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World History China
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1. The Communist military in the Chinese Civil War - comprised largely of peasant recruits from rural areas and increasingly from urban areas. This army's strength was greater than that of the Nationalists' - and was able to win the war in 1949.
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2. An island off mainland China which the British traders fled to after resisting Chinese efforts to stem the opium trade. It was eventually given to the British after the opium war.
Manchus
Lord George Macartney
Daoism
Hong Kong
3. The collapse of the Chinese empire in which the army supported the revolutionaries. Within six weeks - the Republic of China declared independence with Sun Yat Sen as its president.
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Most Favored Nation
4. The military of the Chinese Communist Party which was nearly destroyed in 1934 - but eventually reorganized and regrew its power.
Lord George Macartney
Treaty Of Nanjing
The Analects
Red Army
5. A group of Chinese revolutionary students who elected Sun Yat Sen their leader. The group failed ten times to overthrow the empire before the 1911 Revolution.
Canton System
Revolutionary Alliance
Prince Gautama/Buddha
Late Qing Reforms
6. The government formed by Sun Yat Sen's revolutionaries in 1912.
Mao Zedong
Republic of China
Self-Strengthening Movement'
Puyi
7. (Record of Conversation) The Chinese name for 'The Analects -' the records of Confucius's teachings as written by his students.
War of Resistance
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
Boxer Protocol
Sino-Japanese War
8. The treaty ending the Opium war - which was heavily favored toward the British. The Chinese were to pay 21 million dollars - give the British Hong Kong and to extend trading rights to the British.
War of Resistance
Sino-Japanese War
Most Favored Nation
Treaty Of Nanjing
9. Lin Xezu - appointed by the emperor in 1839 to end the opium trade in Guangzhou (Canton).
Canton System
Daoism
Commissioner Lin
Self-Strengthening Movement'
10. In 1915 - during WWI - Japan forced Germany to give up Shandong Province in China and then moved in. The resulted in a great deal of anger from the Chinese people.
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Mao Zedong
Republic of China
Japanese occupation of Shangdong
11. The emissary of King George III who - in 1793 - attempted to extend British trade with China. He and Britain were denied by the emperor.
Lord George Macartney
Taiping Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion
Daodejing
12. The last of China's emperors - a six year old boy - who gave up his throne on Feb. 12 - 1912.
andate of Heaven
Manchus
Puyi
Koutou
13. 'The Enlightened One' From the foothills of the Himalayas along the border of India and Nepal - contemplated the cause of misery and suffering - and through meditation - created Buddhism.
andate of Heaven
Opium
Prince Gautama/Buddha
Long March
14. An extremely addicting drug now found in morphine which the British and other foreign traders brought to China to trade for Chinese goods - as the Chinese had little interest in European goods.
Prince Shotuki
Opium
Hundred Days Reform
Canton/Guangzhou
15. The treaty ending the Opium war - which was heavily favored toward the British. The Chinese were to pay 21 million dollars - give the British Hong Kong and to extend trading rights to the British.
Buddhism
Treaty Of Nanjing
Confucius
3 People's Principle
16. The system imposed by Chinese courts in the 1750s to contain foreign traders. It restricted trade to the port of Canton - so traders only came once a year.
Yuan Shikai
Canton System
Sun Yat Sen
Cixi
17. The leader of the Chinese Communist Party - who went into hiding in the countryside in 1927 to attempt to resurrect an opposition to the Nationalists.
The Analects
Hundred Days Reform
ar of 1900
Mao Zedong
18. The Buddhist belief that people exist in a cycle of reincarnation - being reborn based on the quality of the life they had previously led. The ultimate goal of a Buddhist was to reach nirvana - a state of peacefulness - by ridding oneself of selfish
Civil War
Factories
The Analects
Karma
19. (573-621) The court regent who used Confucianism to justify the supremacy of the emperor and centralization of government in Japan. This led to greater following of Confucius within Japan.
Daoism
Prince Shotuki
Red Army
Extraterritoriality
20. 1839-1842 - it was fought between the British and Chinese over the opium trade. The British were ultimately victorious - and the war ended in the Treaty of Nanjing.
Opium War
Republic of China
ar of 1900
Factories
21. The September 1901 treaty ending the Boxer Rebellion requiring that China pay 330 million in indemnity - punishing the Chinese officials - and weakening the Chinese military.
Boxer Protocol
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
Prince Shotuki
Imperialism
22. The 1860s movement by loyalist officials to attempt to modernize China with Western military technology and self sufficiency in weapon production.
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23. 1866-1925 The leader of the Chinese revolutionaries in the early 20th century who believed that the imperial system needed to be replaced with a nationalist and socialist government.
Hundred Days Reform
Sino-Japanese War
ar of 1900
Sun Yat Sen
24. The date that Chiang Kai-Shek and the Guomindang fled the mainland to form the ROC on the island of Taiwan.
andate of Heaven
The Analects
Han Chinese
December 8 - 1949
25. The measure of Chinese history by a chain of emperors - often 200-300 years. These began with the usurpation of a corrupt emperor followed by a strong dynasty which then also declined into corruption.
