Transcript World History Review

GLOBAL STUDIES
REVIEW
Short Answer
Short Answer Questions
What are the three dominant religions of China?
Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism.
What are the Four Modernizations of China?
Progress in Agriculture
Industry
Defense
Science and Technology
Write a brief essay of what you learned about SE Asia. This is
worth 10 points so you will need to mention TEN ideas.
GLOBAL STUDIES
REVIEW
Who led the communist in their civil war and ruled China until his death in
1976?
Mao Zedong
What is another name for Formosa? (It is where the Nationalist fled)
Taiwan
What is the definition of theocrat?
a religious leader
What country did China invade because of a border dispute in 1962?
India
What reform called for greater communes and caused a famine that killed
over 20 million?
Great Leap Forward
Who led the Nationalist Chinese and fled to Formosa?
Chaing Kai Shek
What part of Korea did the communist occupy?
North
Who fled to India when his Buddhist state was overran by China?
Dalai Lama
What law allowed the government to seize land and redistribute to the peasants?
Agrarian Reform Law
What land was once ruled by Genghis Kahn and has over half of its
population in cities?
Mongolia
If Taiwan wants to cease talk of reunification and want independence what will
China do?
invade Formosa
What American President visited China in 1972 and recognized China as a country?
Richard Nixon
What city did Britain returned to China in 1997?
Hong Kong
What is the windblown soil of China called?
loess
What area of China is largely a mountainous plateau?
Tibet
When the leader Mao was losing control of China he ordered the ___ ___ to start a
Cultural Revolution?
Red Guard
Where did 100,000 Chinese students rally in April of 1989?
Tiananmen Square
What is another name for the Huang He River?
Yellow River
What is it called when you grow more than one crop a year on the same land?
double cropping
What does autonomous region mean?
limited self-government
What is the official language of China?
Mandarin
What are pictures and characters representing a thing or idea called?
Calligraphy
What is acupuncture?
insertion of needles to relieve pain
Time for Random Trivia.