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World History China
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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.
Middle Kingdom
War of Resistance
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
Japanese occupation of Shangdong
2. The racial majority in China - consisting mostly of farmers.
People's Revolutionary Army
Spheres of Influence
Cixi
Han Chinese
3. 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.
Revolutionary Alliance
Northern Expedition
Chiang Kai-Shek
Boxer Rebellion
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.
Boxer Protocol
Taiping Rebellion
Buddhism
Treaty Of Nanjing
5. 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
Buddhism
Factories
Red Army
Hundred Days Reform
6. 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.
Treaty Of Nanjing
Canton System
Confucius
Paris Peace Conference
7. Also 'Kongzi -' the Chinese name for Confucius meaning 'Master Kong'
Kongfuzi
The Analects
Opium
ManYi
8. 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.
Han Chinese
'United Front'
Dynastic Cycles
Late Qing Reforms
9. 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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10. The war following the Boxer Rebellion which was the largest conflict between China and the west.
Kongfuzi
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
ar of 1900
Sun Yat Sen
11. 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
Cixi
Hong Kong
Karma
Kang Youwei
12. The date that Chiang Kai-Shek and the Guomindang fled the mainland to form the ROC on the island of Taiwan.
Dynastic Cycles
October 1 - 1949
December 8 - 1949
Manchus
13. '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.
Hong Kong
Red Army
Prince Gautama/Buddha
Kongfuzi
14. 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.
Macao
Extraterritoriality
May 4th Movement
Lord George Macartney
15. 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.
Hong Kong
Koutou
Long March
Prince Gautama/Buddha
16. 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.
Confucius
3 People's Principle
Buddhism
ar of 1900
17. From 1644-1911 - this dynasty accepted foreign rulers as leaders of tributary states - subservient to China.
Yuan Shikai
Dynastic Cycles
Qing Dynasty
Northern Expedition
18. The single port that British and foreign traders could access before the Opium War.
Opium War
Yuan Shikai
Canton/Guangzhou
Sun Yat Sen
19. 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.
Qing Dynasty
Revolutionary Alliance
Sino-Japanese War
October 1 - 1949
20. 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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21. 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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22. 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
Civil War
Daodejing
Puyi
War of Resistance
23. The escape of the Red Army in 1934 from the Nationalist effort to eliminate them. Over the course of a year - the army marched 6000 miles to Shaanxi and formed a base camp there.
Taiping Rebellion
Most Favored Nation
Sino-Japanese War
Long March
24. 'The Canon of the Way' was a book of poetry by Laozi - the old master - outlining the core principles of Daoism.
Five Cardinal Relationships
Daodejing
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
Hong Kong
25. 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
Republic of China
Revolutionary Alliance
War of Resistance
'The Land System and Heavenly Dynasty'
26. 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.
Nanjing
Most Favored Nation
Opium War
Boxer Rebellion
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.
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
Taiping Rebellion
Treaty Of Nanjing
Manchus
28. The rival regional military leaders who fought for control of China between 1916 and 1919.
'United Front'
Hong Kong
Warlords
Daoism
29. 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.
Northern Expedition
Imperialism
Boxer Protocol
Red Army
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.
Prince Gautama/Buddha
Han Chinese
Opium War
Kang Youwei
31. The date that Chiang Kai-Shek and the Guomindang fled the mainland to form the ROC on the island of Taiwan.
Commissioner Lin
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
December 8 - 1949
Northern Expedition
32. 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.
Manchus
Middle Kingdom
Boxer Rebellion
Sun Yat Sen
33. 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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34. 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.
Extraterritoriality
Revolutionary Alliance
Daoism
Japanese occupation of Shangdong
35. 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.
Karma
Late Qing Reforms
Chiang Kai-Shek
Cixi
36. 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.
Kang Youwei
Cixi
Mao Zedong
Dynastic Cycles
37. The emissary of King George III who - in 1793 - attempted to extend British trade with China. He and Britain were denied by the emperor.
Imperialism
Late Qing Reforms
Lord George Macartney
Treaty Of Nanjing
38. 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.
People's Revolutionary Army
Cixi
Hoppo
Lord George Macartney
39. 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.
Macao
Paris Peace Conference
Neo-Confucianism
Manchus
40. A part of a treaty guaranteeing that a nation be granted any right given to another nation.
Most Favored Nation
Red Army
Daoism
Chiang Kai-Shek
41. The last of China's emperors - a six year old boy - who gave up his throne on Feb. 12 - 1912.
The Six Arts of Confucius
Puyi
Confucius
Confucius
42. The military of the Chinese Communist Party which was nearly destroyed in 1934 - but eventually reorganized and regrew its power.
'The Land System and Heavenly Dynasty'
Most Favored Nation
Red Army
Mao Zedong
43. 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
Sun Yat Sen
ManYi
Commissioner Lin
Chiang Kai-Shek
44. 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.
Buddhism
Qing Dynasty
Treaty Of Nanjing
Chiang Kai-Shek
45. Meaning 'barbarian -' this word showed China's belief that outsiders were evil - uncivilized or deserving of scorn.
Five Cardinal Relationships
3 People's Principle
Manchus
ManYi
46. The perceived right to rule granted the emperor by supernatural powers - making him above the common people.
andate of Heaven
Daoism
Sun Yat Sen
Daodejing
47. 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
Lord George Macartney
Civil War
War of Resistance
Confucius
48. 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.
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Middle Kingdom
Chinese Communist Party
Extraterritoriality
49. From 1644-1911 - this dynasty accepted foreign rulers as leaders of tributary states - subservient to China.
'United Front'
Qing Dynasty
Factories
Neo-Confucianism
50. 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.
3 People's Principle
Republic of China
Canton/Guangzhou
Japanese occupation of Shangdong