china

Question 1

who had control of china before ming+ghenghis khan

Answer 1

mongols

Question 2

when did the mongols fall

Answer 2

1368

Question 3

who was the last dynasty to work on the great wall of china

Answer 3

ming dynasty

Question 4

*when did the ming dynasty collapse

Answer 4

1644

Question 5

when did the qing dynasty fall and why

Answer 5

1911 western ideas

Question 6

who built the imperial city

Answer 6

ming dynasty located in beijing

Question 7

ming dynasty accomplishments

Answer 7

renovated the canal, new crops, manufacture goods, centralized govt and nationwide school system

Question 8

what was the forbidden city

Answer 8

the imperial city in the ming dynasty. it was created to convey power and prestige
Its an immense complex of palaces and temples surrounded by ½ miles of walls

Question 9

what contributed to the decline of the ming dynasty

Answer 9

high taxes, epidemics and peasant revolts

Question 10

*who created the qing dynasty and helped them take over

Answer 10

the manchus

Question 11

who was the qing dynastys top ruler

Answer 11

kangxi. he calmed the unrest along the northern and western frontiers by force
Paron of the arts he gained a lot of support from chinese scholars

Question 12

*treaty of nerchinsk

Answer 12

it was the treaty that established a good trade relationship between russia and china and
gave special trading status with the qings
Other european powers were limited to only trade at certain ports (Peter the great and kangxi)

Question 13

what led to the qings downfall

Answer 13

corrupt officials, high taxes, expenses of war, westernization and the white lotus revolt

Question 14

white lotus revolt

Answer 14

revolt launched by peasants in the qing dynasty

Question 15

*what happened with britain and china

Answer 15

britain was upset they couldnt trade a lot with china and their tea was so expensive so they spent all their money and was like this sucks so they started illegaly selling drugs (opium) and then there was the opium war and in result britain got more ports in china and hongkong for 99 years

Question 16

*treaty of nanjing

Answer 16

In the treaty of nanjing the chinese agreed to open 5 costal ports for british trade
The chinese limited taxes on imported british goods and the chinese paid for expenses of the war
China also agreed to give the british ownership of the island of hong kong which the british would have ownership of til 1997
Nothing was said in the treaty about the opium trade

Question 17

hong kong

Answer 17

under british rule for 99 years
perfect blend of British and Chinese cultures
the hong kongers dont want to throw away the culture and be communist so now theres unrest

Question 18

open door policy

Answer 18

In 1899 us secretary of state wrote a note to britain, france, russia, germany, italy, and japan proposing an idea
The open door policy- all powers with spheres of influence in china would respect equal trading opportunities with china and not set tarifs giving an unfair advantage to the citizens of their own country

Question 19

boxer rebllion

Answer 19

Boxers were members of a secret organization called the society of harmonious fists
It was a group in china that took out and kiled westerners bc they didnt like westernization
The imperial gov was now weaker than ever

Question 20

*sino japanese war

Answer 20

japan made itself known as a world power and preyed on the vulnerability of the chinese
tried to take territory in mainland china
Japans first tactic was to take capital cities within china
jp took control of shanghai
Next jp took aim to capture the city of nanjing

Question 21

karl marx:
Rich vs working class
Revolt working class
Distribute wealth
communism

Answer 21

communism:
Communism looks good on paper but in reality its not

Question 22

*who took over china and when did they make it communist

Answer 22

mao took over and china on oct 1, 1949

Question 23

confucianism

Answer 23

a philosophy and system of ethical conduct that since the 5th century b.c. has guided chinese society
Conf. emphasizes tradition, respect for the elderly, hierarchical social order and rule by a benevolent leader who is supposed to look out for the well being of the people

Question 24

china culture in 1500-1800s

Answer 24

mostly agricultural society and some manufacturing and wasnt as fond towards the emerging business as europe was

Question 25

chinese family cuture

Answer 25

family is the most important thing and all members should make sacrifice for them and provide for them especially the unmarried daughters

Question 26

who founded the mongols

Answer 26

ghengis khan

Question 27

foot binding

Answer 27

used to be a common practice for women to make them more marriable

Question 28

one child policy

Answer 28

couples could only have one kid and they wanted a boy and this drastically skwewed the gender ratio

Question 29

sun yet sen

Answer 29

created the nationalist gov

Question 30

Nanjing safety zone

Answer 30

created by westerners to help the people of nanjing