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CHINA CONNECTIONS: PAST TO PRESENT

Using the word bank on the back of this sheet, explain 2 topics for each theme for each era well. Use any collections/sources of information we have used in the unit so far to help you complete this chart.
THEMES POLITICAL ORGANIZATION & LEADERSHIP TRADITIONAL CHINA (Legendary Dynasties through 1911) REVOLUTIONARY CHINA (1912-1976) MODERN CHINA (1976-Present)

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ECONOMICS

SOCIETY (structure & relationships)

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUTSIDERS

SUMMARY: TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE MEANS (society norms, expctations for this era)

Connections Chart Word Bank: these concepts/words/ideas should be a part of the connections chart. You need know what theme they connect with best and explain the "fit" "TRADITIONAL" CHINA (Legendary Dynasties through 1911 Confucius Foot binding Arranged marriage Structure-Harmony-Balance Silk Road (carefully controlled) Leaders & Followers Son preference Great Wall of China Isolation from barbarians Invaders Obedience to family/ancestors Diligence through generations Subsistence Agriculture Government hierarchy Emperor/Court Strong central government Warlords Rice/wheat/silk/porcelain Importance of family dynasty Opium wars - British Torture - weapons Art Literature Mandate of Heaven Dynastic Cycle Carefully defined roles based on age & gender Education Unequal Treaties & Humiliation Erase Zheng He from history REVOLUTIONARY CHINA (1912-1976) Women's rights Communes Nationalist Party - Taiwan Long March Little Red Book Mao Zedong Isolation: Prove Success of Communist China Collective Farms Government ownership of all means of production Power of the state/government Red Guard Chaing Kai-shek Great Leap Forward/Industrialization Cultural Revolution Peasants - Workers Misery - starvation Sun Yat-sen World War II Iron Rice Bowl Classless society Overcome humiliation Sacrifice for the common good/for China Re-education Two Chinas MODERN CHINA (1976-Present) Tank Man Education Civil Disobedience Tiananmen Square Economic freedom/Capitalism Censorship Urban - Rural Disparity Iron rice bowl Environmental concerns Deng Xiaoping One child policy Western influence Multi-national companies Energy Use -coal, oil Communist Party will not share power Growing middle class Son preference/gender imbalance Be politically passive Widening gap between rich & poor Migrant workers Olympics Economic creativity Great Firewall of China Tibet & the Dalai Lama Hu Jintao Dissidents