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history: chpt. 9 test Flashcards

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Separate Manchus military units who were the chief fighting force of the empire

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Banners

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A male’s braided pigtail

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Queue

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The founder of the _____ dynasty was, Ming Hong Wu. The _____ lasted until 1644.

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Ming

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_____ led seven voyages of exploration between 1405 and 1433

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Zheng He

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The Portuguese were expelled from _____ (Canton) but were allowed to occupy Macao

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Guangzhou

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In 1644, Li and his forces occupied the capital of _____.

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Beijing

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6
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_____ are farming and hunting people who lived northeast of the Great Wall in the area known today as ______

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Manchus; Manchuria

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The Manchus declared a new dynasty called _____, meaning pure

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Qing

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At one point, rebels seized the island of _____ just off the coast of China.

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Taiwan

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_____ ruled from 1661 to 1722 and was perhaps the greatest emperor in Chinese history

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Kangxi

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Explain how the pigtail became a political symbol under the Qing dynasty.

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It made it easier to identify rebels

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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?

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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.

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Private business based on profit

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Commercial capitalism

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Dozens, or even hundreds, of related families

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Clan

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A ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures; most famous of all the arts of the Ming Era

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Porcelain

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Wrote “The Dream of the Red Chamber”

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Cao Xuegin

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In architecture the most outstanding example is the ______ in _____.

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Imperial City; Beijing

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_____ is an immense compound that was forbidden to commoners

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Imperial City

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_____ began construction of the Imperial City in 1406

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Emperor Yong Le

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Explain the significance of the Chinese extended family.

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It allowed wealthy families to aid the poor families

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Summarize the plot of “The Dream of the Red Chamber”.

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Tells the love of two young people caught in financial and moral disintegration of a powerful Chinese clan

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Head of noble families that controlled their own lands and warred with their neighbors

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Daimyo

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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

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Hostage System

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Domains

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Hans

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24
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Japan’s outcasts

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Eta

25
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_____ seized the imperial capital of _____ and placed the reigning shogun under his control

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Oda Nobunaga; Kyoto

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Nobunaga was succeeded by _____, a farmers son who had become a military Commander. He located his capital at _____

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi; Osaka

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After Hideyoshi’s death in 1598, _____, the powerful daimyo of ____ (modern-day Tokyo), took control of Japan.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu; Edo

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Exquisite poetry was written in the 17th century by the greatest of all Japanese poets, _____

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Matsuo Basho

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The Yi dynasty in _____, founded at the end of the fourteenth century, remained in power during the entire Tokugawa Era in Japan.

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Korea

30
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Sequence the events that led to Japan’s policy of isolation.

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The rule of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu led to the policy of isolation.

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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?

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(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.

32
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Traditional custom for Chinese women

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Foot binding

33
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Walled compound inside Beijing

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Imperial City

34
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Most famous of Chinese decorative arts

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Blue and white porcelain

35
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Group of May related families

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Clan

36
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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

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D. An increase in available farmland

37
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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

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C. Disrespect for farming as a profession

38
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The ideal family unit in Qing China consisted of…

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The extended family

39
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Between 1500 and 1800, 85% of Chinese people were…

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Farmers

40
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The Forbidden City was…

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Closed to commoners

41
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Manchu fighting units

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Banners

42
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Leader of exploration and trading voyages

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Zheng He

43
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Active Christian missionaries in China

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Jesuits

44
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Dynasty founded by Ming Hong Wu

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Ming

45
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Ruling dynasty from 1644 to 1911

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Qing

46
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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

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D. European political ideas

47
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The emperor Kangxi was generally…

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Tolerant of Christian missionaries

48
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The first Europeans to make contact with the Ming dynasty were the

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Portuguese

49
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Accomplishments of the Mong emperor included…

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Completing the Grand Canal

50
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Reports from early Christian missionaries…

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Made Europeans more curious about China

51
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Heads of noble families

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Daimyo

52
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Territories or domains

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Hans

53
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Political control used by the shogunate

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Hostage system

54
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Crops grown for sale

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Cash crops

55
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Japanese social outcasts

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Eta

56
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Much of the prose Literature of the Tokugawa era was…

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Lighthearted and entertaining

57
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Samurai served as all of the following except…

A. Advisers
B. Government officials
C. Castle guards
D. Farmers

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D. Farmers

58
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The Japanese warrior class consisted of all of the following except…

A. Shogun
B. Peasant farmers
C. Ronin
D. Daimyo

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B. Peasant farmers

59
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The first Jesuit missionary, who came to Japan in 1549,

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Was Francis Xavier

60
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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

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D. Europeans were interested in buying Japanese weapons

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