the businesses that support it shrink, or make less money
What is a recession?
400
to add variety to
What is diversify?
400
cloth made by weaving or knitting
What are textiles?
400
Why does India have a much lower standard of living than countries that have a lower gross domestic product?
India has a much higher population
400
What was "The Great Leap Forward" under Mao's leadership?
A program (very unsuccessful) to increase production on farms and in factories
500
an economic system in which people can choose their own jobs, start private businesses, own property, and make a profit
What is free enterprise?
500
money given by a government to assist a private company
What is a subsidy?
500
the total value of all goods and services produced in an economy
What is gross domestic product?
500
Describe one of Gandhi's famous protests.
Salt March, 3 week fast for "untouchables", Boycotting of British goods, struggle for independence against British colonial rule
500
After Chinese Nationalists in China were defeated, the fled to this island.
What is Taiwan?
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