Chapter 3 Terms Flashcards
1
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a company founded by the Dutch in the early 17th century to establish and direct trade throughout Asia
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Dutch East India Company
2
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in 1494 an agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring thatnewly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal
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Treaty of Tordesillas
3
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a Chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368-1644
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Ming Dynasty
4
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China’s last dynasty, which ruled from 1644-1912
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Qing Dynasty
5
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5-7-5 syllable 3-line verse poem that presents images instead of ideas. Mats Basho is the greatest poet of this
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haiku
6
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a theater in which actors with fancy costumes using dance, mime, and music perform skits on modern day life
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kabuki
