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What happened to the fertility rates of other countries like Brazil, South Korea and Thailand (places with no laws regarding family size) from 1979-2008?

The fertility rate went down.

How does communist China deal with citizens that disagree publicly with the governments policies?

punishment

What did the Chines governments slogan from the late 1960's; "Late, Long and Few" mean?

marry late, wait to have kids, and then just have a few

What year did Mao and the communist win the civil war and found the modern country of the Peoples Republic of China?

1949

Which is a much larger population in China today: men or women?

men- there about 30 million more men of marrying age than women

In the 4-2-1 family structure that was a result of the OCP, what does the "4" stand for?

4 grandparents

In early Chinese history what were the families that ruled China called?

Dynasties

When Mao and the communist won the civil war in 1949, were did the losing side flee to?

Taiwan, where they set up their own democratic government.

In document D the author says singleton daughters have benefited from the OCP. In what way did these daughters benefit?

more attention from parents, encouraged to value education and career, better job opportunity

Some people have noted that the environment in Henan, China has improved as a result of the OCP, what direct evidence was given to prove the environment is better off?

sulfur dioxide dropped 17.6% and water pollution dropped 30.8%

What happened to China's fertility rate during the 10 years prior to the one-child policy beginning? (1970-1979)?

It dropped a lot, from 5.8 in 1970 to 2.7 in 1979

What year did the one-child policy end?

2015

What ethnic group make up about 90% of China's population?

the Han

What year did China's one-child policy begin?

1980

According to the United Nations mid level predictions, what year is China's population expected to peak?

2030

What does fertility rate measure?

The average amount of children a women would have in a lifetime

How did Mao view population growth when he first took control of China?

He encouraged families to have lots of children, he thought more people would strengthen China

What was Mao Zedong's plan called for quickly industrializing China?

The Great Leap Forward

What form of government does China have today?

communist

Who was the leader of China that led a revolution, won a civil war and founded the modern communist nation of China?

Mao Zedong