Chapter 3 Flashcards
Who China became the dominant power in the region under (ruled from 1369-1644)
Ming Dynasty
Son of a peasant; commanded the rebel army that drove the Mongols out of China in 1368
Hongwu
Son of Hongwu; emerged victorious from the struggle of thousand of government officials being killed in 1398
Yonglo
Chinese Muslim admiral who launched the first of 7 voyages of exploration
Zheng He
People beyond the northeast end of the Great Wall of Manchuria
Manchus
Ruled China for more than 260 years; brought Taiwan, Chinese Central China, Mongolia, and Tibet into China
Qing Dynasty
Became emperor in 1661 and ruled for 60 some years
Kangxi
Why didn’t china undergo widespread industrialization?
Whole idea offended Chinese Confucian beliefs, whines economic policies traditionally favored agriculture
Name two technological advancements the missionaries brought to China.
The clock and the prism
List five reasons why the Ming dynasty fell to civil disorder.
Ineffective rulers, corrupt rulers, government out of money, high taxes, and bad harvests
Warrior-Cheif tans
Daimyo
Defeated his rivals; seized Koyoto in 1568
Oda Nobunaga
Set out to destroy the daimyo’s that remained hostile
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Ieyasu founded; continued until 1869
Tokugawa Shogunate
Theater townspeople attended
Kabuki
Poetry which doesn’t express ideas
Haiku
Why were the Dutch so successful in establishing a trading empire in the Indian Ocean?
Owned the largest fleet of boats in the world; East Indian company was most powerful and well funded in the world
Why was the period between 1476 and 1568 called the age of the warring states?
Powerful samurai seized control of old feudal states; offered peasants and others protection in return for their loyalty
What was the difference between the Confucian ideal of society and the real society of Japan?
The Confucian depended on agriculture and farmers made the ideal citizens and in real life peasant farmers
Briefly describe the new drama, literature and art found in Japanese cities.
Drama was the kabuki theater where they put on skits and plays. Literature was haiku in which people didn’t express ideas but portrayed a picture. Art was a woodblock prints that showed sophisticated city life.
Portuguesse explorer
Bartolomeu Días
Son of Portugal’s king; nation’s most enthusiastic supporter of exploration
Prince Henry
Reached port of Calicut in 1498
Vasco da Gama
Agreed to honor the line of demarcation
Treaty of Tordesillas
Richest and most powerful than England’s company
Dutch East IndiaCompany
What factors helped spur European exploration?
Desire to grow rich and spread Christianity, coupled with advances in sailing
What role did the Portugal’s Prince Henry play in overseas exploration?
Established an observatory and the first school for navigators in Europe at Sagres, Portugal; most enthusiastic
What was the significance of Bartolomeu Dias’s voyage? Vasco da Gama?
BD- made changes to the ships; triangular sails to sail against the wind and improved navigational techniques
VG- gave Portugal a direct sea route to India
