China WH2 Flashcards
qing dynasty
the dynasty in control of china leading into the collapse of china
dowager empress
the conservative ruler who led china for most of the crumbling of the qing dynasty
long march
when communists attempted to escape nationalists attacking them in the mountains, hardly any survived
mao zedong
the communist leader of china who fought and allied with the nationalists
emperor guangxu
the dowager empress’s nephew, who was in rule for a short period of time and put in reforms
guanxu’s downfall
the dowager empress took back the kingdom and put guangxu in jail, and undid most of his reforms
manchuria invasion by japanese
the japanese invaded manchuria due to the internal struggles of china, which was in civil war between the nationalists and communists
open door policy
the policy the West introduced (primarily USA) so that china wouldn’t be colonized by european nations
opium
the drug the british sold to china with profit
opium war
the war between the chinese and british over opium, which was addicting lots of the chinese population
queen victoria
the ruler of england during china’s collapse
sun yixian
the first great leader of the nationalist party in china, had three core values and was the first president of the “republic of china”
yuan shikai
the chinese general who took control of the nationalists after wu yixian
yuan shikai
the chinese general who took control of the nationalists after wu yixian
