East Asia - China's Historical Geography
Order by
30 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Beginnings | Early 2nd Millennium BC - Agricultural Society |
| Imperial Dynasties | Based on Agricultural Potential in China |
| Shang Dynasty | 1766 - 1080 BC - First Political Entity, North China Plain |
| Han Dynasty | 206 BC - 220 AD Golden Age of Ancient China |
| Tang and Sung Dynasty | 618 - 1279 Medieval China |
| Yuan Dynasty | 13th and 14th Centuries Mongol Control |
| Ming Dynasty | 14th and 17th Centuries China's Prosperity returns |
| Qing Dynasty | 1644 - 1911 Loss of Power and Territory |
| Republic China | In 1911 - Decades of Turmoil |
| The Chinese Civil War | Nationalist versus Communists |
| The Long March | In Beijing, China |
| Japanese Extension and World War 2 | From 1931 to 1945 |
| The People's Republic of China | Is Taiwan |
| Kuomintang | In 1949 - Nationalists defeat |
| In 1949 | PC versus Taiwan |
| Chinese Communists were | Allied with the USSR - Stalinism |
| Mao Zedong - Soviet Communist Style | In the 1950's - was established |
| The Great Leap Forward | In the Late 1950's - Integrating China's Economy and Industry |
| Rift with the Soviet Union | In the Early 1960's |
| The Cultural Revolution | From 1966 to 1976 |
| Result of Mao's Death in 1976 | Power Struggle - Deng Xiaoping takes over |
| Deng Xiaoping establishes | A Free Market System - building a strong economy |
| Developments in the Late 1970's | FourModernizations - Economic Revival - Industry, Military, Agriculture and Technology |
| Establish Special Economic Zones | (SEZ) Tax Breaks, Export Incentives and Foreign Investment |
| One Child Policy | Controlling the population growth |
| Present Day China - Economically | Two Countries in One |
| Present Day China - Living | Standard of Living is higher than before |
| Present Day China - Gap | Urban Rural Gap: 800 Million Peasants, 400 Million Urban Dwellers |
| China's Population Goal | Stabilize by 2050 at 1.3 Billion |
| Rapid Economic Growth Effects | Social Dislocation, Destruction, Pollution, Erosion, 2nd biggest economy |
First Time Here?
Welcome to Quizlet, a fun, free place to study. Try these flashcards, find others to study, or make your own.