Stats: Qing China: 1839-1911

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
This drug was traded by European countries to China	Opium	100%
He then launched this rebellion hoping to topple the Qing dynasty	The Taiping Rebellion	72%
This two-year-old boy was named the last emperor of the Qing	Xuantong Emperor	72%
Meanwhile, this organization, known as Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, began to gain traction in China, leading to this	The Boxer Rebellion	66%
Name one of the port cities that was forcibly opened by the treaty	Guangzhou \| Xiamen \| Fuzhou \| Ningbo \| Shanghai	62%
The results of this edict led to this war with Great Britain	The First Opium War	62%
The Dowager Empress who seized power after the above. She would effectively govern China until her death in 1908	Dowager Empress Cixi	59%
This country's Meiji Restoration led to the its eventual development as a world power	Japan	59%
This unequal treaty was the first of many to be imposed on China	The Treaty of Nanjing	59%
This man declared himself to be the brother of Jesus	Hong Xiuquan	55%
France would later to go to war with China over influence in this country in 1884	Vietnam	55%
Due to the increasing damage to the economy and the people from the above, this emperor issued an imperial edict banning it	Daoguang Emperor	52%
Southern island that China lost to the Japanese. It would not be returned until 1945	Taiwan	52%
How many foreign nations were sent to put down the rebellion	8	48%
This revolutionary, who orchestrated many failed uprisings on mainland, exiled himself to Japan	Sun Zhongshan	48%
At the behest of the emperor, this reform movement was launched. It would later be suppressed by conservatives 100 days later	The Hundred Day's Reform	48%
Taking advantage of the above war, this country began to seize areas in northern China, now known as Outer Manchuria	The Russian Empire	48%
This war triggered due to continued resistance by China to foreign powers such as Great Britain and France	The Second Opium War	48%
Emperor of China from 1875-1908	Guangxu Emperor	45%
For his role in the reform movement, the emperor was placed under _____ ______	House Arrest	45%
Name of the Korean dynasty which had tributary relations with China. It would be dubbed the "Hermit Kingdom" due to its anti-foreign policies.	Joseon	45%
Imperial Commissioner to Guangdong who was ordered to carry out the edict	Lin Zexu	45%
After seizure of this port city, Japanese forces under the command of Oyama Iwao engaged in a massacre of the city's Chinese inhabitants. Abroad, this massacre was viewed with skepticism by some	Port Arthur	45%
Attempt by Qing statesmen to restore China's traditional order. It is named after the new emperor	The Tongzhi Restoration	45%
This started this revolution, which led to the collapse of the dynasty in 1912	The Xinhai Revolution	41%
His father, the new regent of China	Prince Chun	38%
Kingdom centered around Okinawa Island that was once paid tribute to China. This would stop with its annexation by Japan in 1879	Ryukyu Kingdom	38%
The central Qing government _________ the above	Supported	38%
This agreement, which comprised of three unequal treaties ended the war	The Convention of Beijing	38%
Emperor during the first two rebellions	Xianfeng Emperor	38%
This Chinese statesmen dubbed the "Yellow Bismarck" by the west single-handedly controlled China's foreign policy until his death in 1901	Li Hongzhang	34%
The fall of this major Korean city threatened Chinese positions in Manchuria	Pyongyang	34%
This semi-modernized Chinese fleet was annihilated by the Japanese fleet at the Battle of Weihaiwei and the Battle of the Yalu River	The Beiyang Fleet	34%
Chinese peninsula which the Japanese intended to annex	The Liaodong Peninsula	34%
Chinese general sent to suppress the coup. He would later be pivotal in toppling the dynasty in 1912	Yuan Shikai	34%
The International Legation in Beijing was besieged for this many days	55	31%
The Dowager Empress then died in 1908, Not wanting the current emperor to reverse her policies, she poisoned him with this chemical, causing him to die a day before her	Arsenic	31%
This treaty between China and Japan was signed in 1885, which stipulated that both countries must be notified before one of them sends their army to Korea	Convention of Tianjin	31%
In 1905, the government abolished this system of selecting candidates to rule the country	The Imperial Examination	31%
Chinese palace which was destroyed by the Europeans in order to punish China	The Old Summer Palace	31%
This would later be a cause for this war	The Russo-Japanese War	31%
Soldiers mutinied in this part of the city of Wuhan	Wuchang	31%
This general, who is the namesake of a popular Chinese-American dish, crushed the above	Zuo Zongtang	31%
British leader of the "Ever Victorious Army" which assisted the Qing	Charles Gordon	28%
American policy that prevented China from being carved out into European colonies. It had little effect in reality	The Open Door Policy	28%
Unequal Treaty which ended the war. It removed any Chinese influence in Korea as well as being the first unequal treaty signed by China and another Asian country	Treaty of Shimonoseki	28%
Hunanese Army which was formed to combat the rebels	Xiang Army	28%
However, provincial governors signed this agreement, declaring their opposition to this rebellion	Mutual Defense Pact of the Southeastern Provinces	24%
Northern rebellion which occurred simultaneously	The Nian Rebellion	24%
He was one of founders of this organization	Tongmenghui	24%
Leader of the above	Zeng Guofan	24%
Key reformer who fled to Japan to escape execution for his involvement in the above	Kang Youwei	21%
Japan gained this Manchurian territory in the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the above	Kwantung Leased Territory	21%
His disciple, who was a prominent intellectual and proponent of a Constitutional Monarchy. His ideas became largely irrelevant after the fall of the Qing	Liang Qichao	21%
He traveled around the world to get funding from this group of people	Overseas Chinese	21%
This movement emerged when the above tried to nationalize China's local railway development projects and put them in the control of foreign banks	Railway Protection Movement	21%
This was signed by China, ending the rebellion	The Boxer Protocol	21%
This revolution in Korea led to China and Japan to deploy their armies	The Donghak Peasant Revolution	21%
This rebellion, between the Muslim Hui minorities and the government occurred between 1862-1877	The Dungan Revolt	21%
This was the most immediate cause for this war	The First Sino-Japanese War	21%
Reform movement led by influential Chinese statesmen in an attempt to modernize the country	The Self-Strengthening Movement	21%
However, Russia, Germany, and France all opposed this move. This was known as	The Triple Intervention	21%
Revolutionary who plotted to kill the above. He would be a leading figure in the KMT	Wang Jingwei	21%
Chinese prince who signed the above. He would be influential in Chinese politics until his death in 1898	Prince Gong	17%
What was the Dowager Empress rumored to have ordered built at the expense of funding for the new navy	A Marble Boat	14%
Coup attempt by Korean reformers of the Enlightenment Party which was supported by Japan.	The Gapsin Coup	14%
This violent uprising in 1882 caused China to reassert itself as the dominant power in the above	The Imo Incident	14%
Policies implemented by the Dowager Empress that were similar to or more radical than the same ones that she opposed in 1898	The New Policies	14%
Russia used this opportunity to field thousands of soldiers in Manchuria to protect this	The Trans-Siberian Railway	14%
After the emperor died in 1861, this coup was launched in order remove the eight regents appointed to the new emperor	Xinyou Coup	14%
This treaty gave Great Britain the right of extraterritoriality and the status of most favored nation	Treaty of the Bogue	10%

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