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1. 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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2. A part of a treaty guaranteeing that a nation be granted any right given to another nation.
Chiang Kai-Shek
Most Favored Nation
ar of 1900
Kang Youwei
3. 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
Japanese occupation of Shangdong
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
Chiang Kai-Shek
Five Cardinal Relationships
4. 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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5. The perceived right to rule granted the emperor by supernatural powers - making him above the common people.
The Analects
Middle Kingdom
Daodejing
andate of Heaven
6. The living quarters of foreign traders which were blockaded for 47 days with 350 inside. This action by Commissioner Lin led to the Opium War.
Cixi
Civil War
Factories
Spheres of Influence
7. 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.
Sino-Japanese War
Canton/Guangzhou
ManYi
Confucius
8. 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.
Sun Yat Sen
Taiping Rebellion
Red Army
ar of 1900
9. 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.
Warlords
Paris Peace Conference
Republic of China
Civil War
10. 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.
Hong Kong
Confucius
Dynastic Cycles
Tributary System
11. The military of the Chinese Communist Party which was nearly destroyed in 1934 - but eventually reorganized and regrew its power.
Spheres of Influence
Hong Xiuquan
Red Army
Factories
12. 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.
Imperialism
Buddhism
Sino-Japanese War
Kang Youwei
13. The military of the Chinese Communist Party which was nearly destroyed in 1934 - but eventually reorganized and regrew its power.
Red Army
Canton/Guangzhou
Tributary System
3 People's Principle
14. The party formed by Sun Yat Sen after He was excluded from the new Republic of China.
Commissioner Lin
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Hoppo
Paris Peace Conference
15. 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.
Red Army
Long March
The Analects
Cixi
16. 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.
Taiping Rebellion
May 4th Movement
Macao
Prince Gautama/Buddha
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 Six Arts of Confucius
Kongfuzi
Mao Zedong
Hoppo
18. '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
Prince Gautama/Buddha
Boxer Protocol
Kang Youwei
19. 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.
Paris Peace Conference
Boxer Protocol
Revolutionary Alliance
3 People's Principle
20. 1858-1927 A Confucian scholar - imperial loyalist - and leader of the Hundred Days Reform in the late 19th century.
Kang Youwei
Hong Kong
Chinese Communist Party
Boxer Protocol
21. The idea - very much consistent with Confucian ideals of dominance - that China's neighboring states were supposed to be subservient - and owed China tribute. Also - these states were to observe China as superior in culture - policy and economy.
Treaty Of Nanjing
The Six Arts of Confucius
Revolutionary Alliance
Tributary System
22. The capital of the Taiping rebellion captures from the Qing dynasty in 1853.
Confucius
Red Army
Factories
Nanjing
23. 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
Warlords
3 People's Principle
Civil War
Confucius
24. 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.
Macao
Chinese Communist Party
Daoism
Hundred Days Reform
25. The idea - often in the 19th century - that a country should build up an empire. Ex. 'scramble for Africa'
Nanjing
'The Land System and Heavenly Dynasty'
People's Revolutionary Army
Imperialism
26. The series of twenty books written by Confucius's students cataloguing his teachings; he himself never wrote any of his ideas down.
Treaty Of Nanjing
The Six Arts of Confucius
Extraterritoriality
The Analects
27. Lin Xezu - appointed by the emperor in 1839 to end the opium trade in Guangzhou (Canton).
Commissioner Lin
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
Taiping Rebellion
Hong Kong
28. 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.
Macao
Yuan Shikai
Canton System
Confucius
29. 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.
Imperialism
Manchus
War of Resistance
Revolutionary Alliance
30. 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.
Commissioner Lin
Hong Kong
Karma
Chiang Kai-Shek
31. The reinterpretation of Confucianism in the 11th and 12th century to once again capture Confucius's teachings while also providing for other philosophies like Buddhism and Daoism.
Neo-Confucianism
ar of 1900
Tributary System
Dynastic Cycles
32. 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.
Late Qing Reforms
December 8 - 1949
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
Most Favored Nation
33. The rival regional military leaders who fought for control of China between 1916 and 1919.
War of Resistance
Lord George Macartney
War of Resistance
Warlords
34. 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.
Hong Xiuquan
Civil War
Extraterritoriality
Boxer Rebellion
35. 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.
October 1 - 1949
Confucius
Japanese occupation of Shangdong
Confucius
36. 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.
Northern Expedition
Daodejing
Yuan Shikai
Opium
37. 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.
Hoppo
Confucius
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
Boxer Protocol
38. 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.
Warlords
Most Favored Nation
May 4th Movement
Buddhism
39. 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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40. The emissary of King George III who - in 1793 - attempted to extend British trade with China. He and Britain were denied by the emperor.
War of Resistance
Lord George Macartney
May 4th Movement
ManYi
41. Three ideas laid out in 1903 in Sun Yat Sen's writings: nationalism - democracy - and the people's livelihood.
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42. The series of twenty books written by Confucius's students cataloguing his teachings; he himself never wrote any of his ideas down.
Opium War
Qing Dynasty
Red Army
The Analects
43. '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
Neo-Confucianism
Prince Gautama/Buddha
Revolutionary Alliance
44. The idea - often in the 19th century - that a country should build up an empire. Ex. 'scramble for Africa'
Boxer Rebellion
Imperialism
Macao
Hong Xiuquan
45. The date that Mao Zedong declared victory over the Nationalists - instituting the People's Republic of China.
ar of 1900
Hong Kong
Treaty Of Nanjing
October 1 - 1949
46. 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.
Warlords
Confucius
Extraterritoriality
Imperialism
47. From 1644-1911 - this dynasty accepted foreign rulers as leaders of tributary states - subservient to China.
Qing Dynasty
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
Han Chinese
Canton System
48. The idea that if a foreign citizen committed a crime on Chinese soil - he/she should be sent home to be tried in his/her own country.
Hoppo
Prince Shotuki
Canton/Guangzhou
Extraterritoriality
49. 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.
ManYi
War of Resistance
Hoppo
Northern Expedition
50. The rival regional military leaders who fought for control of China between 1916 and 1919.
3 People's Principle
Manchus
Warlords
Sun Yat Sen
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