Chapter Three Flashcards
An early Portuguese explorer who’s motive was to serve god and to give light to those who were in darkness
Bartolomeu Dias
Son of Portugal’s king whose dream was oversea exploration
Prince Henry
Portuguese explorer who reached port in Calicut and brought back spices, silks, and precious gems
Vasco da gama
Treaty which stated that both sides were to honor the line
Treaty of tordesillas
Richer and more powerful company than Englands
Dutch east India company
Dynasty of china in 1514, who did not allow outsiders from distant lands to threaten the peace and prosperity they had
Ming Dynasty
The son of a peasant who commanded the rebel army that drove the mongols out of China in 1368
Hongwu
Hongwu’s son who moved the royal court to Beijing and was curious about the outside world
Yonglo
A Chinese Muslim admiral who led the First of seven voyages of exploration
Zheng He
The people of the region of Manchuria
Manchus
Dynasty that would rule for over 260 years and the Manchus took over
Qing Dynasty
Emperor who reduced government expenses and lowered taxes
Kangxi
A brutal and ambitious person who defeated his rivals and seized the imperial capital Kyoto in 1568
Odd nobunaga
Warrior - chieftains
Daimyo
Best General, controlled most of the country, set out to destroy daimyo
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
A dynasty of shoguns that ruled a unified Japan from 1603-1867
Tokugawa Shogunate
Dramas where actors dressed in elaborate costumes, used music, dance, and mime, to perform skits
Kabuki
Poetry that doesn’t express ideas but presents images
Haiku
What factors helped spur European exploration?
Seeking wealth, spread of Christianity and technology advances
What role did Portugal’s prince Henry play in oversea exploration?
encouraged be establishing a navigation school for sailor to perfect their trade and financed voyages and discoveries
What was the significance of Bartolomeu Dias voyage?
Vasco da Gama’s ?
BD- cape of hope at the southern tip of Africa, how you can go around
VDG- direct route to India from Europe
Why were the Dutch so successful in establishing trading empire in Indian Ocean?
-Dutch owned the largest fleet of ships in the world
Dutch East India Company was more powerful and better financed than other nations and trading companies
Why didn’t china undergo widespread industrialization?
It went against their Confucian beliefs
Name 2 technological advancements the missionaries brought china.
- Clocks
2. Prisms
