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39 Cards in this Set
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Qing Dynasty |
Last Dynasty of China |
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Qianlong |
Ruled China from 1736 to 1796 |
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Lord Macartney |
Irish born British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat |
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Matteo Ricci |
Italian Jesuit priest and one of the following figures of the Jesuit China missions |
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Manchus |
Pushed through the great wall and created and ruled China during the Qing Dynasty |
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Celestial Empire |
An old name or for China or the Chinese Empire that China uses to describe its country meaning heavenly. |
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Ignorance |
lack of knowledge or information |
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Pacifying |
stop the anger or agitation |
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Vigilant |
keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties |
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Mercantilism |
belief in the benefits of profitable trading, Comercializing |
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Protectionism |
the theory or practice of shielding a countries domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports. (Quinglong) |
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Bullion |
an economy theory that defines wealth by the amount of precious metals owned |
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Raw Materials |
the basic material from which a product is made (mercantilism) |
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Trade Restrictions |
An artificial restriction on the trade of goods and services between two countrys |
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Disdain |
the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of ones consideration or respect |
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Nationalism |
patriotic feeling, principals, or efforts |
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Ethnocentric |
Evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of ones own culture. |
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Favorable balance of trade |
The value of a nations exports are more than the value of its imports |
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Trade Deficit |
The amount by which the cost of a countries imports is more than the value of its exports |
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Commodities |
A raw material or primary agriculture product that can be bought and sold |
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Opium War |
Fighting between Chinese warships and British Merchants carrying opium |
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Taiping Rebellion |
The most devastating peasant rebellion in history from 1850 to 1866 |
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Boxer Uprising |
A group of Chinese people who formed a secret society and wanted to drive out non chinese people and ideas. |
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Sun Yixan |
Organized the revolutionary alliance with goal to rebuild china. |
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May fourth movement |
A student protest that led to cultural and intellectual change |
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Marxist idea |
Communism- equill land |
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Jiang Jieshi |
Took over the Guomindang after Juns death leader with nationalists |
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1927 massacre |
Nationalists who attacked communists in Shanghai |
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How did Mao get support of the pesants |
the long march |
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the long march |
Mao and about 10000 of his followers marched across china |
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October 1 1949 |
The Chinese Revolution |
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Who won civil war in China |
Communists because the US gave them supplies and guns and the long march |
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Nationalize |
Transfer from private to state ownership |
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3 ways to rebuild economy by Mao |
farming close together, everybody collect there steel and get into manufacturing |
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3 ways to change society |
make young people like him, kill people who disagree with him, and get away from soviet union |
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Great leap forward |
goes into country and change all of the farming techniques |
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commue |
a group of people living together |
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communinsum |
all property is owned publicly owned |
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cultural revelution |
anyone who opposed Mao sent to prison |
