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






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






7. 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






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






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






10. (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.






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. 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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18. 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.






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. 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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






50. 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.







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