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World History China
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1. The single port that British and foreign traders could access before the Opium War.
Spheres of Influence
Puyi
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Canton/Guangzhou
2. 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
Factories
Most Favored Nation
Five Cardinal Relationships
Chinese Communist Party
3. Also 'Kongzi -' the Chinese name for Confucius meaning 'Master Kong'
Nanjing
Kongfuzi
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
Koutou
4. 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.
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Kongfuzi
May 4th Movement
Tributary System
5. 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
'The Land System and Heavenly Dynasty'
Lord George Macartney
Hong Kong
6. 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
Buddhism
Karma
Manchus
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.
Warlords
Prince Gautama/Buddha
Revolutionary Alliance
Warlords
8. The racial majority in China - consisting mostly of farmers.
Confucius
War of Resistance
Han Chinese
Cixi
9. 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.
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
People's Revolutionary Army
Long March
Taiping Rebellion
10. Three ideas laid out in 1903 in Sun Yat Sen's writings: nationalism - democracy - and the people's livelihood.
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11. 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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12. 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
Civil War
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Karma
13. 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.
Japanese occupation of Shangdong
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
War of Resistance
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
14. 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.
Neo-Confucianism
ManYi
Sino-Japanese War
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
15. An alternative to Confucianism recommending activity in accord with nature with emphasis on little government intervention and and 'action of inaction.'
Prince Shotuki
Kang Youwei
Cixi
Daoism
16. From 1644-1911 - this dynasty accepted foreign rulers as leaders of tributary states - subservient to China.
Prince Gautama/Buddha
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
Qing Dynasty
3 People's Principle
17. 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.
Hong Xiuquan
Canton/Guangzhou
Civil War
October 1 - 1949
18. 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.
Taiping Rebellion
Opium
Factories
Five Cardinal Relationships
19. From 1644-1911 - this dynasty accepted foreign rulers as leaders of tributary states - subservient to China.
Extraterritoriality
Qing Dynasty
andate of Heaven
3 People's Principle
20. 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.
Five Cardinal Relationships
Boxer Rebellion
Treaty Of Nanjing
Hong Xiuquan
21. Areas in China dominated and funded by foreign - often European - countries. Technically - these were still under Chinese rule.
Spheres of Influence
Sino-Japanese War
Middle Kingdom
Commissioner Lin
22. Three ideas laid out in 1903 in Sun Yat Sen's writings: nationalism - democracy - and the people's livelihood.
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23. 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.
Prince Shotuki
Macao
Paris Peace Conference
Neo-Confucianism
24. 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.
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hoppo
Paris Peace Conference
May 4th Movement
25. The military of the Chinese Communist Party which was nearly destroyed in 1934 - but eventually reorganized and regrew its power.
Red Army
Taiping Rebellion
Revolutionary Alliance
Hoppo
26. The rival regional military leaders who fought for control of China between 1916 and 1919.
ManYi
October 1 - 1949
Five Cardinal Relationships
Warlords
27. 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 War
Mao Zedong
Revolutionary Alliance
Opium
28. 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.
December 8 - 1949
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sun Yat Sen
Confucius
29. 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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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.
Lord George Macartney
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
October 1 - 1949
Cixi
31. 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
Opium War
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
Koutou
Karma
32. The date that Mao Zedong declared victory over the Nationalists - instituting the People's Republic of China.
October 1 - 1949
Paris Peace Conference
Opium
Daoism
33. 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
Confucius
Prince Gautama/Buddha
Buddhism
Hundred Days Reform
34. The capital of the Taiping rebellion captures from the Qing dynasty in 1853.
Mao Zedong
Koutou
Nanjing
Commissioner Lin
35. 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.
'United Front'
Imperialism
Prince Shotuki
Japanese occupation of Shangdong
36. 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
Karma
Northern Expedition
Chinese Communist Party
'United Front'
37. 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
Long March
Qing Dynasty
Imperialism
38. 1858-1927 A Confucian scholar - imperial loyalist - and leader of the Hundred Days Reform in the late 19th century.
Kang Youwei
Imperialism
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
Prince Gautama/Buddha
39. (Record of Conversation) The Chinese name for 'The Analects -' the records of Confucius's teachings as written by his students.
Manchus
Kongfuzi
Five Cardinal Relationships
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
40. 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.
Taiping Rebellion
Cixi
ar of 1900
Warlords
41. 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.
Qing Dynasty
May 4th Movement
Boxer Rebellion
Hong Xiuquan
42. 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.
Hong Kong
'United Front'
Factories
Imperialism
43. The capital of the Taiping rebellion captures from the Qing dynasty in 1853.
Warlords
Taiping Rebellion
Treaty Of Nanjing
Nanjing
44. Also 'Kongzi -' the Chinese name for Confucius meaning 'Master Kong'
Kongfuzi
Buddhism
Prince Gautama/Buddha
Commissioner Lin
45. 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.
Middle Kingdom
Opium War
The Analects
Sun Yat Sen
46. 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.
Boxer Protocol
Hong Xiuquan
Red Army
3 People's Principle
47. 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.
Han Chinese
October 1 - 1949
Imperialism
Tributary System
48. 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
Canton System
Chinese Communist Party
Tributary System
Hong Kong
49. 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
andate of Heaven
Canton System
Extraterritoriality
50. The military of the Chinese Communist Party which was nearly destroyed in 1934 - but eventually reorganized and regrew its power.
Red Army
Hong Xiuquan
Buddhism
Boxer Rebellion
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