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China
Final exam Review
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International Studies
Not Applicable
05/30/2005

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Mandate of heaven
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ruler says they have the right to rule by God
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Confucianism
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concerns social order and good government, harmony resulted when people accepted their Filial piety- respect for parents
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Taoism
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simple honest life w/ the course of natural events
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Marco Polo
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awakened ppl to how advanced China was
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Qing dynasty
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held power in China for ages, didn't take care of infrastructure, declining in 1800's
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Taiping Rebellion
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1850-1864, most devastating peasant rebellion ever, led by Hong Xiuquan, wanted land reform, communal ownership of land, equality of men and women, and sevice morality. Wanted to end the Qing dynasty. Eventual crushed by gov't
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The Opium War
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British traded Opium for tea, Chinese become addicted. China wanted Britain to stop, wouldn't. Had a warship battle, Britain crushed.
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Treaty of Nanjing
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forced China to sign, 1842, gave up Hong Kong, open ports, very unfair
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War w/ Japan
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Modernized Japan boat down China, caused European powers to take land
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Open Door Policy
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keep Chinese trade open to everyone on an equal balance
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Boxer Uprising
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secret society. Righteous Harmonious Fists. Trained in martial arts. wanted to drive out the "foreign devils." Western powers and Japan joined together to crush them
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Sun Yixian
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wanted a Chinese republic, studied in the West. organized the Revolutionary Alliance (nationalism, democracy, and economic security). Became president of the new Chinese republic
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Revolution of 1911
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1908, CiXi died, 2 year old boy inherited the throne, chaos started, most ppl wanted to end the dynasty. Nmaed Sun Yixian president of the new Chinese Republic.
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Warlord Era
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fought w/local armies, oppressed peasanty,taxed, bandits and famine
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Chiang Kai-Shek
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took over Sun Yixian's plans to build a democracy when he died, took over the Nationalist party, led army into China, crushed warlords, fought the growing communist party
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Mao Zedong
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led communists, wanted support of peasants. Long March, led 100.000 in a retreat from the Nationalist party, more than 6,000 miles. Only 20,000 remained
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CCP
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Chinese Communist Party, led by Mao
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Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
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1931. forced Chiang Kai-Shek to team up w/ the communists, superior Jap. technology beat down China
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PRC
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People's Republic of China, 1949, defeated Chiang Kai-Shek
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The Great Leap Forward
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Mao's effort to increase output made communes (villages, thousands of acres)
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