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25 Cards in this Set
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Mandrin
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Official Chinese Language; a pictorial language
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Character
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Symbols used in Chinese writing
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Pin Yin
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Phonetic alphabet based on sound; communists came up with this
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Loess
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Fertile brown silt; soil carried by the wind
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Han
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Chinese people- 95% of China
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Ethnocentrism
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Belief you think your culture is superior
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Special Economic Zones (SEZ)
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Designated areas where foreign businesses can practice capitalism and hire Chinese workers
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Ideograph
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A symbol that represents a word or idea
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Mandate of Heaven
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A belief that the Chinese emperpor, the son of heaven, recieved the order to rule. The emperor was expected to be a good emperor and in return people obeyed him
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Filial Piety
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The duty and respect children owe their parents
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Dowry
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A gift thats given at marriage, either by the grooms to the brides family or the brides to the grooms family
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Civil Service Exam
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Examination given in order to choose the best government officials; the winners became known as mandarin scholars
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Queue
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1. Chinese pigtail (men)
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Impearlism
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Foreign country tries to control another countries economic and political life
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Kowtow
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Knocking one's head; bow low
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Extraterritoriality
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Westerners accused of a crime in China could be tried in their own courts instead of Chinese corts
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Sphere of Influence
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An area in which a foreign nation has special economic privlages, such as the right to build railroads and factories
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Gentry
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Wealthy land owners
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Merit
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Credit earned
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Open Door Policy
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No country would interfer with the activities of another; everybody could trade equally with China
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Taiping Rebellion
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Rebellion in southern China for 14 years and over 20 million people were killed
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100 Days to Reform
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Attempt by the Ching Dynasty to westernize and its too late
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Ci Xi
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Empress Dowager; last empress of China
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Pu Yi
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Last emperor of China with no power, nephew of Ci Xi, later became a gardener in Beijing when the communists took over
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Boxers
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Fists of righteous harmony; Chinese who were very western and tried to drive out foriegners
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