Ancient China
The massive system of walls around China built thousands of years ago to keep invaders out.
What is The Great Wall of China?
What is opium?
The color of the Chinese flag after their Communist Revolution in 1949 (hint: it's the same color as the Soviet Union -- the color of communism...)
What is red?
What is starvation?
TRUE OR FALSE: Today, China has over 1 billion people.
What is true? (1.4 billion people)
Another name for a period of rule by a single family over a country.
What is a dynasty?
What are Britain and China?
The leader of the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949.
Who is Mao Zedong?
After gaining power in 1949, Mao Zedong attempted to rapidly industrialize China, but caused huge famines. This was known as...
What is the "Great Leap Forward?"
Today, China is a "global economic superpower." Explain what that means in your own words.
A system of ideas based on the teachings of Confucius that emphasizes respect and education, used widely in China for thousands of years.
What is Confucianism?
The winning nation in the Opium Wars was...
What is Britain?
Chinese Communists defeated Chinese Nationalists in the 1949 revolution. In response, nationalists fled to this island, which China claims to own today but the nationalists who live their disagree.
What is Taiwan?
The Chinese leader who replaced Mao Zedong in 1976 and implemented some capitalist reforms.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
Identify a major city in China today.
What are Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong?