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1. 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
Treaty Of Nanjing
Chiang Kai-Shek
Taiping Rebellion
Middle Kingdom
2. 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.
Buddhism
Qing Dynasty
Boxer Protocol
Nanjing
3. 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.
Neo-Confucianism
May 4th Movement
October 1 - 1949
Late Qing Reforms
4. The peasant rebellion in the early 1850s led by Hong Xiuquan which supported an early form of communism. Though they were able to defeat the Qing empire - foreign countries suppressed the Taiping with their militaries.
The Analects
Treaty Of Nanjing
Karma
Taiping Rebellion
5. The single port that British and foreign traders could access before the Opium War.
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
Confucius
Canton/Guangzhou
Tributary System
6. 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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7. '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.
Prince Gautama/Buddha
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
Prince Shotuki
Revolutionary Alliance
8. The idea - often in the 19th century - that a country should build up an empire. Ex. 'scramble for Africa'
Hundred Days Reform
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
October 1 - 1949
Imperialism
9. 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
Chiang Kai-Shek
Factories
3 People's Principle
Middle Kingdom
10. 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.
October 1 - 1949
Republic of China
Koutou
3 People's Principle
11. 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.
Canton System
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
Cixi
Extraterritoriality
12. The perceived right to rule granted the emperor by supernatural powers - making him above the common people.
Cixi
Kongfuzi
andate of Heaven
Paris Peace Conference
13. 1858-1927 A Confucian scholar - imperial loyalist - and leader of the Hundred Days Reform in the late 19th century.
Opium
Kang Youwei
War of Resistance
ar of 1900
14. The date that Mao Zedong declared victory over the Nationalists - instituting the People's Republic of China.
Middle Kingdom
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
October 1 - 1949
Confucius
15. 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.
Han Chinese
Most Favored Nation
Prince Shotuki
Northern Expedition
16. 1835-1908 The Empress Dowager (widow) who controlled the Chinese empire through the reigning emperor. She sided with the fired officials to help end the Hundred Days Reform.
Chinese Communist Party
Cixi
Yuan Shikai
Boxer Protocol
17. Areas in China dominated and funded by foreign - often European - countries. Technically - these were still under Chinese rule.
Spheres of Influence
May 4th Movement
Treaty Of Nanjing
Republic of China
18. 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.
Extraterritoriality
Late Qing Reforms
Macao
Buddhism
19. 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.
Self-Strengthening Movement'
Nanjing
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
Treaty Of Nanjing
20. 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.
Northern Expedition
May 4th Movement
Boxer Protocol
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
21. The party formed by Sun Yat Sen after He was excluded from the new Republic of China.
Nanjing
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Hong Kong
Extraterritoriality
22. 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
Extraterritoriality
Hundred Days Reform
Canton System
Confucius
23. 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.
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
Lord George Macartney
Most Favored Nation
Manchus
24. 'The Canon of the Way' was a book of poetry by Laozi - the old master - outlining the core principles of Daoism.
People's Revolutionary Army
Daodejing
Tributary System
War of Resistance
25. 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.
Buddhism
May 4th Movement
Late Qing Reforms
andate of Heaven
26. Also 'Kongzi -' the Chinese name for Confucius meaning 'Master Kong'
Buddhism
Kongfuzi
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Karma
27. The war following the Boxer Rebellion which was the largest conflict between China and the west.
Lord George Macartney
ar of 1900
Yuan Shikai
December 8 - 1949
28. 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.
Tributary System
Hoppo
Spheres of Influence
Confucius
29. 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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30. Ritual - music - mathematics - history - archery and charioteering were the core of Confucianism educations - designed to produce rounded and moral gentlemen.
'United Front'
Karma
The Six Arts of Confucius
Kang Youwei
31. 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.
Revolutionary Alliance
Opium War
Hundred Days Reform
Republic of China
32. 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.
Civil War
War of Resistance
Tributary System
Chiang Kai-Shek
33. 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.
Macao
Five Cardinal Relationships
Puyi
Warlords
34. 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.
Daoism
War of Resistance
Boxer Rebellion
Yuan Shikai
35. 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.
Opium War
Boxer Protocol
Confucius
Yuan Shikai
36. The party formed in 1921 led by Mao Zedong which held the ideal that a Communist government would improve the lives of urban workers and rural farmers. The disillusioned poor of China were eager to embrace such ideas they saw as liberating them from
Boxer Protocol
Chinese Communist Party
Paris Peace Conference
Sino-Japanese War
37. 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.
Buddhism
Treaty Of Nanjing
Sino-Japanese War
Hoppo
38. 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.
Kang Youwei
Sun Yat Sen
Yuan Shikai
Civil War
39. 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.
Manchus
Neo-Confucianism
Nanjing
Taiping Rebellion
40. The idea - often in the 19th century - that a country should build up an empire. Ex. 'scramble for Africa'
Imperialism
Yuan Shikai
Han Chinese
May 4th Movement
41. 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.
Civil War
Warlords
Yuan Shikai
Opium
42. 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
Warlords
Tributary System
Daoism
43. Meaning 'barbarian -' this word showed China's belief that outsiders were evil - uncivilized or deserving of scorn.
May 4th Movement
ManYi
Hundred Days Reform
Han Chinese
44. 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.
Canton System
December 8 - 1949
Daoism
Sun Yat Sen
45. 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.
Boxer Rebellion
Republic of China
The Analects
Puyi
46. Areas in China dominated and funded by foreign - often European - countries. Technically - these were still under Chinese rule.
Qing Dynasty
Daoism
Spheres of Influence
Opium War
47. Also 'Kongzi -' the Chinese name for Confucius meaning 'Master Kong'
Kongfuzi
Middle Kingdom
Spheres of Influence
Red Army
48. The war following the Boxer Rebellion which was the largest conflict between China and the west.
ar of 1900
Taiping Rebellion
Chinese Communist Party
Northern Expedition
49. 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.
The Six Arts of Confucius
Boxer Rebellion
Buddhism
Northern Expedition
50. Three ideas laid out in 1903 in Sun Yat Sen's writings: nationalism - democracy - and the people's livelihood.
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