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1. The idea - often in the 19th century - that a country should build up an empire. Ex. 'scramble for Africa'






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. The emissary of King George III who - in 1793 - attempted to extend British trade with China. He and Britain were denied by the emperor.






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






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.






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






13. The idea - often in the 19th century - that a country should build up an empire. Ex. 'scramble for Africa'






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






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






20. 1858-1927 A Confucian scholar - imperial loyalist - and leader of the Hundred Days Reform in the late 19th century.






21. 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






22. Meaning 'barbarian -' this word showed China's belief that outsiders were evil - uncivilized or deserving of scorn.






23. 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.






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.






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






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






27. 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






28. A part of a treaty guaranteeing that a nation be granted any right given to another nation.






29. 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.






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 'The Canon of the Way' was a book of poetry by Laozi - the old master - outlining the core principles of Daoism.






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. The military of the Chinese Communist Party which was nearly destroyed in 1934 - but eventually reorganized and regrew its power.






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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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45. Ritual - music - mathematics - history - archery and charioteering were the core of Confucianism educations - designed to produce rounded and moral gentlemen.






46. 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






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






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






49. 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.






50. '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.






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