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