Chinese Geography
What are the TWO main rivers in China
What is Yellow and Yangtze River
How did Chinese Rulers justify power?
What is the Mandate of Heaven
This philosophy shaped Qing values like loyalty, reverence, and harmony.
What is Confucianism
This addictive drug was smuggled into China by British merchants, leading to war in 1839.
What is opium?
This revolutionary leader promoted nationalism, democracy, and people’s livelihood.
Who is Sun Yat-sen?
Name the highest mountain range in the world
The name of the leadership style in ancient China
What is a Dynasty
This exam system was the main pathway to government positions during imperial China.
What is the Imperial Civil Service Exam
This treaty ended the First Opium War and granted special rights to Britain.
What is the Treaty of Nanking?
This 1911 event led to the fall of the Qing Dynasty and creation of a republic.
What is the Xinhai Revolution (1911 Revolution)?
Name ONE desert in China
What is Gobi or Taklamakan
Name TWO signs the Mandate of Heaven was lost
What is Corrupt Leadership, Famine, Rebellion, Natural Disasters, etc.
Under Qing trade policy, foreign merchants were restricted to this number of ports.
What is one port
This massive rebellion caused about 40 million deaths and weakened the Qing state.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
This last emperor abdicated in 1912 as imperial rule ended.
Who is Pu Yi?
China borders WHAT ocean
What is the Pacific Ocean
How many TOTAL Dynasties did China have
This conservative worldview helped maintain harmony but slowed China’s adaptation to global changes.
What is Confucian traditionalism?
This group, also called the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, fought foreign influence.
Who are the Boxers?
This movement rejected Confucian traditions and promoted radical new ideas and modernization.
What is the New Culture Movement?
This was limited by the Geographical barriers in China
What is Invasion or influence
Name China's FIRST Dynasty
What is the Xia
At its height, the Qing Dynasty controlled approximately this much land and population proportion.
What is about 14.5 million sq km and roughly one-third of the world’s population?
After the Boxer Rebellion failed, China was forced to sign this agreement and pay foreign powers.
What is the Boxer Protocol?
This future communist leader helped found the Chinese Communist Party and turned to Marxism after protests over the Treaty of Versailles.
Who is Mao Zedong?