World Geography Chap 6 Sec 2 of 3 Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Dynasty | Line of rulers from the same family. |
| Human Rights | Basic freedoms and rights such as freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, which all people should have. |
| Exile | Unable to live in one's own country. |
| Calligraphy | Art of beautiful writing. |
| Pagoda | Many-storied Buddhist temple. |
| China's population | About 1.27 billion or one-fifth of the world's population. |
| Han Chinese | About 92% of China's population. |
| Tibetan or 55 other ethnic groups | About 8% of China's population. |
| Age of China's civilization | About 4,000 years old. |
| Imperial Palace | Located in the heart of Beijing. |
| Culture | China built a highly developed ____. |
| Lands | China conquered other _____. |
| Seas, mountains and deserts | Natural barriers in China. |
| Great Wall | China built this as a barrier to invaders from the North. |
| Length of the Great Wall of China. | Over 4,000 miles. |
| Great Wall stretches from this to that. | Yellow Sea to the Gobi Desert. |
| Kongfuzi | Man who believed that people should be polite, honest, brave, and wise. |
| Confucius | Also known as Kongfuzi. |
| Who lived around 500 BC? | Confucius ( aka Kongfuzi) |
| Daoism | Laozi came up with the ideas that formed this religion. |
| Buddhism | Came to China from South Asia in 100 A.D. |
| Chinese inventions | Paper, silk, the clock, the magnetic compass, printed books, gunpowder and fireworks. |
| Silk, Tea and Pottery | Europeans wanted these from China. |
| Republic | China became this in 1911. |
| General Chiang Kai-shek | The Nationalist leader of China. |
| Mao Zedong | The communist leader of China. |
| When did the communists win control of China? | In 1949. |
| Deng Xiaoping | Mao Zedong died in 1976 and this man took over. |
| Open country | Deng Xiaoping wanted to make China a more ____ country. |
| Tiananmen Square | Thousands of student protestors were killed here in 1989. |
| Tibet | China took control of this country in 1950. |
| Rural areas | About 70% of China's people live here. |
| Cities | These are growing rapidly in China. |
| Chinese craft workers make what items? | Bronze bowls, jade, jewelry, decorated silk, glazed pottery and fine porcelain. |
| Harmony between people and nature | Chinese artists attempt to portray this in their art. |
| Characters | Chinese writing uses these to represent words. |
| How many Chinese characters are there? | Over 50,000. |
| How many characters does the average person recognize? | 8,000. |
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