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1. (Record of Conversation) The Chinese name for 'The Analects -' the records of Confucius's teachings as written by his students.
Sino-Japanese War
War of Resistance
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
The Six Arts of Confucius
2. 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
Late Qing Reforms
Five Cardinal Relationships
Qing Dynasty
3. (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.
'United Front'
Long March
Prince Shotuki
Long March
4. 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.
Daoism
The Six Arts of Confucius
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
Cixi
5. The self-given name of China during the Qing Dynasty - demonstrating the Chinese idea that they were the center of the universe. The rest of the world was relatively insignificant.
Macao
'United Front'
Middle Kingdom
Hong Xiuquan
6. 'The Canon of the Way' was a book of poetry by Laozi - the old master - outlining the core principles of Daoism.
ManYi
Daodejing
War of Resistance
Chinese Communist Party
7. The date that Chiang Kai-Shek and the Guomindang fled the mainland to form the ROC on the island of Taiwan.
Warlords
December 8 - 1949
May 4th Movement
Prince Gautama/Buddha
8. 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
Republic of China
Commissioner Lin
Hong Kong
Hundred Days Reform
9. 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.
Red Army
Manchus
Mao Zedong
Long March
10. The emissary of King George III who - in 1793 - attempted to extend British trade with China. He and Britain were denied by the emperor.
Qing Dynasty
Lord George Macartney
Commissioner Lin
Puyi
11. 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.
Buddhism
Imperialism
Warlords
Republic of China
12. Also 'Kongzi -' the Chinese name for Confucius meaning 'Master Kong'
Hoppo
Long March
Treaty Of Nanjing
Kongfuzi
13. The single port that British and foreign traders could access before the Opium War.
Five Cardinal Relationships
Han Chinese
Canton/Guangzhou
Revolutionary Alliance
14. 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.
May 4th Movement
'United Front'
The Analects
Sun Yat Sen
15. The war following the Boxer Rebellion which was the largest conflict between China and the west.
ar of 1900
People's Revolutionary Army
War of Resistance
Buddhism
16. 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
Boxer Rebellion
Treaty Of Nanjing
Hundred Days Reform
Civil War
17. 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.
Tributary System
Factories
Five Cardinal Relationships
3 People's Principle
18. Lin Xezu - appointed by the emperor in 1839 to end the opium trade in Guangzhou (Canton).
Commissioner Lin
Dynastic Cycles
'United Front'
Tributary System
19. The date that Chiang Kai-Shek and the Guomindang fled the mainland to form the ROC on the island of Taiwan.
Prince Shotuki
Buddhism
Boxer Protocol
December 8 - 1949
20. 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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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.
Mao Zedong
Hoppo
Boxer Protocol
Karma
22. The military of the Chinese Communist Party which was nearly destroyed in 1934 - but eventually reorganized and regrew its power.
Treaty Of Nanjing
Red Army
Karma
Commissioner Lin
23. Ritual - music - mathematics - history - archery and charioteering were the core of Confucianism educations - designed to produce rounded and moral gentlemen.
Manchus
andate of Heaven
The Six Arts of Confucius
Factories
24. 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.
Tributary System
andate of Heaven
Boxer Rebellion
Five Cardinal Relationships
25. 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.
Canton System
Opium
ManYi
Tributary System
26. 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.
Extraterritoriality
Kang Youwei
Canton System
Yuan Shikai
27. 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.
ar of 1900
Sino-Japanese War
Commissioner Lin
Paris Peace Conference
28. The military of the Chinese Communist Party which was nearly destroyed in 1934 - but eventually reorganized and regrew its power.
Daoism
'The Land System and Heavenly Dynasty'
Red Army
Dynastic Cycles
29. Meaning 'barbarian -' this word showed China's belief that outsiders were evil - uncivilized or deserving of scorn.
ManYi
Long March
ar of 1900
May 4th Movement
30. The emissary of King George III who - in 1793 - attempted to extend British trade with China. He and Britain were denied by the emperor.
'United Front'
Boxer Protocol
Han Chinese
Lord George Macartney
31. 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.
Late Qing Reforms
Spheres of Influence
Republic of China
Daodejing
32. 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.
Dynastic Cycles
Han Chinese
The Six Arts of Confucius
Factories
33. The idea - often in the 19th century - that a country should build up an empire. Ex. 'scramble for Africa'
Imperialism
May 4th Movement
Koutou
Neo-Confucianism
34. 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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35. 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
Northern Expedition
Chinese Communist Party
Manchus
36. Meaning 'barbarian -' this word showed China's belief that outsiders were evil - uncivilized or deserving of scorn.
Boxer Rebellion
Treaty Of Nanjing
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
ManYi
37. The party formed by Sun Yat Sen after He was excluded from the new Republic of China.
Republic of China
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Taiping Rebellion
Warlords
38. 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
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kongfuzi
Canton/Guangzhou
Karma
39. Areas in China dominated and funded by foreign - often European - countries. Technically - these were still under Chinese rule.
Canton System
Spheres of Influence
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
Prince Shotuki
40. The rival regional military leaders who fought for control of China between 1916 and 1919.
Prince Shotuki
Warlords
Koutou
Republic of China
41. The date that Mao Zedong declared victory over the Nationalists - instituting the People's Republic of China.
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
'United Front'
October 1 - 1949
Middle Kingdom
42. The series of twenty books written by Confucius's students cataloguing his teachings; he himself never wrote any of his ideas down.
Kongfuzi
Spheres of Influence
The Analects
Nanjing
43. The perceived right to rule granted the emperor by supernatural powers - making him above the common people.
Imperialism
Taiping Rebellion
andate of Heaven
Chiang Kai-Shek
44. 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
Commissioner Lin
Karma
Koutou
45. Lin Xezu - appointed by the emperor in 1839 to end the opium trade in Guangzhou (Canton).
Warlords
December 8 - 1949
Commissioner Lin
Manchus
46. The self-given name of China during the Qing Dynasty - demonstrating the Chinese idea that they were the center of the universe. The rest of the world was relatively insignificant.
Middle Kingdom
Revolutionary Alliance
Republic of China
'United Front'
47. 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.
Civil War
Revolutionary Alliance
Treaty Of Nanjing
Dynastic Cycles
48. The single port that British and foreign traders could access before the Opium War.
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Koutou
Late Qing Reforms
Canton/Guangzhou
49. A part of a treaty guaranteeing that a nation be granted any right given to another nation.
December 8 - 1949
Most Favored Nation
Paris Peace Conference
ar of 1900
50. Three ideas laid out in 1903 in Sun Yat Sen's writings: nationalism - democracy - and the people's livelihood.
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