Chapter 22 Key Terms Flashcards
Goa
Indian city developed by the Portuguese as a major Indian Ocean base
Asian sea trading network
divided, from West to East, into three zones prior to the European arrival
Ormuz
Portuguese establishment; a major trading base.
Malacca
city on the tip of the Malayan peninsula; a center for trade to the southeastern Asian islands
Batavia
Dutch establishment on Java
Luzon
northern island of the Philippines, of the site of a major Catholic missionary effort.
Mindanao
southern island of the Philippines; a Muslim area able to successfully resist Spanish conquest.
Francis Xavier
Franciscan missionary who worked in India during the 1540s among outcast and lower-caste groups
Robert di Nobili
Italian Jesuit active in India during the early 1600s; Top down conversion failure.
Hongwu
first Ming emperor (1368–1403); drove out the Mongols and restored the position of the scholar-gentry.
Macao and Canton
the only two ports in Ming China where Europeans were allowed to trade.
The Water Margin, Monkey, and The Golden Lotus
novels written during the Ming period
Zheng He
Chinese admiral who led seven overseas trade expeditions under Ming
Matteo Ricci and Adam Schall
Jesuit scholars at the Ming court; also skilled scientists
Chongzhen
Last emperor of the Ming Dynasty
Nobunaga
The first Japanese daimyo to make extensive use of firearms
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
general under Nobunaga; succeeded as a leading military power in central Japan, continued efforts to break power of the daimyos
Tokugawa Ieyasu
vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi; succeeded him as the most powerful military figure in Japan; granted title of shogun in 1603 and established the Tokugawa shogunate; established political unity in Japan.
Edo
Tokugawa capital, modern-day Tokyo
Deshima
island port in Nagasaki Bay; the only port open to foreigners
School of National Learning
18th-century ideology that emphasized Japan’s unique historical experience and the revival of indigenous culture at the expense of Confucianism and other Chinese influence
