China: The World's Most Populous Country

A benefit of the Three Gorges Dam

-Clean Renewable Energy Source -Dam provides flood control -River shipping is safer

A cost of the Three Gorges Dam

-Displaced more than a million people as their homes disappeared under water -Dam changed the ecosystem -Dam sits on a earthquake fault, creating the risk of a catastrophic flood if it fails

A cost of the One-Child Policy

-Fewer children to take of the old -Many people want a son if they can have only one child - People don't want to be told how many children they can have

A benefit of the One-Child Policy

-Reduced the strain on food and water supplies -Slowed population growth - Mothers and babies tend to be healthier in smaller families

How might money spent on educating women affect a country's rate of natural increase?

-Women who are educated generally have more control over the number of children they have. -Educated women often marry later. -They may put off having children to focus on career.

Great Leap Forward

A program launched in 1958 by Mao Zedong to help China become a modern Industrial country.

Famine

A severe shortage of food that results in widespread hunger

Mao's "Cultural Revolution"

An attempted new society in China where everyone would follow the leader's ideas and work for the common good.

Special Economic Zones

Areas in China where special laws are set up for foreign businesses.

Great Leap Forward had two goals, they were:

Increase steel production and increase food production

A benefit of Special Economic Zones

*SEZs have brought economic growth *SEZs Created millions of new jobs *Extra money means people enjoy a higher standard of living

How might money spent on health care affect a country's rate of natural increase?

-Better health care means more children survive so families have less children.

China in 1980 became the worlds first

Billion person country

A cost of Special Economic Zones

*SEZs have Widened income gap between rich and poor *SEZs have created a "floating population" of migrant workers

Zero Population Growth

A condition in which the population of a country does not grow but remains stable. This Condition comes about when the birth rate plus immigration equals the death rate plus emigration.

Between 1950 and 1990, China doubled its population. This is called:

Doubling Time

One-Child Policy

In 1979, China began a family planning program where families could only have one child

Rate of Natural Increase

The annual rate of population growth. This percentage is calculated by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate. It does not include people moving into or out of the country.

Doubling Time

The length of time it takes for a population to double

Three Gorges Dam

Worlds largest hydro-electric power source