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Age of Exploration and Isolation Flashcards

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What was the main reason for exploration

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to gain wealth

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2
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Contact during crusades spurs demanded for what

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Asian goods

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3
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Who controlled trade from east to west

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Muslims and Italians

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4
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Who wanted to serve God and king

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Bartolomeu Dias

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5
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What improved tracking of direction

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magnetic compass

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What was a type of ship; makes it possible to sail against wind

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Caravel

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What is a tool to make navigation easier; uses the positioning of the stars

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astrolabe

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8
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Where did the portuguese explore

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Africa

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9
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Who is the son of Portugal’s king

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Prince Henry

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10
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who found navigation school on coast of Portugal

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Prince Henry

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11
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WHo has trading posts on west coast of Africa

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Portuguese

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12
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Who sailed around the southern tip of Africa

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Bartolomeu Dias

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13
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Who sailed to India to get Portugal valuable cargo

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Vasco da Gama

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14
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In 1492, who sailed for Spain

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Christopher Columbus

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15
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Who sailed west to support plan to reach Asia

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Christopher Columbus

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16
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Christopher Columbus sailed west finding which foreign day country

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America

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17
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Christopher opened Americas to which ideas

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exploration and colonization

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18
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the pope divided Americas between which two nations

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Spain and Portugal

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19
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Agreement for America was formalized by what treaty

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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20
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Who toke over the indian ocean trade from muslims

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portugal

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21
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who has more ships than any other nation

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dutch

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22
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who weakened portuguese control of asian trade

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dutch and english

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23
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what was the Dutch East India company made for

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Asian trade

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24
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where was the dutch trade headquarters

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Batavia

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25
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what was dutch’s capital; Also weathy

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Amsterdam

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26
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who ruled china from 1368 to 1644

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Ming dynasty

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27
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who collected tributes from as many asian countries as possible

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Ming rulers

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28
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peasant’s son who leads army that forces Mongols from China

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Hongwu

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29
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who was the first ming emperor

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Hongwu

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30
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Hongwu’s son

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Yonglo

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31
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who moved royal court to bejing

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Yonglo

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32
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who launched first voyages of exploration

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Yonglo

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33
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who lead seven long voyages

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Zheng

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34
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who distributed gifts to show China’s superiority

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Zheng

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35
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chinese government controls all contact with who

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outsiders

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36
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what kind of demands did chinese goods have

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high

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37
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chinese policies favored what ideas

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farming

38
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christian missionaries brought whose ideas to china

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european

39
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people of Manchuria

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Manchus

40
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manchu rulers who take control

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Qing dynasty

41
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Manchus conquered who

A

Korea

42
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Ming and Qing culture based on what

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traditional forms

43
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civil war destroyed what kind of system in Japan

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feudal

44
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lords in new feudal system

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daimyo

45
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who built armies od mounted samurai

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daimyo

46
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powerful daimyo who seizes capital of Kyoto

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Oda Nobunaga

47
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nobunaga rival

A

Daimyo

48
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who carried on Nobunaga work after he committed suicide

A

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

49
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who toke over complete unification of Japan

A

Tokugawa Ieyasu

50
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another word for shogun

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sole ruler

51
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Edo grew up to be what

A

Tokyo

52
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who ruled Japan until 1867

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Tokugawa Shogunate

53
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long period of peace

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posterity

54
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peasants suffered from what in Tokugawa Japan

A

High taxes

55
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Japan became what kind of society

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urban

56
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traditional culture in Japan did what

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thrive

57
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townspeople enjoyed what kind of fiction in Japan

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realistic

58
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what is skits with elaborate costumes

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Kabuki theater

59
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what kind of traders were welcome by Japanese

A

European

60
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the europeans what changed japanese way of fighting

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firearms

61
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how many japanese were christians

A

300,000

62
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Japan’s rulers banned what

A

christianity

63
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who disliked europeans ideas

A

shoguns

64
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who limited europeans trade

A

shoguns

65
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who were forbidden to travel abroad

A

Japanese

66
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Where did Yonglo move the royal court to

A

beijing

67
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who brought european ideas to china

A

christian missionaries

68
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when the manchus conquered korea, kore felt feelings of what

A

nationalism

69
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what reflected rejection of chinese ways

A

art

70
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why do the chinese isolate

A

they think they are superior

71
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Chinese set what for trading

A

special rules

72
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who followed the rules of trading and who did not

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the dutch accepted the rules but the british did not

73
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literary work that revealed manchu society

A

Dream of the Red Chamber

74
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what helped unify chinese people

A

plays about chinese history

75
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what produced more crops and spurred population growth

A

new farming techniques

76
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families favored who over who

A

son over daughter

77
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some women worked outside home but most did what

A

live restricted lives

78
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what destroyed old feudal system in Japan

A

Civil War

79
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period from 1467 to 1568 is called what

A

Warring states

80
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who is a figurehead with no real power and why

A

emperor because of daimyo

81
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other wise known as warrior-cheiftains

A

daimyo

82
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who launched invasion on Korea

A

Hideyoshi

83
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most women lead what kind of lives

A

sheltered

84
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what influenced society

A

confucian ideas

85
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what was popular among samurai

A

tragic noh dramas

86
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three line poetry that presents image

A

haiku

87
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european traders were welcome by who

A

japanese

88
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first european arrived when japan had what

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no central authority

89
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who limited european trade

A

shoguns

90
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who were the only two people allowed to trade when japan was in isolation

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dutch and chinese

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