Study Guide

For Midterm Examination

History 277

Modern China

Spring 2009

Instructions:

The midterm will consist of three sections:

Map Identifications: 20 Percent

Term and Name Identifications: 20 Percent

2 Essays: 30 Percent Each

On the real exam, you will choose five of seven possible map identifications, five of seven term identifications, and two of three essay questions. The identifications will be chosen from the lists below.

Part One:

Map Identifications: In this section you will be presented with a map similar to the one attached. You will be asked to match the circled letters with the questions below, and write down the name of the place, as follows:

Please write both the corresponding letter and the name of the place or person!

1. City where Qing sign 1858 treaty with British

2. Capital of China under the Qing

3. Where the Qing royal family comes from

4. One area ceded to Japan in treaty of Shimonoseki

5. Place where incident occurs in Strangers at the Gate

6. One of the five original treaty ports of 1842

7. Shen Fu s Birthplace

8. Location of Taiping Capital, 1850-1864

9. Province where Boxer Rebellion Originated

10. Place where treaty of Nerchinsk was negotiated

11. Area of Muslim Rebellions, 1855-1870

Part Two

Term and Name Identifications: Identify who the person or what the term is, give an approximate and give a brief account of the significance of the term or name why should you bother knowing about this figure or event

1. Wanli

2. Chen Yun (19^th Century)

3. Qianlong

4. Heshen

5. Macartney

6. Cixi

7. Li Zicheng

8. Zhang Xianzhong

9. Wu Sangui

10. Three Feudatories

11. Zongli Yamen

12. Nurhaci

13. Hong Taiji

14. Dorgon

15. jinshi

16. baojia

17. Matteo Ricci

18. Lin Zexu

19. Cohong

20. Hong Xiuquan

21. White Lotus

22. Boxers

23. Xiang Army

24. Zeng Guofan

25. Li Hongzhang

26. Prince Gong

27. Liang Qichao

28. Sun Yat-sen

29. Kang Youwei

30. W.A.P. Martin

31. ti

Part Three:

Essays You will have a choice of two out of three of these essays. The purpose of these essays is for you to reflect critically on the material you have been given and think through certain problems. Please make reference to the reading assigned in the class and to specific examples in your essay.. I am concerned with two things: 1) that you have an argument, and 2) that you demonstrate a familiarity with the points and readings that could support your argument

Please feel free to interpret these questions any way you wish as long as you make sure I understand what you re trying to say.

1. Were domestic problems within China the proximate cause of the Opium War? If so, which domestic problems? If not, what was the proximate cause and why
2. Was Shen Fu a member of the elite?
3. Is the revolution of 1911 evidence of the failure of the ti/yong philosophy
4. Who was the most effective ruler, Kangxi, Yongzheng, or Qianlong, and why?
5. In your opinion, when did Chinese people begin to be motivated by nationalism, and why?
6. Can Hong s initial success in the Taiping rebellion be related to his religious ideology, his treatment of women, both, or neither?
7. It s 1838, and you re appointed special commissioner to Canton to deal with the opium problem. Write a memorial to the Daoguang Emperor explaining what the best course of action is and why.
8. It s 1898, and you re a major Chinese figure (conservative, radical, or reformist) with the ear of the Guangxu Emperor. Write a memorial advising him on the course of action that he should take.
9. Was China a modern nation by 1911?
10. Did China change in the 19^th century primarily due to external or internal events?