1. China Early Culture

2. Confucius  People should be polite, honest, brave, wise. honest, brave, wise.  Children should obey parents. parents.  Everyone should respect elderly and obey the country’s obey the country’s rulers. rulers.

3. LAOZI His teachings: Daoism LIVE SIMPLY IN HARMONY WITH NATURE

4. Chinese Inventions  Silk  Magnetic compass  Printed books  Gunpowder  Fireworks

6. Child Emperor, Pu Yi

7. The Rise of Communism 1911 1911 Pu Yi, the last emperor, is overthrown in is overthrown in Chinese uprising. Chinese uprising.

8. Two Parties Fight for Control!!! Nationalists Communists Mao ZedongChiang Kai-shek

9. People’s Republic of China  Set up in 1949  Nationalists fled to Taiwan.

10. Government and Society  Under Chairman Mao, all land and factories were taken over by government  Farmers forced to combine farms onto large government-run farms.  Women joined work force

11. Cultural Revolution  Mao’s little red book  Forced to give up old ways  Few individual freedoms  Red Army  Teachers jailed  Historic landmarks destroyed

12. Mao’s Little Red Book  His quotes and views on Communism

13. Deng Xiaoping Hu Jintao  Leader after Mao died in 1976  Gave Chinese more freedoms  Current leader

14. Three Gorges Dam  Across the Yangtze River

15. Free Enterprise  People start and own their own businesses without much government involvement.  China has limited free enterprise

16. Population  Over 1 billion people  One-child only law. Started by Xiaoping. Enforced mainly in urban areas. Fines, forced abortions, etc. Enforced mainly in urban areas. Fines, forced abortions, etc. If the married couple are each without siblings, they may have two children.