Transcript 1) EMPORER: leader of China

1) EMPORER: leader of China (same as a tsar or
king);very rich and powerful.
2) DYNASTY: The rule of one Emperor and his
family. One dynasty lasted as long as the same
family ruled China. China was ruled by dynasties
for over 2000 years.
3) PEASANTS: Poor farmers who made up 90%
of the Chinese population. The peasants were
very poor and did not have any rights like the
emperor and the rich landowners.
- This is just like how things were in Russia
before it became a communist country.
4) QING: The last dynasty to rule China, it fell in
1911.
THE EMPEROR
(The ruler- very powerful, had wealth and land.)
RICH LANDOWNERS
(Had money, land, and privileges from the Emperor.)
POOR PEASANTS
(Had no wealth, no land, and no privileges.)
• The idea of communism started in China in
the 1920’s, several years after the Qing
Dynasty fell.
• Chiang Kai-Shek, (who was a rich landowner,
and who WAS NOT a Communist), took over
China and ruled it for 20 years. He led the
Nationalist Party.
The idea of communism in China was started
by a man named MAO ZEDONG. He led the
Communist Party
-He wanted all people in China, including the
peasants, to be equal.
-With the support of the peasants, Mao Zedong and
his Communist Party took control of China in 1949.
The new Communist name of China became THE
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
Results of Communism:
• The efforts to weaken family traditions have
been somewhat successful in the large cities of
mainland China. However, many of the
traditional beliefs and practices have remained
almost unchanged throughout most of China
and in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In these areas,
family traditions are still practiced the same way
they have been for hundreds of years.
Art in China
• Art: bronze casting, music and dance using instruments like
bells, drums, zither, porcelain, theater-opera (Peking Opera)
• Communism:
Repressed art
Languages of China
• Many dialects but Mandarin Chinese is the
official language of China
dog gǒu 狗
Ethnic Groups of China
• Many ethnic groups-Han is largest
Religions and Philosophies of
China
• Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism
Type of Economy
• Command Economy
– GOVERNMENT OWNS INDUSTRIES
– Sets production rates
– Sets prices
Beginning in the 1970’s, to be more competitive,
China began to allow some aspects of market
economy in some areas of China though.
Industries of China
• Metals-antimony and tungsten (1 of world’s
largest producers)
• Chemical fertilizers
• clothing
• Cotton cloth
• machinery
Agriculture of China
• Most still use traditional methods
• Crops:
– Rice(world’s largest producer)
– wheat
– Corn
– Soybeans
– Tobacco
– Cotton (a large producer)
Technological Advances of China
• Key example of some of the advances is the
Three Gorges Dam
• Three Gorges Dam, China crosses the Yangtze
River in Hubei province, China. It the world’s
largest hydroelectric power station by total
capacity