Chapter 3 Test

Question 1

What device made it possible to sail into the unknown?

Answer 1

triangular sails

Question 2

What were the Europeans main motives for making voyages of exploration?

Answer 2

to grow wealthy and spread Christianity

Question 3

Put Mongols, Ming, Qing in chronological order.

Answer 3

1. Mongols
2. Ming
3. Qing

Question 4

Put Tokugawa, Fujiwara, and Kamakura in order.

Answer 4

1. Fujiwara
2. Kamakura
3. Tokugawa

Question 5

What was the economic development under the Ming?

Answer 5

Hongwu implements agricultural reforms

Question 6

Who was the most powerful person in Japan?

Answer 6

Shogun

Question 7

What methods did the Tokugawa take to stabilize and unite Japan?

Answer 7

keeping the families of the daimyo under his watch

ruling with principles

using the rule of law as opposed to the sword

Question 8

What factors contributed to the downfall of the Ming?

Answer 8

ineffective rulers

corrupt government officials

bankrupt economy

Question 9

What was an improvement made by the Qing while they ruled China?

Answer 9

expanded borders to include Taiwan

Question 10

What were the effects of the growth of Portugal’s trading empire?

Answer 10

lowered the price of goods

spice trade

undercut merchants

Question 11

Why was the introduction of firearms in Japan successful?

Answer 11

it corresponded with the Warring States Period of new feudalism

Question 12

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas signed by Portugal and Spain?

Answer 12

to decrease conflict over claiming of new lands

Question 13

Who was a Portuguese sailor who first rounded the tip of southern Africa in 1488?

Answer 13

Bartolomeu Dias

Question 14

Who was the commander in chief or dictator of China?

Answer 14

shogun

Question 15

Who was the Chinese Muslim admiral who led expeditionary voyages?

Answer 15

Zheng He

Question 16

Who was the brutal and ambitious daimyo who took the imperial capital of Kyoto in 1568?

Answer 16

Oda Nobunaga

Question 17

Who was the Portuguese sailor who managed to reach India in 1497?

Answer 17

Vasco Da Gama

Question 18

What was the Japanese warrior class that emerged and fought for various clans?

Answer 18

samurai

Question 19

Who were the Japanese emperors whose actions helped bring an end to the Kamakura era?

Answer 19

Go-Daigo

Question 20

Who was the Japanese general who in 1590, controlled most of Japan and China?

Answer 20

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Question 21

What was a type of Japanese drama that combines music, dance, and mime?

Answer 21

kabuki