19th Century China Quiz Flashcards (cumulative)

(Hmong)People that populated border of Guizhou and Hunan. Great Miao Uprising in 1795-1806, in response to losing land to Han migrants.

1796-1804White Lotus Buddhists in upper reaches of Han river. State cracked down on White Lotus, local communities militarized in response.

(1750-1799)Served on Grand Council, had Qianlong emperor's favor. Corrupted the state officials.

(1764-1849)Native of Yangzhou, governor of many provinces that didn't participate in Heshen's corruption.

(1748-1805)Great Qing general that suppressed White Lotus Rebellion, relying on gentry leaders and local mercenaries.

Represented military and administrative tribes; a multiethnic conquest force. Registered for taxation, mobilized for war.

Manchu hairstyle, braid at back of head, which was bald otherwise. Lose your hair or your head. Cutting your queue became a symbol of opposition against Qing.

Passed county prefectural exam

Believed corruption was a factional problem, not an individual one. Was exiled for writing a criticism. Privately wrote an abridged version of Unified Gazetteer of the Great Qing. Also wrote about his exile and travel.

Literati serving as private secretary to officials. Called for overhaul of political structure. Proponent of sea transport vs. Canal bureaucracy.

Growing number of rogue, single males.

Crops that could grow on marginal lands that wouldn't support rice, such as corn and peanuts.

Bacteria that caused Bubonic Plague. Spreads through rodents; causes high fever, delirium, bubos. Reservoir in NW Yunnan.

Or "swidden agriculture." Burn down vegetation on hillside, giving nutrients to soil. Rain would wash silt and sand so farmers had to move to new area after.

Alluvial fields downriver in Pearl River Delta. Silt that came down from river and emptied into delta, forming new land mass.