Communist China Notes

1) Draw arrows and label each of the communist leaders/creators and where they were from.

2) When you go to China, don’t talk about the three T’s. What are the three T’s?

3) In 221 B.C.E., Qin Shi Huang Di unified China and established the position of ______________________.

4) Between 202 BCE – 202 CE, the ________________ Dynasty led China to its first Golden Age using Confucianism and Taoism.

5) In 1271, ________________________ conquered China and established a foreign ruling dynasty (Yuan dynasty).

6) In the 1300s, the _______________________ Dynasty drove out the Mongols, re-establishing Chinese control.

7) Which foreign powers took over China’s major cities and ports beginning in the 1830s?

8) What happened in 1911?

9) Who broke away from China after the fall of the emperor?

10) They established a theocratic government based on _______________________________________________.

11) Which two groups fought each other in the 1930s?

12) __________________________ = leader of the communists, allied with the Soviet Union.

13) ______________________________ = leader of the nationalists, allied with the U.S. and the U.K.

14) What did Mao Zedong want for China?

15) Soviet Communism: Maoist Communism:

a. a.

b. b.

c. c.

16) Both Maoist and Soviet:a.b.c.d.

17) The Chinese Civil War lasted on and off from ___________________ to ___________________. Over 8 million Chinese were killed. This resulted in 2 different states, each claiming to be the true government of China.

18) From 1937 – 1945, China was invaded and occupied by _________________________. ____________ million Chinese civilians were killed. Communists and Nationalists united to fight Japan.

19) What happened in 1949?

20) The Nationalists fled to ____________________________ and established the “Republic of China” (ROC) as the “official government of China”.

21) How does Taiwan see itself today? How does China see it?

Mao is a hero! Mao is evil!100 years of foreign imperialism comes to an end

A dictator and leader of ___________________________________ which arrests and executes political opposition (“counterrevolutionaries”)

Unites China for the first time in ____________ years

Attempts to industrialize lead to _____________________________________________________

Modernizes and industrializes China, building it into a _______________ power

During his rule, _________________ million die due to starvation or execution

Organizes campaigns to improve literacy and public health; empowers women

Invasion of __________________ leads to the deaths of millions and the destruction of an ancient culture

Population rises from ________ million to _________ million

Economic reforms enacted after his death were responsible for China’s rise to world power

22) What was Mao’s “Great Leap Forward” (1958 – 1961)?

23) What was the Cultural Revolution (1966 – 1976)?

24) What are the three options for Tibet?

1)

2)

3)

25) Where did Buddhism come to Tibet from in the 7th century CE?

26) What happened as a result of Tibet growing up on a plateau?

27) Who is the leader of Tibet?

28) The current (14th) Dalai Lama was born in 1935 and became the ruler of Tibet in __________________.

29) Why did the Dalai Lama have to flee Tibet?

30) The Chinese government encourages Han Chinese to move into Tibet to ______________________________ __________________________________________________________________. The Dalai Lama calls it “cultural genocide”.

31) What do the Communist Party leaders call the Dalai Lama?

32) How did economic reforms get implemented in China for the economy to grow?

33) Where did the growing middle class protest in 1989? What did they want? What happened to them?

34) What could you compare the Tiananmen Square massacre to here in the USA? (think protests, riots, abuse of government power, etc.). Please answer in complete sentences in paragraph form.