Asia During European Expansion Flashcards

1
Q

Only what could break into Indian Ocean trade system

A

Military force

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2
Q

Europeans were mad because Asia was

A

Already Muslim and already trading

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3
Q

Asian sea trading

A

3 zones

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4
Q

Arab zones

A

Raw material

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5
Q

India zone

A

Cotton textiles

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6
Q

China zone

A

Paper porcelain and silks

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7
Q

Europeans took 3 crucial trade points

A

Mouths of Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Straits of Malacca (Dutch)

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8
Q

Who controls Asian trade

A

No central control

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9
Q

Europeans had a lack of what

A

Trading goods

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10
Q

Ormuz and Goa

A

Portuguese factory/fortified trading town; forcible entry into Asian sea trade network

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11
Q

Factories

A

European trading fortresses and compounds with resident merchants; assured secure landing places and commerce

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12
Q

Portugal couldn’t sustain what

A

Monopoly on trade

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13
Q

Asia wanted what from Europe

A

Silver

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14
Q

Portugal took what that was their downfall

A

To big of area

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15
Q

Who took over Portuguese trade in Asia

A

Dutch

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16
Q

Batavia

A

Dutch fortress on island of Java

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17
Q

English in

A

India

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18
Q

Dutch had monopoly on what

A

Spice trade; limited goods; Indonesia

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19
Q

Inland territory to Europeans

A

Couldn’t conquer

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20
Q

Luzon

A

N island in Philippines that Spain conquered and converted

21
Q

Mindanao

A

S island of Philippines; Muslim kingdom so Spain couldn’t conquer

22
Q

Most important spice

A

Cinnamon

23
Q

Francis Xavier

A

Spanish Jesuit
Tried to convert low caste
Little headway with elites

24
Q

Robert Di Nobili

A

Italian Jesuit
Tried to convert elites
Mission eventually failed

25
Q

Christianity was a great success where

A

N Philippines but blended

26
Q

Hongwu

A

Also known as Zhu Yuanzhang; founder of Ming; originally a peasant; drive out Mongols to N of Great Wall;
Abolished chief minister; improved lives of peasants; limits eunuchs power

27
Q

Role of civil service exam

A

Big role in determining status

28
Q

Punishment for corrupt bureaucrats

A

Public beatings

29
Q

Where could emperors wives only come from

A

Humble families

30
Q

Who didn’t have many rights

A

Women and students

31
Q

Imported crops

A

From America

32
Q

Macao and canton

A

2 ports Europeans were allowed to trade at in China

33
Q

What did merchants do with their money

A

Bought land instead of putting it back into trade

34
Q

Matteo Ricci and Adam Schall

A

Jesuit scholars in Ming court

Won few converts to Christianity

35
Q

Help to peasants

A

Tax free land worked
Lowered forced labor
Promoted cottage industries

36
Q

What goes away and what becomes important in regards to currency

A

Paper money

Silver

37
Q

Ming dynasty culture

A

Patrons to arts

38
Q

Woodblock printing

A

Made it easier to make novels

39
Q

Emperor Yungle

A

2nd Ming emperor

40
Q

Spent money to stop who

A

Nomads

41
Q

Nobunago

A

Daimyo; use of firearms; disposes of ashikaga shogunate; killed; protects Jesuits to counter Buddhist power

42
Q

Tokugawa Leyasu

A

Emerges victorious, appointed shogun, Edo (Tokyo), restoration of unity, neoconfucian revival replaced by national learning school

43
Q

Tokugawa shogunate ruled for how long

A

250 years

44
Q

Europeans traded what for what in Japan

A

Firearms and clock presses

Silver copper and finished goods

45
Q

Europeans relationship with China and Japan

A

Middle men

46
Q

Hideyoshi

A

Next shogun; less tolerant; Buddhist now weak and Christians were threat

47
Q

Afraid of what

A

European take over

48
Q

Closed ports to who

A

Europeans except Dutch at Nagasaki

49
Q

Caravel

A

Slender long-hulled vessels utilized by Portuguese