Taiping Rebellion

What was the goal of the of the Taiping Rebellion in China?

• to eliminate poverty
• to eliminate religious differences
• to eliminate racism
• to eliminate absolute monarchies

Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the Taiping Rebellion, claimed he was the youngest brother of...

• Jesus Christ

• Buddha

• King George III

• Mao Zedong

At the end of their collapse, the Qing Dynasty was troubled with rebellions, foreign invasion, and major financial troubles. It could be said that the Qing lost....

• The Mandate of Heaven

• The support of the Nobles

• Their strongest military leaders

• The favoritism of the peasant class

The Taiping Rebellion had the goal of...

• Making Christianity the major religion in China

• Force the Qing Dynasty to accept foreigners into China

• Shrink the amount of international trade

• Invading Japan & Korea

An estimated 10 million people died during the 12 years of the Taiping Rebellion.

• True

• False

The last half of the 19th century, China was ruled by which leader? (This was after the Taiping Rebellion ended.)

• Empress Dowager Cixi

• Jet Li

• Emperor Hirohito

• Emperor Aisin Goro Pu Yi

What 14-year long Chinese conflict, begun in the 1850s, was one of the deadliest wars in the history of the world?

• Taiping Rebellion
• Boxer Rebellion
• Opium War
• Sino-Japanese War