We drove the Mongolian barbarians out, established a brilliant reign, exported huge quantities of exquisite porcelain, made Korea a vassal state and collected tribute from Japan and Indochina" describes the dyansty of the
Ming
Which dynasty overthrew and replaced the Ming in 1644?
The Manchu Q'ing (Ch'ing) dynasty.
Mongols, Manchus, Mings and the Communists all seemed to have favored which Chinese city by making it their capital?
Beijing (a.k.a. Peking).
Which one of the following was a result of the First Opium War of 1839-42?
China found herself forced to cede Hong Kong and nearby additional territory to Britain.
Upon finding themselves cornered in 1949, the Chinese Nationalist government chose which of the following options?
Escape to Taiwan.
The Tiananmen Square Incident in July 1989 had to do primarily with what?
Student protests seeking democracy for the PRC.
All the following were true of the Ming dynasty EXCEPT
the Ming valued change over continuity and innovation over tradition, which is why they continued exploratory and commercial voyages to Africa and India for over 200 years.
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of 1966 was aimed primarily at
China's intellectuals and bureaucrats putting the blame on them for failures to
achieve the communist classless society and economic paradise.
In the early 1970s the PRC and the US underwent a dramatic change in relations as a result of which one of the following?
President Richard Nixon's policy of d�tente.
Which nation attacked China twice in 1930s, once in 1931 and then again in 1937?
Japan.
Who were the first Europeans to arrive at the Pearl River in China in 1514 having sailed around the globe and anxious to trade for Chinese luxuries?
The Portuguese.
Which one of the following was a goal of the Kuomintang (Guomindang)?
Maintaining a republican government with a capitalist economy.
All the following were true of relations between Taiwan and the US EXCEPT:
The US used its Security Council veto power to stop the UN from replacing the ROC with the PRC in the UN
The following statements describe whom: "I was the 'father of modern China,' China's first republican president, and a nationalist
Dr. Sun Yat-sen
Guomindang
Nationalist party.
CCP
Communist political organization.
PLA
Army of communist China
Manchukuo
Japanese name for China's northeastern area 1931-1945
Why was Macao significant?
It was the small city which Ming China granted to Portugal as a trading center and which the Portuguese held on to until just a few years ago.
All the following are true of Taiwan EXCEPT
Taiwan was politically reunited with the Peoples' Republic of China during Mao Zedong's regime.
What the Indus and the Ganges are to India, the __________ and ___________ are to China.
Yangtse and the Yellow
All the following were true of Deng Xiaoping EXCEPT:
He opposed and tried to undermine Mao's statements that "Black Cat, white cat, what does it matter so long as it catches the mice?" and "Create wealth for the people.
Which foreign nation made significant, concerted efforts to help China avoid a resumption of the fight between Nationalist and Communists once World War II was over?
The USA.
All the following were true of early British-Chinese relations EXCEPT
The Chinese showed much interest in trading with the British from the beginning as in how receptive they were to Lord Mcartney's 1793 mission.
Less than one year after coming to power, what did the PRC do in regard to Tibet in 1950?
Invaded, occupied, and forcefully annexed Tibet to China.
Why was the Taiping Rebellion significant?
The imperial dynasty could not subdue the rebels, who took the city of Nanking, without help from Western powers, who then took advantage of China.
Why was the 1842 Treaty of Nanking significant?
It ended the Opium War in Britain's favor while humiliating China.
All of the following characterized the last few years of Manchu dynasty in the early 1900s EXCEPT
in a surprising reversal, western-style education and schools were replaced by the traditional Chinese Confucian education system.
What was Yuan Shikai's significance?
He was President of China from 1912-1915, tried to become emperor, and fended off Japan's Twenty-one Demands.
Chiang Kai-shek
Led the Nationalists (Kuomintang) and moved his government to Taiwan in 1949
Mao Zedong
Father of communist China, ruled from 1949 to 1976
Jiang Jing
Along with the Gang of Four, blamed for excesses of the Cultural Revolution.
Deng Xioaping
Guided China to gradual economic reforms in the 1980s.
Hu Jintao
Became President of China in 2003 at the youthful age of 59