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1. 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.






2. The escape of the Red Army in 1934 from the Nationalist effort to eliminate them. Over the course of a year - the army marched 6000 miles to Shaanxi and formed a base camp there.






3. The leader of the Taiping Rebellion in the early 1950s who believed that the Qing Dynasty was at the end of its dynastic cycle - and that - he given the Mandate of Heaven - had the right to rule.






4. The document outlining the core beliefs of the Taiping rebels - essentially an early and basic form of communism. It said that the land was a resource owned by everyone - and that everyone deserved an equal share of it and its benefits.

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5. The emissary of King George III who - in 1793 - attempted to extend British trade with China. He and Britain were denied by the emperor.






6. 1887-1975 He was the superintendent of the Whampoa Military Academy appointed by Sun Yat Sen - and became Sun's successor as the head of the Guomindang. He left China in 1949 after being defeated by the communists - and reformed the Republic of China






7. Meaning 'barbarian -' this word showed China's belief that outsiders were evil - uncivilized or deserving of scorn.






8. 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.






9. 1945-1949 Immediately after the War of Resistance ended - the Nationalists and Communists fought for control of China. Though the Nationalists appeared to have the upper hand - their support crumbled due to economic troubles and corruption. The Commu






10. In the summer of 1898 - this was an effort by Kang Youwei and the emperor to restructure Chinese society. Some of the reforms include the establishment of the University of Beijing - the modernization of curriculum in education - the establishment of






11. In 1931 - the Japanese took Machuria while the Nationalists were preoccupied fighting the Communists. They then set up the puppet government of Manchukuo with Puyi as its leader.






12. 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.






13. The official appointed by the Chinese government Who was in charge of taxes and control of trade - with whom foreign traders were not permitted to speak.






14. Efforts by the Empress Cixi to save the Qing Dynasty between 1901 and 1908 introducing a modern education system - a new system for civil service entrance - and a new army.






15. The government formed by Sun Yat Sen's revolutionaries in 1912.






16. (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.






17. (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.






18. The man who started the new Chinese army in the early 20th century - which was exclusively loyal to him and was a force in the 1911 Revolution.






19. The required ritual performed in front of the emperor in which one would kneel three times and touch his head to the floor nine times.






20. The 1919 movement of Beijing students upset with the warlords who had been fighting in the power vacuum left by Yuan Shikai; it was the first mass movement in China - and probably the first example of mass nationalism.






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. The official appointed by the Chinese government Who was in charge of taxes and control of trade - with whom foreign traders were not permitted to speak.






24. The military of the Chinese Communist Party which was nearly destroyed in 1934 - but eventually reorganized and regrew its power.






25. Three ideas laid out in 1903 in Sun Yat Sen's writings: nationalism - democracy - and the people's livelihood.

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26. 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.






27. The series of twenty books written by Confucius's students cataloguing his teachings; he himself never wrote any of his ideas down.






28. Areas in China dominated and funded by foreign - often European - countries. Technically - these were still under Chinese rule.






29. The war following the Boxer Rebellion which was the largest conflict between China and the west.






30. 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.






31. The relationships of dominance in Confucianism: Emperor over official - father over son - husband over wife - and elder brothers over the younger. There was also the relationship between male friends which was NOT related to rank.






32. The 1919 movement of Beijing students upset with the warlords who had been fighting in the power vacuum left by Yuan Shikai; it was the first mass movement in China - and probably the first example of mass nationalism.






33. A religion from India started by Prince Gautama based on the concept of freeing oneself from material possessions and clinging to life - and that man's suffering is an artifact of his own creation.






34. The relationships of dominance in Confucianism: Emperor over official - father over son - husband over wife - and elder brothers over the younger. There was also the relationship between male friends which was NOT related to rank.






35. The combined force of the Nationalists and Communists Which marched north - eliminating warlords. It ended in 1927 - when Chiang Kai-Shek ordered the 'purge' of all Communists from his party - capturing and killing them all.






36. '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.






37. The single port that British and foreign traders could access before the Opium War.






38. 'The Canon of the Way' was a book of poetry by Laozi - the old master - outlining the core principles of Daoism.






39. 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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40. The capital of the Taiping rebellion captures from the Qing dynasty in 1853.






41. '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.






42. The party formed by Sun Yat Sen after He was excluded from the new Republic of China.






43. 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.






44. 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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45. The combined force of the Nationalists and Communists Which marched north - eliminating warlords. It ended in 1927 - when Chiang Kai-Shek ordered the 'purge' of all Communists from his party - capturing and killing them all.






46. 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.






47. 'The Canon of the Way' was a book of poetry by Laozi - the old master - outlining the core principles of Daoism.






48. In the summer of 1898 - this was an effort by Kang Youwei and the emperor to restructure Chinese society. Some of the reforms include the establishment of the University of Beijing - the modernization of curriculum in education - the establishment of






49. 1894-1895 The war between the Chinese and former tributary state Japan - which - after a Japanese victory - prompted the Chinese to reform its military and social system.






50. The idea - often in the 19th century - that a country should build up an empire. Ex. 'scramble for Africa'