Ch. 9 East Asian World & Ch 10 Revolution & Enlightenment

Question 0

What causes the fall of the Ming dynasty?

Answer 0

• government corruption
• peasant unrest
• weak internal power

Question 1

What did China export during the Ming and Qing dynasties?

Answer 1

Tea

Question 2

Why did East Asian states limit off trade to most European states in the 16th-19th centuries?

Answer 2

They didn’t want western ideas to overpower their own ideals.

Question 3

Thinkers in the Scientific Revolution believes that knowledge should be based on what?

Answer 3

Reason and facts

Question 4

What do philosophes such as Locke, Rousseau, and Montesquieu have in common?

Answer 4

They all believes in limiting gov. power

Question 5

What was Montesquieu’s contribution to political thought?

Answer 5

3 kinds of gov: republics, despotism, and monarchies

3 branches of gov: executive, legislative, and judicial

Question 6

What is laissez-faire? What role did Adam Smith think government should have in society?

Answer 6

1) protect society from invasion
2) government should defend citizens from injustice
3) keep up public works that private individuals couldn’t afford

Question 7

What is Deism?

Answer 7

18th century religious philosophy; God created the world then let it work (Divine Clockmaker)