Chine: Medieval to Modern
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22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 gunpowder, movable type, mariner's compass | medieval Chinese inventions |
| Li Bai and Du Fu | medieval Chinese poets |
| Qing (Manchu) Dynasty | last Chinese dynasty; came from Manchura |
| viewed westerners as being inferior beings (occidentals) | Manchu policy toward westerners |
| Opium War, annexed Hong Kong, extraterritoriality, "sphere of influence" | Britain exploited China through |
| France, Germany, Russia, Japan | other nations that exploited China |
| Open Door Policy | equal trade rights in China for all nations, preserved China's independence and territory |
| Boxers | Chinese society who staged a revolt to drive out foreigners and restore China's isolation |
| international military | suppressed rebellion |
| land indemnity from China | international military demanded |
| China pay with money instead of land | US suggested |
| Chinese Republic | replaced Manchu Dynasty |
| Kuomintang | nationalist party |
| Dr. Sun Yat-Sen | founded Kuomintang |
| Chiang Kai-Sket | dictator that took over Kuomintang |
| Mae Tse-Tung | leader of the communist party who opposed the nationalists |
| Chiang Kai-Sket could not centralize, corruption/waste, ignored people's desires | reasons for rise of communist party in China and reason nationalists lost |
| Japan attacked | reason communists and nationalists signed a truce in 1937 |
| aided communist forces in Vietnam, supported North Korea against South Korea, wanted to annex Taiwan, food shortages | China under communism |
| Long March | massive military retreat to evade the pursuit of Kuomintang |
| Cultural Revolution | mobilized youth into "Red Guard" to terrorize opponents in government; fragmented communist party; discouraged new ideas |
| Nixon | US president who took steps to "normalize" relations with China |
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