Chapter 20 terms

Question 1

Manchu

Answer 1

people who lived north of China, and attacked southward into China

Question 2

Daimyo

Answer 2

Japanese warlords

Question 3

Samurai

Answer 3

army of warriors loyal to the daimyo

Question 4

Tokugawa Shogunate

Answer 4

military government established in Japan

Question 5

Ming Empire

Answer 5

Chinese empire dominant during the 16th and 17th centuries

Question 6

Kangxi

Answer 6

Chinese emperor during the Qing dynasty

Question 7

Amur River

Answer 7

border between China and Russia

Question 8

Macartney Mission

Answer 8

British Lord sent to increase trade with the Chinese government

Question 9

Muscovy

Answer 9

territory surrounding the city of Moscow

Question 10

Ural Mountains

Answer 10

north/south mountains dividing Eurasia

Question 11

Tsar/Czar

Answer 11

term for Russian ruler

Question 12

Siberia

Answer 12

resource-rich area to the east of Russia

Question 13

Cossacks

Answer 13

group of warrior people living on the steppes between Muscovy and the Caspian and Black Seas

Question 14

serfs

Answer 14

working class peasants of Russia who were tied to the land, not master

Question 15

Peter the Great

Answer 15

Russian ruler who reduced Russia’s isolation and increased the empire’s size and power