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China

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capitalism
means of production is owned privately for the profit of the individual
Lao-Tse
Old Master...founder of Daoism
feeding the dragon
Indonesian's new relationship with China
Tiananmen Square
1989 students start uprising demanding democracy
Dictatorship of the Proletariat
socialist stage according to Marx
People's Republic of China
"Red China"
Qin Shih Huang Ti
emporer for 11 years, unified people, buried 100 Confucious scholars alive
wheat
staple in the north
Dao
The Way in Daoism
Cultural Revolution
when Mao brainwashed teenagers and they roamed the countryside spreading terror
dialectic process
history unfolds/progresses though the clash of opposing ideas
Falun Gong
religious sect with millions of followers in China
Pu Yi
last emperor
Mao Zedong
led communists during White Terror
The Great Leap Forward
2nd Five-Year Plan...segregated communes
Huang He
Yellow River or China's sorrow
Shanghi
industrial city of China
wade-giles
old translation
humid-subtropics
climate in the south
Mandarin
official language
Confucius and Mencius
founders of Confucianism
Lhasa
capital of Tibet
1.3 billion
population of China
socialism
means of production is socially or publically owned for the profit of everyone
Yangtze
physcial feature dividing N and S China
cathay
ancient name for China
China Proper
East China where 80% of the population lives
Yin
negative, female, passive, white, cold, soft
Xi Jiang
in extreme SE China
mixed economy
both gov't and privately owned buisnesses
pinyin
new translation
First Five Year Plan
set quotas for food productions, industry and mining
Daoism
secondary religion of China
contract responsiblity system
gov't rented land to individual farm families and they get to keep their surplus
ideal chinese family
all living generations living under one roof
Analects
name of sacred text in confucianism
Yang
positive, male, aggressive, red, warm, hard
rice
staple in the south
filial piety
respect for the elderly
kuomintang
national party
Kim Jong-il
leader of North Korea
transliteration
translation by sound/phonetics
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
published The Communist Manifesto
Deng Xiaoping
leader after Mao and during Tiananmen Square, began the "Second Revolution"-->successful
Lee Myung-bak
leader of South Korea
Golden Lotus
ideal size foot
Zhou Enlai
(New Premier) table tennis guy
Long March
6,000 miles of commies running away from nationalists
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen
"George Washington" 1st President of the Provisional Chinese Republic
Red Guard
group for teenagers
Agrarian Reform Law
took privately owned land and divided it among peasents
Chiang Kai-Shek
leader during White Terror...nationalist
3rd Five Year Plan
when China exploded their 1st atomic bomb
Four Modernizations
4 goals to modernize China--agriculture, science, technology, etc.
Qin Shih Huang Ti
1st emperor
communism
goods and means of production are owned in common and available to all as needed
Tao-te Ching
sacred text of Daoism
politburo
political bureau
fixed society
knowing and following your niche
Mandate of Heaven
Mencius' concept of your God-given right to govern people
Manchus
last dynasty

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