Chapter 3

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Ming Dynasty

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Hongwu

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Yonglo

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Zheng He

Question 5

People beyond the northeast end of the Great Wall of Manchuria

Answer 5

Manchus

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Qing Dynasty

Question 7

Became emperor in 1661 and ruled for 60 some years

Answer 7

Kangxi

Question 8

Why didn’t china undergo widespread industrialization?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Name two technological advancements the missionaries brought to China.

Answer 9

The clock and the prism

Question 10

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

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Warrior-Cheif tans

Answer 11

Daimyo

Question 11

Defeated his rivals; seized Koyoto in 1568

Answer 11

Oda Nobunaga

Question 11

Set out to destroy the daimyo’s that remained hostile

Answer 11

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Question 11

Ieyasu founded; continued until 1869

Answer 11

Tokugawa Shogunate

Question 11

Theater townspeople attended

Answer 11

Kabuki

Question 11

Poetry which doesn’t express ideas

Answer 11

Haiku

Question 11

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

Answer 11

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

Question 11

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

Answer 11

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

Question 11

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

Answer 11

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

Question 11

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

Answer 11

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.

Question 11

Portuguesse explorer

Answer 11

Bartolomeu Días

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Prince Henry

Question 13

Reached port of Calicut in 1498

Answer 13

Vasco da Gama

Question 14

Agreed to honor the line of demarcation

Answer 14

Treaty of Tordesillas

Question 15

Richest and most powerful than England's company

Answer 15

Dutch East IndiaCompany

Question 16

What factors helped spur European exploration?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

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

Answer 17

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

Question 18

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

Answer 18

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