Chapter 27 Terms Flashcards
Goa
Portuguese trading port on the western Indian coast.
Batavia
Capital of the Dutch East Indies located on the island of Java.
Hongwu
First Ming emperor (1368). From peasant families. Drove out Mongol influence.
Matteo Ricci
1552-1610. Jesuit scholar who won a few converts to Christianity in China.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Shogun in 1590. Limited power of daimyos and constructed series of alliances.
Deshima
The only port open to Europeans in Japan.
Caravel
Slender vessels used by the Portuguese, easy to maneuver.
Ormuz
Portuguese trading town in the Persian gulf.
Francis Xavier
Spanish Jesuit missionary in India, made little progress.
Macco and Canton
Only two ports open to Europeans in Ming China.
Chongzhen
Last of the Ming emperors, killed suicide before the empire was taken over.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, granted shogun in 1603. Established political unity in Japan.
School of National Learning
New ideal lout that placed emphasis on Japanese history and revival of traditional Japanese culture.
Mercantilism
Economic theory that stressed government limit imports from other nations and strengthen internal economies to improve tax revenues.
Malacca
Portuguese port on the top of the Mayan peninsula.
