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Great Leap Forward
What the WHAT?!
100
What is the capital of China?
Beijing
100
What is the capital of Japan?
Tokyo
100
Which term means "the time it takes for a population to double"?
doubling time
100
Who was China's leader that was responsible for the Great Leap Forward?
Mao Zedong
100
DAILY DOUBLE! What's the name of the large dam China built?
Three Gorges Dam
200
What is the population of China?
1.4 billion
200
DAILY DOUBLE! What is the population of Japan?
126 million
200
DAILY DOUBLE! Which term means "when a country's population stops growing"?
zero population growth
200
What did Mao believe would make China strong?
large families
200
What does China burn more of than any other country?
coal
300
DAILY DOUBLE! What is the official name of the Chinese language?
Mandarin
300
What is one of the two main religions in Japan?
Shinto, Buddhism
300
Which term means "severe food shortages and starvation"?
famine
300
DAILY DOUBLE! What were two goals of the Great Leap Forward?
Increase steel production, increase food production.
300
What are special economic zones?
Zones or cities that have laws that are different than the rest of the country.
400
What was the purpose of the "great leap forward"?
To help China become a modern industrial country.
400
What do Shinto followers believe about natural features like waterfalls and mountains?
They believe that natural features have spirits.
400
Which term means "the annual rate of population growth"?
rate of natural increase
400
What were two negative effects of the Great Leap Forward?
Production did not increase. There were too many people. 20 million people starved to death. People had to melt down their metal possessions. Farmers had to combine their farms with their neighbors' farms.
400
What are two benefits of the special economic zones?
They have created many jobs. They have improved China's economy. The populations of the SEZs have grown rapidly. They have brought foreign businesses to China.
500
Why did China fight a civil war during the early 1900s?
Communists were fighting to overthrow the Democratic government and install a new Communist government.
500
Give three features of a Japanese home that are different from most American homes.
They don't wear shoes in the home, but wear slippers instead. They have sliding walls made out of thick paper that can open up to create more space. They sleep on futon mattresses on the floor that they roll up during the day. They sit on the floor and eat at low tables.
500
Which word means "a string of islands"?
archipelago
500
What is one benefit of the one-child policy? What is one problem with the one-child policy?
Benefits: it reduced the strain on food and water supplies, it lessened the problem of too many workers and not enough jobs. Problems: Many people aborted pregnancies, it caused an imbalance of men-women, farming families need many children to work the farm.
500
Before China's civil war, China was called the Republic of China. When the Communists won, China became the People's Republic of China. Where does the Republic of China still exist?
Taiwan