4-09-2018 Essential Question: Explain the Great Leap Forward.

4-09-18- EQ Answer: An attempt to improve China’s economy

4-10-18: EQ- Why did the Chinese military massacre its own people in Tiananmen Square in 1989?

4-10-18: EQ Answer: They wanted to stop people who were protesting the lack of democracy, freedom of speech, and human rights in China.

4-11-18: EQ- How did nationalism lead to independence in places like India and Vietnam?

4-11-08 EQ Answer: As citizens began to feel a sense of loyalty to those with whom they shared a common culture, their desire for independence also began to grow.

4-12-18 EQ: What religions originated in India and believe in reincarnation?

4-12-18 EQ Answer: Buddhism and Hinduism

4-11-18 Warm-up: Why do so many people of India live in the Ganges River Valley?

4-11-18 Warm-up Answer: The river provides fertile soil for farming

4-12-18 Warm-up How have the farmers of Japan been able to raise crops in land that is very mountainous?

4-12-18- Warm –up answer: They have built farming terraces along the mountain slopes.

Which country is unusual in that almost every man and woman can read and write but the GDP is among the lowest in the world?

North Korea

Buddhism and Hinduism

When India became independent, what factor determined where people would live in the new states that were created?

religion