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38 Cards in this Set
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What was the name of the treaty China was forced to sign at the end of the Opium War?
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The Nanjing Treaty
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What is the name of the Chinese scholar who stressed the importance of duty and honor?
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Confucius
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During what internal rebellion provided an opportunity for foreign communities to attack China?
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Boxer Uprising
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What is the name of the trade route that opened up China to the West?
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Silk Road
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Who organized the Revolutionary Alliance?
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Sun Yixian (known as father of modern china and 1st president on the Goumindang)
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What is the name of the party begun by Sun Yixian?
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Gouimindang (Nationalists)
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What is the name of the yellow substance found in the Huang Ho River?
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Loess
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What was the name of the reform movement begun by student protests?
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1919 May Fourth Movement
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What two dynasties made up the Golden Age of China?
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Tang and The Song Dynasty
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What was the name of the book of Mao Zedong's sayings heralded by the Red Guard?
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Little Red Book
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What is the name for a collection of farms that had to meet production quotas set by the Communist government?
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Commune
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Which dynasty was known for it's porcelain?
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The Ming Dynasty
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What was the name for the movement to purge China of counterrevolutionaries?
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The Cultural Revolution
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Name a major river in China.
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The Huang Ho or the Zheng Ze
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Who was the first emperor of China?
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Shi Huangdi
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What was the name of Mao's program to increase farm and industrial output?
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The Great Leap Forward
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What tried to make China a Japanese protectorate?
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The 21 Demands
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What did Great Britain receive under the terms of the Treaty of Nanjing?
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Indemnity (payment for their losses)
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What privileges did China grant British citizens who were living in China?
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Extraterritoriality
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What was the flight of Mao Zedong and his followers from the Guomindang called?
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The Long March (started with about 100,000 and only about 20,000 survived)
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What was the name of the religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama (Buddah)?
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Buddhism
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What development in the late 1700s transformed China's relations with the West?
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The Industrial Revolution
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What was the result of the Taiping Rebellion?
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Qing Dynasty almost toppled afterwards (Qing had to share power with regional commanders)
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Why was the self-strengthening only partly successful?
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The government didn't support him
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What was the goal of the Righteous Harmonious Fists?
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Drive out foreign evils (women group called the red lanterns)
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What were the "Three Principles of the People"?
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Nationalism, Democracy, and Livelihood
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At the end of WWI, which country received former German possessions at the Paris Peace Conference?
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Japan
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What was the goal of the 1919 May Fourth Movement?
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Strengthen CHina
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Why did Yixian decide that the Soviet Union was China's only friend?
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The West ignored their plea
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Who believed the Communists should seek support among the peasants in China?
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Mao Zedong
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What did the Communists expect and enforce during the Long March?
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Strict Discipline
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Who ultimately prevailed in China's Civil War?
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Communists
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What two groups helped the Communists triumph over the Nationalists?
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Women and Peasants
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What did Mao do to business in order to rebuild the Chinese economy?
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Nationalize all business
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What was women's new status under China's new constitution?
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Equality like men
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What event resulted in worsening relations between the United States and China during the 1950s?
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Korean War
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What was the main issue on which China and the Soviet Union disagreed?
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Ideology
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What was Deng Xiaoping's program emphasizing agriculture, industry, science, and defense called?
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Four Modernization
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