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Who China became the dominant power in the region under (ruled from 1369-1644)

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Ming Dynasty

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Son of a peasant; commanded the rebel army that drove the Mongols out of China in 1368

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Hongwu

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Son of Hongwu; emerged victorious from the struggle of thousand of government officials being killed in 1398

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Yonglo

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Chinese Muslim admiral who launched the first of 7 voyages of exploration

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Zheng He

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People beyond the northeast end of the Great Wall of Manchuria

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Manchus

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Ruled China for more than 260 years; brought Taiwan, Chinese Central China, Mongolia, and Tibet into China

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Qing Dynasty

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Became emperor in 1661 and ruled for 60 some years

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Kangxi

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Why didn’t china undergo widespread industrialization?

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Whole idea offended Chinese Confucian beliefs, whines economic policies traditionally favored agriculture

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Name two technological advancements the missionaries brought to China.

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The clock and the prism

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List five reasons why the Ming dynasty fell to civil disorder.

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Ineffective rulers, corrupt rulers, government out of money, high taxes, and bad harvests

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11
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Warrior-Cheif tans

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Daimyo

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Defeated his rivals; seized Koyoto in 1568

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Oda Nobunaga

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Set out to destroy the daimyo’s that remained hostile

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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Ieyasu founded; continued until 1869

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Tokugawa Shogunate

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11
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Theater townspeople attended

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Kabuki

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11
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Poetry which doesn’t express ideas

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Haiku

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Why were the Dutch so successful in establishing a trading empire in the Indian Ocean?

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Owned the largest fleet of boats in the world; East Indian company was most powerful and well funded in the world

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Why was the period between 1476 and 1568 called the age of the warring states?

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Powerful samurai seized control of old feudal states; offered peasants and others protection in return for their loyalty

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What was the difference between the Confucian ideal of society and the real society of Japan?

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The Confucian depended on agriculture and farmers made the ideal citizens and in real life peasant farmers

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Briefly describe the new drama, literature and art found in Japanese cities.

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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.

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Portuguesse explorer

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Bartolomeu Días

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Son of Portugal’s king; nation’s most enthusiastic supporter of exploration

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Prince Henry

13
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Reached port of Calicut in 1498

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Vasco da Gama

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Agreed to honor the line of demarcation

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Richest and most powerful than England’s company

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Dutch East IndiaCompany

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What factors helped spur European exploration?

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Desire to grow rich and spread Christianity, coupled with advances in sailing

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What role did the Portugal’s Prince Henry play in overseas exploration?

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Established an observatory and the first school for navigators in Europe at Sagres, Portugal; most enthusiastic

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What was the significance of Bartolomeu Dias’s voyage? Vasco da Gama?

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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

Modern World History Unit 1 (6 decks)

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