Han Chinese
Red Army
Dynastic Cycles
Macao
26. The date that Chiang Kai-Shek and the Guomindang fled the mainland to form the ROC on the island of Taiwan.
Yuan Shikai
December 8 - 1949
Koutou
May 4th Movement
27. A group of Chinese revolutionary students who elected Sun Yat Sen their leader. The group failed ten times to overthrow the empire before the 1911 Revolution.
ar of 1900
May 4th Movement
Revolutionary Alliance
Prince Gautama/Buddha
28. 1839-1842 - it was fought between the British and Chinese over the opium trade. The British were ultimately victorious - and the war ended in the Treaty of Nanjing.
Taiping Rebellion
Canton/Guangzhou
Opium War
Daoism
29. In 1915 - during WWI - Japan forced Germany to give up Shandong Province in China and then moved in. The resulted in a great deal of anger from the Chinese people.
Japanese occupation of Shangdong
'The Land System and Heavenly Dynasty'
Prince Shotuki
Civil War
30. The conference among the victorious allied forces concerning how to deal with the defeated countries. Among their decisions was to support the Japanese acquisition of Shandong - which upset the Chinese.
May 4th Movement
Paris Peace Conference
Five Cardinal Relationships
Middle Kingdom
31. The combined force of the Communists and Nationalists formed in 1936 united in the common goal for the Chinese to oppose the Japanese invasions.
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32. An island off mainland China which the British traders fled to after resisting Chinese efforts to stem the opium trade. It was eventually given to the British after the opium war.
Hong Kong
Opium War
Late Qing Reforms
Canton/Guangzhou
33. Lin Xezu - appointed by the emperor in 1839 to end the opium trade in Guangzhou (Canton).
Commissioner Lin
Koutou
Factories
Lord George Macartney
34. Ritual - music - mathematics - history - archery and charioteering were the core of Confucianism educations - designed to produce rounded and moral gentlemen.
December 8 - 1949
Yuan Shikai
Daodejing
The Six Arts of Confucius
35. The popular peasant movement starting in North China in 1898. This thoroughly anti-foreign rebellion ousted the Chinese empire - but was put down by foreign militaries in 1900.
Opium
Boxer Rebellion
Sino-Japanese War
Hundred Days Reform
36. 'The Canon of the Way' was a book of poetry by Laozi - the old master - outlining the core principles of Daoism.
Most Favored Nation
Daoism
Daodejing
Mao Zedong
37. The people of Manchuria who overthrew the Chinese throne in the 17th century and started the Qing Dynasty. They eventually became more like the rest of China - however.
Manchus
People's Revolutionary Army
Canton/Guangzhou
Opium War
38. The racial majority in China - consisting mostly of farmers.
May 4th Movement
Han Chinese
Sun Yat Sen
Mao Zedong
39. An alternative to Confucianism recommending activity in accord with nature with emphasis on little government intervention and and 'action of inaction.'
Daoism
Kang Youwei
Hong Kong
Boxer Rebellion
40. The idea - often in the 19th century - that a country should build up an empire. Ex. 'scramble for Africa'
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
Kang Youwei
Imperialism
Hundred Days Reform
41. (Record of Conversation) The Chinese name for 'The Analects -' the records of Confucius's teachings as written by his students.
Boxer Rebellion
Imperialism
May 4th Movement
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
42. The conference among the victorious allied forces concerning how to deal with the defeated countries. Among their decisions was to support the Japanese acquisition of Shandong - which upset the Chinese.
Hundred Days Reform
Factories
Nanjing
Paris Peace Conference
43. The Buddhist belief that people exist in a cycle of reincarnation - being reborn based on the quality of the life they had previously led. The ultimate goal of a Buddhist was to reach nirvana - a state of peacefulness - by ridding oneself of selfish
Karma
'United Front'
Middle Kingdom
Tributary System
44. The party formed by Sun Yat Sen after He was excluded from the new Republic of China.
Treaty Of Nanjing
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Extraterritoriality
May 4th Movement
45. Born in 551 BCE - Confucius was a Chinese philosopher - mostly on social and political relationships. His teachings extended beyond his 3000 students to become the basis of traditional Chinese - Japanese - Korean - and Vietnamese culture.
Hoppo
Lord George Macartney
Confucius
Manchus
46. Meaning 'barbarian -' this word showed China's belief that outsiders were evil - uncivilized or deserving of scorn.
December 8 - 1949
Daodejing
ManYi
Northern Expedition
47. The rival regional military leaders who fought for control of China between 1916 and 1919.
October 1 - 1949
Opium War
Warlords
Hong Kong
48. Also 'Kongzi -' the Chinese name for Confucius meaning 'Master Kong'
Kongfuzi
Lord George Macartney
3 People's Principle
Republic of China
49. The combined force of the Communists and Nationalists formed in 1936 united in the common goal for the Chinese to oppose the Japanese invasions.
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50. The home of foreign traders with China under the Canton system. It was 80 miles downriver - and so the traders had to wait a long time for favorable winds.
Revolutionary Alliance
War of Resistance
Dynastic Cycles
Macao