China: The world's Most Populous Country Review

coal

China used this as their main energy source, produced a lot of greenhouse gases

The Great Leap Forward

Mao Zedong's plan to make china more industrialized

benefits of One- Child Policy

women had more time for careers, reduced the strain on food/ water supplies, slowed population growth

second

The place china comes in as largest energy consumer, only behind India

rate of natural increase

annual growth rate (birth rate- death rate= growth rate)

benefits of SEZs

brought economic growth, created jobs, improved standard of living

Chinese government

controls economy under communist rule

SEZs

created by foreign business leaders who didn't want to abide by China's communist rule, opened China's economy to the rest of the world

One- Child Policy

created by the Chinese government to try and slow population growth

industrialization

did not increase under Mao Zedong's plan

zero population growth

goal to move China towards

costs of Three Gorges Dam

hundreds of archaeological sites were lost, cities/ towns/ villages were submerged, millions of people had to be relocated, changed river's ecosystem, built on an earthquake fault

zero population growth

population of a country does not grow- remains stable

benefits of Three Gorges Dam

provides energy without polluting the air, it kept floods under control, it kept shipping cost down by one third, and it made shipping/boat travel safer

famine

severe shortage of food that results in widespread hunger

costs of the One- Child Policy

shortage of girls, fewer children to care for elderly family members

doubling time

time it takes for a population to double

self sufficient

what Mao Zedong wanted China to be completely

costs of SEZs

widened income gap between rich and poor, "floating population", crime increase

hydroelectric power

a clean energy source that gives China 1/9 of their electricity

Three Gorges Dam

built to help China address the challenges of production of greenhouse gases

SEZs rules

businesses could make decisions, not the Chinese government