Rulers and Officials
The Chinese "Iron Lady" who de facto ruled the Qing Empire from 1861 to 1908
Who is Empress Dowager Cixi?
The unequal treaty that was signed at the end of the First Opium War (1839-1842)
What is Nanjing Treaty?
The emperor of Japan from 1868 to 1912.
Who is Meiji?
The ethnic group that ruled the Qing Dynasty.
Who are the Manchus?
The general famous for a broccoli and chicken dish
Who is Zuo Zongtang?
The Qing emperor who ruled in the eighteenth century who had Tibetan inscriptions on his tomb
Who is Qianlong Emperor?
The Christian convert who thought himself as the brother of Jesus Christ.
Who is Hong Xiuquan?
The most famous figure in modern Chinese literature who defined Chinese traditional culture as cannibalistic.
The ethnic group that initiated the Taiping Rebellion/Civil War
Who are the Hakkas?
The student movement that started as a response the Treaty of Versailles
The commander of the Hunan Army who helped defeat the Taiping in 1864
Opium trade was legalized at the end of this war.
What is the Arrow War (or the Second Opium War), 1856–1860?
The Last Samurai.
Who is Saigo Takamori?
The five ethnicities that the five colors of the Republic of China's first national flag symbolized
Han, Manchu, Tibetan, Turco-Muslim, Mongol
The famous brand of beer that has the same name as Chinese city.
What is Qingdao?
The commander of the Beiyang Army who declared himself Emperor in 1915.
Who is Yuan Shikai?
The original name of the Boxers in Chinese.
What is the "Fist of Righteousness and Harmony"?
The richest guy in the world in the 1820s
Who is Howqua?
The name of the revolutionary who called for the death of all Manchus in 1903.
Who is Zou Rong?
The US President who absolutely did not deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The name of the last Qing Emperor who abdicated in 1912
The names of the countries that joined forces to form the Eight-Nation Alliance to suppress the Boxer Rebellion in 1900-01
Germany, Russia, Japan, Britain, the US, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy
The first five treaty ports.
Canton, Xiamen (Amoy), Fuzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai
The American advisor to the Meiji court who helped the Japanese initiate settler colonialism in Hokkaido and displace the native Ainu people.
Who is Horace Capron?
The name of the treaty between that led to the Japanese colonization of Taiwan.
What is the Shimonoseki Treaty?