AICE International History -China-Exam
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warlord - ✔✔a military commander exercising civil power by force, usually in a limited area
Confucius - ✔✔(551-479 BCE) A Chinese philosopher who created one of the most influential
philosophies in Chinese history.
Great Wall of China - ✔✔a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd
century BC
Opium War - ✔✔a conflict between Britain and China, lasting from 1839 to 1842, over Britain's
opium trade in China
Beijing - ✔✔Capital of China
Taiping Rebellion - ✔✔(1850-1864) A revolt by the people of China against the ruling Manchu
Dynasty because of their failure to deal effectively with the opium problem and the
interference of foreigners.
Canton - ✔✔One of two port cities in which Europeans were permitted to trade in China during
the Ming dynasty
Hong Xiuquan - ✔✔Leader of the Taiping Rebellion
Manchu Dynasty - ✔✔the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was
overthrown by revolutionaries
, Russo-Japanese War - ✔✔(1904-1905) War between Russia and Japan over imperial
possessions. Japan emerges victorious.
Sino-Japanese War - ✔✔(1894-1895) Japan's imperialistic war against China to gain control of
natural resources and markets for their goods. It ended with the Treaty of Portsmouth which
granted Japan Chinese port city trading rights, control of Manchuria, the annexation of the
island of Sakhalin, and Korea became its protectorate.
Double Ten Day - ✔✔the 1911 revolution that overthrew the qing dynasty, occurred 10/10, led
the period where the republic was formed
Empress Tzu Hsi - ✔✔Dowager Empress of China, controlled the country until her death in 1908
Pu Yi - ✔✔The last Emperor of China. He was put on the throne at the age of 3
Yuan Shikai - ✔✔Chinese general and first president of the Chinese Republic (1912-1916). He
stood in the way of the democratic movement led by Sun Yat-sen.
Twenty-One Demands - ✔✔list of demands given to China by Japan in 1915 that would have
made China a protectorate of Japan
Shantung Province - ✔✔Pre-WW1 German ruled area, which was given to Japan by the
Warlords
May Fourth Movement - ✔✔A national protest in China in 1919, in which people demonstrated
against the Treaty of Versailles and foreign interference.
New Culture Movement - ✔✔Questioning of confucian values and Chinese culture. encouraged
youth to be individual and free
with Accurate Answers
warlord - ✔✔a military commander exercising civil power by force, usually in a limited area
Confucius - ✔✔(551-479 BCE) A Chinese philosopher who created one of the most influential
philosophies in Chinese history.
Great Wall of China - ✔✔a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd
century BC
Opium War - ✔✔a conflict between Britain and China, lasting from 1839 to 1842, over Britain's
opium trade in China
Beijing - ✔✔Capital of China
Taiping Rebellion - ✔✔(1850-1864) A revolt by the people of China against the ruling Manchu
Dynasty because of their failure to deal effectively with the opium problem and the
interference of foreigners.
Canton - ✔✔One of two port cities in which Europeans were permitted to trade in China during
the Ming dynasty
Hong Xiuquan - ✔✔Leader of the Taiping Rebellion
Manchu Dynasty - ✔✔the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was
overthrown by revolutionaries
, Russo-Japanese War - ✔✔(1904-1905) War between Russia and Japan over imperial
possessions. Japan emerges victorious.
Sino-Japanese War - ✔✔(1894-1895) Japan's imperialistic war against China to gain control of
natural resources and markets for their goods. It ended with the Treaty of Portsmouth which
granted Japan Chinese port city trading rights, control of Manchuria, the annexation of the
island of Sakhalin, and Korea became its protectorate.
Double Ten Day - ✔✔the 1911 revolution that overthrew the qing dynasty, occurred 10/10, led
the period where the republic was formed
Empress Tzu Hsi - ✔✔Dowager Empress of China, controlled the country until her death in 1908
Pu Yi - ✔✔The last Emperor of China. He was put on the throne at the age of 3
Yuan Shikai - ✔✔Chinese general and first president of the Chinese Republic (1912-1916). He
stood in the way of the democratic movement led by Sun Yat-sen.
Twenty-One Demands - ✔✔list of demands given to China by Japan in 1915 that would have
made China a protectorate of Japan
Shantung Province - ✔✔Pre-WW1 German ruled area, which was given to Japan by the
Warlords
May Fourth Movement - ✔✔A national protest in China in 1919, in which people demonstrated
against the Treaty of Versailles and foreign interference.
New Culture Movement - ✔✔Questioning of confucian values and Chinese culture. encouraged
youth to be individual and free
