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1. 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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2. 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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3. 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.






4. 1858-1927 A Confucian scholar - imperial loyalist - and leader of the Hundred Days Reform in the late 19th century.






5. The last of China's emperors - a six year old boy - who gave up his throne on Feb. 12 - 1912.






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






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






8. 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.






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.






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






14. (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.






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






22. 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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. 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.






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.

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






30. 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






31. 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.






32. 1858-1927 A Confucian scholar - imperial loyalist - and leader of the Hundred Days Reform in the late 19th century.






33. Three ideas laid out in 1903 in Sun Yat Sen's writings: nationalism - democracy - and the people's livelihood.

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34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






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






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.






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






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.






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






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







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