history: chpt. 9 test Flashcards
Separate Manchus military units who were the chief fighting force of the empire
Banners
A male’s braided pigtail
Queue
The founder of the _____ dynasty was, Ming Hong Wu. The _____ lasted until 1644.
Ming
_____ led seven voyages of exploration between 1405 and 1433
Zheng He
The Portuguese were expelled from _____ (Canton) but were allowed to occupy Macao
Guangzhou
In 1644, Li and his forces occupied the capital of _____.
Beijing
_____ are farming and hunting people who lived northeast of the Great Wall in the area known today as ______
Manchus; Manchuria
The Manchus declared a new dynasty called _____, meaning pure
Qing
At one point, rebels seized the island of _____ just off the coast of China.
Taiwan
_____ ruled from 1661 to 1722 and was perhaps the greatest emperor in Chinese history
Kangxi
Explain how the pigtail became a political symbol under the Qing dynasty.
It made it easier to identify rebels
List the ways the Ming and Qing dynasties tried to limit contacts between Europeans and the Chinese people. Why did the British initially accept the restrictions?
Ming limited trade between China and Europe. Qing confined all European traders to one small island to limit contact with them. They initially accepted, and then they wanted access to additional cities along the Chinese coast.
Private business based on profit
Commercial capitalism
Dozens, or even hundreds, of related families
Clan
A ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures; most famous of all the arts of the Ming Era
Porcelain
Wrote “The Dream of the Red Chamber”
Cao Xuegin
In architecture the most outstanding example is the ______ in _____.
Imperial City; Beijing
_____ is an immense compound that was forbidden to commoners
Imperial City
_____ began construction of the Imperial City in 1406
Emperor Yong Le
Explain the significance of the Chinese extended family.
It allowed wealthy families to aid the poor families
Summarize the plot of “The Dream of the Red Chamber”.
Tells the love of two young people caught in financial and moral disintegration of a powerful Chinese clan
Head of noble families that controlled their own lands and warred with their neighbors
Daimyo
System used by the shogunate to control the daimyo in Tokugawa, Japan; the family of the daimyo lord was forced to stay at their residence in the capital whenever the lord was absent from it
Hostage System
Domains
Hans
Japan’s outcasts
Eta
_____ seized the imperial capital of _____ and placed the reigning shogun under his control
Oda Nobunaga; Kyoto
Nobunaga was succeeded by _____, a farmers son who had become a military Commander. He located his capital at _____
Toyotomi Hideyoshi; Osaka
After Hideyoshi’s death in 1598, _____, the powerful daimyo of ____ (modern-day Tokyo), took control of Japan.
Tokugawa Ieyasu; Edo
Exquisite poetry was written in the 17th century by the greatest of all Japanese poets, _____
Matsuo Basho
The Yi dynasty in _____, founded at the end of the fourteenth century, remained in power during the entire Tokugawa Era in Japan.
Korea
Sequence the events that led to Japan’s policy of isolation.
The rule of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu led to the policy of isolation.
List the four main social classes that existed during the Tokugawa Era. Who was at the top of the social structure, and who was at the bottom?
(1) Warriors (2) Farmers (3) Artisans (4) Merchants
The emperor and Imperial families were at the top, followed by the Warriors, farmers, artisans, and merchants on the bottom.
Traditional custom for Chinese women
Foot binding
Walled compound inside Beijing
Imperial City
Most famous of Chinese decorative arts
Blue and white porcelain
Group of May related families
Clan
All of the following changes occurred in China between 1500 and 1800 except…
A. An increase in population
B. Improvements in the food supply
C. Growth on manufacturing and trade
D. An increase in available farmland
D. An increase in available farmland
Private businesses-for-profit did not increase in China for all of the following reasons except…
A. Government control of manufacturing and trade
B. Heavy taxes on manufacturing
C. Disrespect for farming as a profession
D. Chinese attitudes toward trade and manufacturing
C. Disrespect for farming as a profession
The ideal family unit in Qing China consisted of…
The extended family
Between 1500 and 1800, 85% of Chinese people were…
Farmers
The Forbidden City was…
Closed to commoners
Manchu fighting units
Banners
Leader of exploration and trading voyages
Zheng He
Active Christian missionaries in China
Jesuits
Dynasty founded by Ming Hong Wu
Ming
Ruling dynasty from 1644 to 1911
Qing
All of the following contributed to the downfall of the Ming dynasty except…
A. Weak rulers
B. Peasant unrest
C. Poor crop yields
D. European political ideas
D. European political ideas
The emperor Kangxi was generally…
Tolerant of Christian missionaries
The first Europeans to make contact with the Ming dynasty were the
Portuguese
Accomplishments of the Mong emperor included…
Completing the Grand Canal
Reports from early Christian missionaries…
Made Europeans more curious about China
Heads of noble families
Daimyo
Territories or domains
Hans
Political control used by the shogunate
Hostage system
Crops grown for sale
Cash crops
Japanese social outcasts
Eta
Much of the prose Literature of the Tokugawa era was…
Lighthearted and entertaining
Samurai served as all of the following except…
A. Advisers
B. Government officials
C. Castle guards
D. Farmers
D. Farmers
The Japanese warrior class consisted of all of the following except…
A. Shogun
B. Peasant farmers
C. Ronin
D. Daimyo
B. Peasant farmers
The first Jesuit missionary, who came to Japan in 1549,
Was Francis Xavier
Which of the follows is not true?
A. Hideyoshi prohibited Christian activities
B. Dutch ships were limited to one visit per year
C. Initially, traders and missionaries were welcomed
D. Europeans were interested in buying Japanese weapons
D. Europeans were interested in buying Japanese weapons
