History: China Flashcards

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Mandate of Heaven

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if emperor is not ruling with compassion, then the chinese citizens can revolt. if the revolt is successful, then the ancestors can choose that the emporer is not fit to be a ruler. but if they lose the revolt then the gods are sided with the emperor

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Imperialism

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foreign rule by another country

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First Opium War

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(1839-1842) Chinese emperor wanted to ban opium because it was addictive and ruining society. British got offended when opium was banned because they exported it to china. This war lasted three years and british won via technology

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Second Opium War

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British got more of what they wanted such as: legalizing opium, took over beijing, and christianity was tolerated. after the war china did not have power

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Treaty of Nanjing

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lower tariffs to 5% in china, hong king was given to britain, five additional ports for trade, westerners trialed by their own countries in china

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Warlords

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military commanders

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Sun Yat-Sen

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united china and soviet union helped him

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Guamindang (Nationalists Party)

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allowed communist to join party

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Chiang Kai-Shek

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military expert, created military academy, supported by sun yat sen, wanted to build up china

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Mao Zedong

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joined the nationalists party as communist

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Dispute between Mao and Chiang

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Chiang wanted to get rid of Mao so he attacked communists, US wanted to combine mao and chiang. there was a civil war and in the end mao won, but chiang took lots a money and fled to taiwan

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Long March

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Mao supporters fled Chiang and marched away from Chiang

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Great Leap Forward

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changes in agriculture such as communes, steel production, and canals. becaus of the down fall of the great leap forward mao lost a lot of power

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14
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Communes

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peasents lived here, but families were seperate

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Proletarian Culture Revolution

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mao made studens become red guards were they followed the red book. they ended up attacking everyone who did not accept mao. children were brain washed

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Red Book

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sayings of mao, red guards “bible”

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Red Guard

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kids that were brain washed and supporters of mao

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Deng Xiaoping

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changed agriculture and industry and commerce

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Agriculture under Deng

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everyone could sell there own things

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Industry and Commerce Under Deng

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foreign investment and international trade, gov made special economjc zones and wanted ro export goods

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Challenges of Deng

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people could not keep up with economy

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Trade Imbalance

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sending more than recieved. china sent more but recieved less from US

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Free Trade

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trade with small or no tariffs

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Tariffs

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taxes on imported goods

25
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WTO

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World trade organization, many world countries creates this, ground rules for trade

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Hong Kong

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biggest economic city in china, democracy unlike the rest of china and britian and china both wany hong kong

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Taiwan

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country communist fled to and debated whether or not its part of china.

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Human right violation that us blames china for

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dont treat prisoners right, harrasing journalist, suppression of religious freedom, piracy and censorship, suppression of immagrints

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human right violation that china blames us for

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treating civilians wrong in iraq and afganistan, racism

30
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What does China send to US?

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toys, clothing, etc

31
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What does US send to China?

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aircrafts and electronics