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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






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. 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.






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






8. 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






9. 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.






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






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 combined force of the Communists and Nationalists formed in 1936 united in the common goal for the Chinese to oppose the Japanese invasions.


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






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. From 1644-1911 - this dynasty accepted foreign rulers as leaders of tributary states - subservient to China.






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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.


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. 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.






31. 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.






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






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






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.






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






36. 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.


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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. The single port that British and foreign traders could access before the Opium War.






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. Also 'Kongzi -' the Chinese name for Confucius meaning 'Master Kong'






50. 1858-1927 A Confucian scholar - imperial loyalist - and leader of the Hundred Days Reform in the late 19th century.