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Chinese History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| China's first dynasty | The Shang Dynasty(1766-1122 B.C.) |
| Western Chinese people who overthrew the Shang Dynasty | The Zhou people (1122 B.C.-256 B.C.) |
| established China's first strong central government | The Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.) |
| China Became a powerful empire | The Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.) |
| Reunified China after almost 400 years of divison | The Sui Dynasty (581-618) |
| China prospered, while culture flourished | The Tang Dynasty (618-907) |
| Made Neo-Confucainism the official state philosophy | The Song Dynasty (960-1279) |
| Marco Polo Visited China | (1275-1292) |
| The Mongols gained control of China | (1279) |
| The Ming Dynasty | (1368-1644) |
| The Qing Dynasty | (1644-1912) |
| The Treaty of Najing (1851-1864) | Hong Kong was given to the British |
| Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864) | Millions of Chinese died in bloody warfare |
| Boxer Rebellion (1900) | Secret societies attacked and killed Westerners and Chinese Christians |
| The Republic of China was established in | 1912 |
| Chaing Kai-shek (Nationalist leader) unites China under one government in | 1928 |
| Japan seized Manchuria in | 1931 |
| Mao Zedong led the Chinese Communists on their Long March to | Shaanxi |
| China and Japan are at war | (1937-1945) |
| Chinese Communist defend the Nationalists and established the People's Republic of China in | 1949 |
| The Communists launched the _______ in 1958; it severly weakend China's economy | Great Leap Forward |
| The Cultural Revolution took place from __to___ . it disrupted the education, the government, and daily life in China | 1966 to 1969 |