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World History China
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1. 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.
The Analects
Boxer Protocol
Mao Zedong
War of Resistance
2. The date that Mao Zedong declared victory over the Nationalists - instituting the People's Republic of China.
Sino-Japanese War
Canton/Guangzhou
October 1 - 1949
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
3. A part of a treaty guaranteeing that a nation be granted any right given to another nation.
Most Favored Nation
Canton/Guangzhou
Kang Youwei
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
4. 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
Spheres of Influence
War of Resistance
Factories
December 8 - 1949
5. 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.
Long March
Republic of China
Red Army
Yuan Shikai
6. The series of twenty books written by Confucius's students cataloguing his teachings; he himself never wrote any of his ideas down.
Sun Yat Sen
Buddhism
The Analects
Northern Expedition
7. 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
Opium
Boxer Protocol
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
8. The party formed by Sun Yat Sen after He was excluded from the new Republic of China.
Kang Youwei
'The Land System and Heavenly Dynasty'
Chinese Communist Party
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
9. 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
Koutou
Hoppo
Self-Strengthening Movement'
10. 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.
Five Cardinal Relationships
'United Front'
Late Qing Reforms
December 8 - 1949
11. 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.
October 10. 1911/Double Ten/1911 Revolution
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
Most Favored Nation
Boxer Rebellion
12. 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.
Confucius
Warlords
Kongfuzi
Manchus
13. 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.
Daoism
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
Northern Expedition
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
14. 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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15. 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
Tributary System
Chinese Communist Party
Karma
Hundred Days Reform
16. The war following the Boxer Rebellion which was the largest conflict between China and the west.
Dynastic Cycles
'United Front'
ar of 1900
October 1 - 1949
17. Three ideas laid out in 1903 in Sun Yat Sen's writings: nationalism - democracy - and the people's livelihood.
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18. 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
Mao Zedong
People's Revolutionary Army
Chinese Communist Party
19. 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.
Puyi
Cixi
Manchus
Treaty Of Nanjing
20. The single port that British and foreign traders could access before the Opium War.
Hong Kong
Canton/Guangzhou
Northern Expedition
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
21. 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.
Neo-Confucianism
People's Revolutionary Army
Daoism
Sun Yat Sen
22. The capital of the Taiping rebellion captures from the Qing dynasty in 1853.
Puyi
Hong Kong
Nanjing
Most Favored Nation
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
Late Qing Reforms
Civil War
Chinese Communist Party
andate of Heaven
24. 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.
Civil War
Tributary System
The Analects
Long March
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.
andate of Heaven
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
Chinese Communist Party
andate of Heaven
26. An alternative to Confucianism recommending activity in accord with nature with emphasis on little government intervention and and 'action of inaction.'
Lord George Macartney
War of Resistance
Spheres of Influence
Daoism
27. 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
3 People's Principle
Chiang Kai-Shek
Extraterritoriality
Daoism
28. The series of twenty books written by Confucius's students cataloguing his teachings; he himself never wrote any of his ideas down.
Boxer Rebellion
Prince Shotuki
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
The Analects
29. 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
Neo-Confucianism
Tributary System
Karma
Nationalist Party/Guomindang
30. The government formed by Sun Yat Sen's revolutionaries in 1912.
Tributary System
Republic of China
Qing Dynasty
Commissioner Lin
31. (Record of Conversation) The Chinese name for 'The Analects -' the records of Confucius's teachings as written by his students.
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
People's Revolutionary Army
May 4th Movement
Chiang Kai-Shek
32. The emissary of King George III who - in 1793 - attempted to extend British trade with China. He and Britain were denied by the emperor.
Opium
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
Lord George Macartney
The Analects
33. From 1644-1911 - this dynasty accepted foreign rulers as leaders of tributary states - subservient to China.
Opium War
Qing Dynasty
Red Army
Kongfuzi
34. The capital of the Taiping rebellion captures from the Qing dynasty in 1853.
Canton System
'The Land System and Heavenly Dynasty'
Imperialism
Nanjing
35. 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.
May 4th Movement
Self-Strengthening Movement'
Opium War
Neo-Confucianism
36. 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.
Imperialism
Opium
Northern Expedition
Puyi
37. A part of a treaty guaranteeing that a nation be granted any right given to another nation.
Boxer Rebellion
Hundred Days Reform
Most Favored Nation
Daoism
38. The government formed by Sun Yat Sen's revolutionaries in 1912.
Factories
May 4th Movement
Occupation of Manchuria/Manchukuo
Republic of China
39. 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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40. 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
Treaty Of Nanjing
Daodejing
Yuan Shikai
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.
Tributary System
Han Chinese
Middle Kingdom
Macao
42. 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.
Macao
Dynastic Cycles
Neo-Confucianism
Hong Xiuquan
43. 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.
Treaty Of Nanjing
Sino-Japanese War
Koutou
Paris Peace Conference
44. 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.
Republic of China
May 4th Movement
Opium War
Tributary System
45. Born in 551 BCE - Confucius was a Chinese philosopher - mostly on social and political relationships. His teachings extended beyond his 3000 students to become the basis of traditional Chinese - Japanese - Korean - and Vietnamese culture.
Mao Zedong
Late Qing Reforms
Confucius
Spheres of Influence
46. 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.
ManYi
May 4th Movement
Canton System
Nanjing
47. 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.
Han Chinese
Yuan Shikai
Daoism
Buddhism
48. The idea - often in the 19th century - that a country should build up an empire. Ex. 'scramble for Africa'
The Analects
Hundred Days Reform
War of Resistance
Imperialism
49. 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.
Imperialism
Lun Yu (Record of Conversation)
May 4th Movement
Sino-Japanese War
50. Meaning 'barbarian -' this word showed China's belief that outsiders were evil - uncivilized or deserving of scorn.
Civil War
Cixi
The Analects
ManYi