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Ancient China Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What group of people conquered the Ming Dynasty? | Manchus |
| Who founded the Qing Dynasty? | Manchus |
| What 3 Chinese goods were European traders most interested in? | silk, tea, porcelain |
| What was the only port Manchus emperors opended to European traders? | Canton |
| European traders had to pay for Chinese good with this. | gold and silver |
| What did the British use to pay the Chinese for goods? | Opium |
| This started when the British attacked Chinese ports | Opium War |
| Under Manchu, China had to open all ports after they were defeated by the British due to these. | superior weapons |
| Manchu tried to modernize China by sending students to the US to learn this. | western skills and technology |
| While in the US, Chinese students learned about this type of government | democratic |
| In 1912, who lead a revolt that enabled China to become a republic? | Sun Yat-sen |
| Followers of Sun Yat-sen were called this. | nationalists |
| What part of China did the nationalist gain control of? | parts of South China |
| These generals caused great suffering for the peasants when they took control of territories | |
| Who replaced Sun Yat-sen as head of the Nationalists after he died? | Chiang Kai-shek |
| To defeat warlords, Chiang Kai-shek worked with this group. | Warlords |
| A line of rulers within the same family | dynasty |
| How many dynasties were in ancient China? | 10 |
| How many years did dynasties rule China? | 3500 |
| What lead to one dynasty ending and another beginning? | weak rulers and corruption |
| China's rulers believed they had a divine right to rule called the | Mandate of Heaven |
| Wise man trying to bring peace, love and kindness to China | Confucius |
| Confucius lived during which dynasty? | Zhou |
| Who did Confucius believe should set good examples? | leaders/emperors |
| How were Confucius' teachings spread after his death? | proverbs,short sayings |
| What geographical area failed to keep nomads from invading China? | Gobi desert |
| Who ordered the building of the Great Wall? | Shuh Huang Ti |
| These fierce Mongols got past the Great Wall and invaded China in the 1200s. | Genghis Khan |
| This grandson of Genghis Khan defeated the Song dynasty | Kublia Khan |
| The first emperor from a foreign land, and the dynasty he founded | Kublia Khan,Yuan |
| What city did Kublia Khan choose to be his capital? | Beijing |
| What building project did Kublia Khan exten to reach Beijing? | |
| Who visited the court of Grand Khan and marveled at what he saw? | Marco Polo |
| The Ming dynasty undertook what great building project? | The Forbidden City |
| How does China rank Ln terms of its size when compared to the other nations of the world? | third |
| How does it rank in terms of its population? | first |
| Into how many regions do geographers divide the | three |
| The lands of this region are the least hospitable in the world because they have too little rain, grass and soil. | Outer China |
| What river flows across the North China Plain? | Huang |
| As Mao Zedong began to make China into a communist nation, he followed the steps that whom had taken 30 years earlier in Russia? | Lenin |
| Communism is the common ownership of what ____and____ by a people as a group. | Land+busness |
| The government took businesses, industries, and properties away from the owners and landlords under what type of rule? | Communism |
| Anyone who objected to Communism was named a(n) "____" and was punished, often by being put to death. | Enemy of the people |
| In the late 1950s, Mao declared that all Chinese people must unselfishly unite to take a(n) " ," which meant that they must all work harder and longer for China's sUCcess. | Great Leap Forward |
| For greater growth during Communism, all the farms in an area were joined together into. a single unit, called what? | Commune |
| Farmers, during Communism,were divided into groups of about 1,000 each,What were these called ? | |
| How were commune farmers paid-no matter what their job? | The same |
| Mao did not like changes during this period because he thought it made people think only of themselves. | The Great Leap Forward |
| In 1966, Mao roared back into action and accused government officials of this. | Copying the west |
| Mao called the youth of China to rebel and form what army? | The Red Guard |
| When thousands of teachers, artists, scientists, and writers were thrown out of their jobs, China began a period known as the | The cultural revolution |
| During the chaotic period of China, only what teachings were acceptable? | Mao Zedong |
| After Mao's death in 1976, China's new communist leaders said that Mao had made many | Mistakes |
| Today the government of China is the least opposed to foreign influence in the area of its | Economy |
| In the spring of____ , thousands of students gathered in Beijing to demand more freedom, but government troops forced them to leave, killing hundreds of students in the process. | 1989 |
| When Chiang Kai-shek decided to destroy the Communists, China entered into a(n) _______ that would hurt the nation for the next 20 years | |
| Leading the Communists was a young teacher named | Moa Zedong |
| Mao believed that eventual Communist victory depended on winning the support of the ____by promising them freedom from high rents and taxes | |
| When Chiang sent his troops against the Communists, the small Red Army was forced to set out on a dangerous journey to Outer China called the ________ | |
| . The Communists and the Nationalists were brought together for a short time during World War II when they fought against a common enemy, the _______ | |
| When the civil war began again in 1945, the ______ had the upper hand because promises of reform to the peasants had won their widespread support | |
| In 1949, Chiang and the remnants of the Nationalist fled to what island? | |
| Today, the country that includes the island of Taiwan is called____ | |
| On October 1, 1949, mainland China became a communist nation known as _______ | |
| What is capitalism? | |
| Whip was Karl Marx |
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