The Chinese believe that they are civilized and outsiders (foreigners) are____________.
Barbaric
100
These are people who worked the land and became Boxers. What are they called?
Peasants (or farmers)
100
What is the drug that England brings to the Chinese city of Canton to trade?
opium
100
What is the population of China in 1800s?
400,000,000 (four-hundred million)
100
What religion did the missionaries want to bring to China?
Christianity
200
This was built by the Qin Dynasty to keep outsiders away from China?
The Great Wall
200
The Boxers believed they were protected from guns and swords by___________.
The gods
200
What did England get when they traded opium to China?
silk, tea and porcelain
200
When did imperial countries begin selling drugs in China?
1800s (or 19th century)
200
What did Chinese call other Chinese who became Christians?
"Secondary devils"
300
According to the Chinese people, who controls the weather, farming and destiny?
The gods.
300
The Boxers wanted get all of these out of China
Foreigners
300
Angry because many Chinese became sick and addicted, they threw _______ into the sea in Canton
opium
300
What year did China have a huge flood (too much rain), and drought (no rain)?
1898
300
Missionaries built these all over China.
Churches.
400
This person is the leader of China and called the son of heaven. He (or she) lives in Peking (Beijing)
The Emperor (or Empress)
400
in 1898 there is a huge flood (too much rain), and then a drought (no rain). What do many Chinese think the gods are punishing them for?
For letting in Western imperialists (foreigners)
400
In 1842, the Chinese sign a treaty (deal) that gives this city to the British (England). What city is this?
Hong Kong
400
The Boxers come to Peking (Beijing). All the foreign people and some Chinese Christians hide from the Boxers in a British building. What year was this?
1900
400
Many Chinese became angry because the missionaries told them that they must give up their____________.
beliefs.
500
In the 200s AD (3rd century) this family of rulers unified China
The Qin Dynasty
500
At first, when the Empress of China hears that the Boxers are attacking and killing foreigners, she does__________.
nothing
500
After China gave Hong Kong to England, these countries came later to China and began trading also.
Germany, France, Russia and the United States.
500
In what century did the Qin Dynasty unify (bring together) China?