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Herbert Test Review 3/19/2014
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Social Studies
7th Grade
03/17/2014

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Mao Zedong
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Led the Communists in China to victory. Ruled China from 1949 to 1976 when he died.
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Great Leap Forward
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Mao's plan to increase farming production and the production of steel and industry in China.
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Results of the Great Leap Forward
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Ran out of food.
Millions starved.
Steel was useless.
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Cultural Revolution
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Mao attacked his political rivals.
Students became Red Guards to get rid of "Four Olds".
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Oligarchy -- Communist Party is not elected and rules everything.
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China's government type
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Market -- used to be strictly command
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China's economy
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None. The Communist Party is not elected, and they control everything.
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Role of citizens in China's government
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Tienanmen Square Massacre
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In Beijing (1989), China's capital, students protested for democracy and more freedom. China's gov't killed thousands of them.
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non-violent protest (breaking laws on purpose)
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What was Gandhi's method for fighting for independence for India?
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market
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India's economic type
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Parliamentary democracy
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India's government type
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They can vote and run for office
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India's citizens' role in the government
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many personal freedoms, right to vote, economic freedom, freedom of speech
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India's personal freedoms
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Oligarchic, Communist party rules. They are not elected.
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China's government type
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None. Their leaders are not elected but chosen by the leaders already in place.
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China's citizens' role in the government
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economic freedom, very limited freedom of speech, no voting rights
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China's personal freedoms
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Hinduism
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Ancient religion for the majority of India
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reincarnation
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In Hinduism, it is the rebirth of the soul after death into another person or animal.
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caste system
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Hindu system by which people are divided into groups by wealth or occupation
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untouchables
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people lower than the lowest caste in Hinduism -- no caste at all -- they do the most disgusting work
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Accept suffering
Wanting things to be different makes us suffer
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Aspects of Buddhism
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Buddhism
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Ancient Asian philosophy or religion started when Siddhartha found enlightenment
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