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1. An alternative to Confucianism recommending activity in accord with nature with emphasis on little government intervention and and 'action of inaction.'






2. 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






3. 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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4. The rival regional military leaders who fought for control of China between 1916 and 1919.






5. 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.






6. Lin Xezu - appointed by the emperor in 1839 to end the opium trade in Guangzhou (Canton).






7. 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.






8. 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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9. The capital of the Taiping rebellion captures from the Qing dynasty in 1853.






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. 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






13. 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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14. The perceived right to rule granted the emperor by supernatural powers - making him above the common people.






15. 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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16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. 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.






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

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21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. The date that Mao Zedong declared victory over the Nationalists - instituting the People's Republic of China.






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






36. (Record of Conversation) The Chinese name for 'The Analects -' the records of Confucius's teachings as written by his students.






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. Lin Xezu - appointed by the emperor in 1839 to end the opium trade in Guangzhou (Canton).






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. (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.






45. The last of China's emperors - a six year old boy - who gave up his throne on Feb. 12 - 1912.






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






47. 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.






48. The rival regional military leaders who fought for control of China between 1916 and 1919.






49. The date that Mao Zedong declared victory over the Nationalists - instituting the People's Republic of China.






50. 1937-1945 After Japanese forces invaded China in July 1937 - the Nationalists and Communists united to fight them off - though neither invested as many men or as much equipment as they might - for they did not trust each other. The war ended with the