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1
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What year did the Boxer revolt end

A

1901

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2
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What was the true name of the Boxers?

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Order of the righteous and harmonious fists

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Who did the Boxers target?

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Foreigners and Christians

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4
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When was the first Sino-Japanese War?

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1894-1895

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5
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What was the last Chinese dynasty?

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Qing dynasty

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How much did China have to pay in reparations for the Boxer revolt?

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$330 million

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7
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How many Chinese workers were recruited in WWI

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100,000

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8
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How many Chinese delegates were invited to the Paris Peace Conference?

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2

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9
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Who founded the Tongmenghui?

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Sun Yat-Sen

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Who died in 1908 and appointed Puyi as Emperor?

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Empress Dowager Cixi

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11
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Which uprising did Yuan Shikai help suppress?

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Boxer revolt

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12
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What revolution happened in 1911?

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Xinhai

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13
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Who became China’s president in 1912?

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Yuan Shikai

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14
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Yuan Shikai commanded which army?

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Beiyang army

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15
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Who was assassinated after the KMT won the elections?

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Song Jiaoren

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16
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What year was the KMT banned?

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1913

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17
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What year did Yuan Shikai issue the constitution giving him complete control?

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1914

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18
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Yuan Shikai was forced to accept ____ by Japan in 1915

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21 Demands

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19
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How many days was Yuan Shikai emperor?

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83 days

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20
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What year did Yuan Shikai die?

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1916

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21
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Which warlord was in control of Manchuria?

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Zhang Zhuolin

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22
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Which warlord controlled a large area of central China
and the government of Beijing for a time?

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Wu Peifu

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23
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Give an example of a warlord who provided a stable
government.

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Guangzi group

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24
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warlord armies rose from 500,000 in 1916 to what in 1928?

25
Name a group set up in opposition of the warlords.
Red Spear Society
26
During the Warlord era, unemployment in the countryside was an estimated?
87 million
27
During the May Fourth Movement, who argued the need for Mr Science and Mr Democracy?
Chen Duxui
28
What date did the May Fourth movement begin? (day/month/year)
4th May 1919
29
Name a student publication, from Peking University, which was heavily critical of traditional Chinese culture and advocated modernisation.
New Youth
30
Which area of land was contentious during the May the 4 th Movement?
Shandong
31
What year was the Russian Revolution?
1917
32
When was the Comintern formed by Russia?
1919
33
What year was the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) formed?
1921
34
How many members did the CCP have by 1925?
less than 1,000
35
What did merchants in Canton refer to Sun Yat-sen as?
Sun the Windbag
36
When were the Three Principles formulated?
1905
37
What year did Sun Yat-sen die?
1925
38
What were the Three Principles?
Nationalism, democracy, livelihood
39
What year was Sun Yat-sen’s failed ‘Northern Expedition’?
1922
40
When was the first United Front between the KMT and CCP?
1923
41
Name the 2 Soviet advisors sent to organise the KMT.
Borodin and Galen
42
In 1926, Mao Zedong led the _____ Department of the KMT?
Propaganda
43
What year was the NRA established?
1925
44
What does the NRA stand for?
National Revolutionary Army
45
When was the Canton purge? (yy)
20th March 1926
46
What was the aim of the Canton purge?
To remove the important communists from the KMT
47
What was the elite military school for officers, led by Chiang, called?
Whampoa
48
What was the aim of the Northern Expedition?
Defeat warlords, unify China
49
Chiang’s army grew from 100,000 in July 1926 to what by the end of the year?
250,000
50
The Northern Expedition was at a cost of how many KMT casualties?
25,000
51
How many square miles did the KMT win control of as a result of the Northern Expedition?
Over half a million
52
How many people did the KMT control as a result of the Northern Expedition?
170 Million
53
Name the effective female group of the NRA during the Northern Expedition.
Dare to Die units
54
Who did Chiang make a deal with, showing his warlord like tendencies, to defeat the Communist trade unions in Shanghai?
Pockmarked Huang
55
Reasons why the KMT was successful in the Northern Expedition.
Years of detailed planning Russian advisors Whompoa military academy modern weapons from the USSR, Germany and Japan disorganised warlords growing support for KMT vs Warlords
56
What date did the Shanghai massacres begin? (mm/yy)
12th April 1927
57
Who’s militia joined with the KMT nationalist forces to attack the communist strongholds?
‘Big Ears’ Du Yuesheng
58
How many people were killed in the Shanghai massacres?
5,000-10,000

History: China and Japan (2 decks)

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