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1. 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.
Revolutionary Alliance
Kang Youwei
Han Chinese
Prince Gautama/Buddha
2. 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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3. 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
Karma
Cixi
Kang Youwei
Civil War
4. The perceived right to rule granted the emperor by supernatural powers - making him above the common people.
December 8 - 1949
andate of Heaven
Yuan Shikai
Commissioner Lin
5. 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.
Manchus
Dynastic Cycles
Prince Shotuki
Koutou
6. (Record of Conversation) The Chinese name for 'The Analects -' the records of Confucius's teachings as written by his students.
The Analects
Red Army
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
Extraterritoriality
7. 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
Middle Kingdom
War of Resistance
Confucius
Cixi
8. Areas in China dominated and funded by foreign - often European - countries. Technically - these were still under Chinese rule.
ManYi
Spheres of Influence
Long March
Prince Gautama/Buddha
9. 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.
Opium War
Neo-Confucianism
Hundred Days Reform
Mao Zedong
10. The rival regional military leaders who fought for control of China between 1916 and 1919.
Warlords
Sun Yat Sen
Yuan Shikai
3 People's Principle
11. 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.
'The Land System and Heavenly Dynasty'
Sun Yat Sen
People's Revolutionary Army
Treaty Of Nanjing
12. 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.
Self-Strengthening Movement'
Commissioner Lin
Nanjing
Japanese occupation of Shangdong
13. 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.
ManYi
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
Kang Youwei
Factories
14. 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
Hundred Days Reform
The Six Arts of Confucius
October 1 - 1949
Koutou
15. (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.
Neo-Confucianism
Qing Dynasty
October 1 - 1949
Prince Shotuki
16. 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.
Canton/Guangzhou
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
Late Qing Reforms
Macao
17. 1858-1927 A Confucian scholar - imperial loyalist - and leader of the Hundred Days Reform in the late 19th century.
Kang Youwei
Sino-Japanese War
Revolutionary Alliance
3 People's Principle
18. The racial majority in China - consisting mostly of farmers.
Boxer Protocol
October 1 - 1949
Treaty Of Nanjing
Han Chinese
19. Three ideas laid out in 1903 in Sun Yat Sen's writings: nationalism - democracy - and the people's livelihood.
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20. 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.
Tributary System
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Opium
'United Front'
21. 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.
Opium
October 1 - 1949
Kongfuzi
Dynastic Cycles
22. 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.
Imperialism
Boxer Rebellion
Manchus
Hong Kong
23. The government formed by Sun Yat Sen's revolutionaries in 1912.
Northern Expedition
Most Favored Nation
Kongfuzi
Republic of China
24. Meaning 'barbarian -' this word showed China's belief that outsiders were evil - uncivilized or deserving of scorn.
Boxer Rebellion
ManYi
Canton System
The Six Arts of Confucius
25. 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.
Factories
Dynastic Cycles
Prince Gautama/Buddha
Most Favored Nation
26. 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.
Canton/Guangzhou
3 People's Principle
Confucius
Revolutionary Alliance
27. 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.
Most Favored Nation
Manchus
War of Resistance
Dynastic Cycles
28. 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.
Boxer Rebellion
Long March
Extraterritoriality
ManYi
29. The idea - often in the 19th century - that a country should build up an empire. Ex. 'scramble for Africa'
Puyi
Imperialism
Canton System
Kang Youwei
30. 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
'The Land System and Heavenly Dynasty'
Manchus
Spheres of Influence
31. 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.
Middle Kingdom
Karma
Boxer Rebellion
Hong Xiuquan
32. The party formed by Sun Yat Sen after He was excluded from the new Republic of China.
May 4th Movement
Cixi
Treaty Of Nanjing
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
33. 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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34. 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.
Mao Zedong
May 4th Movement
Spheres of Influence
Most Favored Nation
35. From 1644-1911 - this dynasty accepted foreign rulers as leaders of tributary states - subservient to China.
Sino-Japanese War
Qing Dynasty
Paris Peace Conference
Daoism
36. A part of a treaty guaranteeing that a nation be granted any right given to another nation.
Most Favored Nation
Kang Youwei
Puyi
Kongfuzi
37. 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.
Manchus
Chinese Communist Party
Civil War
Dynastic Cycles
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
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
Karma
Han Chinese
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
39. 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.
Karma
Sino-Japanese War
Boxer Rebellion
Hong Kong
40. The date that Mao Zedong declared victory over the Nationalists - instituting the People's Republic of China.
Commissioner Lin
Red Army
Buddhism
October 1 - 1949
41. 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.
Commissioner Lin
Canton System
Buddhism
Opium
42. 'The Canon of the Way' was a book of poetry by Laozi - the old master - outlining the core principles of Daoism.
Daodejing
Taiping Rebellion
Kongfuzi
Macao
43. The series of twenty books written by Confucius's students cataloguing his teachings; he himself never wrote any of his ideas down.
October 1 - 1949
Extraterritoriality
Factories
The Analects
44. 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.
Spheres of Influence
Civil War
People's Revolutionary Army
Middle Kingdom
45. 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.
Prince Shotuki
October 1 - 1949
Hong Xiuquan
December 8 - 1949
46. 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
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Prince Shotuki
Karma
47. The military of the Chinese Communist Party which was nearly destroyed in 1934 - but eventually reorganized and regrew its power.
ar of 1900
Civil War
Red Army
Opium
48. The last of China's emperors - a six year old boy - who gave up his throne on Feb. 12 - 1912.
Buddhism
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
Puyi
Daoism
49. An alternative to Confucianism recommending activity in accord with nature with emphasis on little government intervention and and 'action of inaction.'
ar of 1900
Daoism
Confucius
Koutou
50. 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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