Dates in Modern Chinese History
Which year did Japan surrender in China, to mark the end of WWII?
1945
What painful practice did most Chinese families do with their young daughters throughout the Qing that was thought to make them more “marriageable” and keep them connected to the home?
footbinding
This was the name of the treaty that ended the First Opium War.
Treaty of Nanjing
This individual, who conspired to bring down the Qing Dynasty, is considered the Father of Modern China?
Sun Yatsen
Which year did Japan begin a full-scale invasion of China that became part of WWII?
1937
To what ethnic group did the rulers of the Qing Dynasty belong?
Manchu
As part of the treaty ending the First Opium War, what Chinese territory was given to the UK?
Hong Kong
This political leader cemented his authority over a young Communist Party during the Long March.
Mao Zedong
Commonly referred to in Chinese as 5-4, on what day in 1919 did a movement to resist the Versailles Treaty after WWI break out?
May 4th
What was the last name of the three influential sisters who, after being educated in the US, went on to marry two political and one financial leader?
Soong
What concept or law, enacted after the First Opium War, refers to when a foreign national is not governed by local laws, but rather by the laws of their home country?
extra-territoriality
As a young boy, this person was the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He was again put on a “puppet” throne by Japanese in the 1930s.
Puyi
When did the First Opium War end?
1842
What is the name of the most populous ethnic group in China?
Han
The Treaty of Shimonoseki ended a war between China and what country?
Japan
Name one of the three Qing emperors who ruled from 1661-1796, a total of 135 years.
Kangxi, Yongzheng, or Qianlong
This year marked the end of the Qing dynasty.
1911 (1912 also counts)
This woman was the mother of an emperor and the real power in China from 1861-1908, when she died.
Cixi
How many treaty ports were opened in the first treaty at the end of the Opium War?
5