Age of Exploration- China & Japan
Shogun
A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name.
Haiku
A japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
What did Prince Henry established that boosted Portugal's navigational advantage?
A navigation school with mapmakers, instrument makers, shipbuilders, scientists, and sea captains.
Daimyo
Became the new Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai and was a vassal of the shogun.
Ming Dynasty
Chinese dynasty that kicked out the Mongols and expanded the vassal states of China.
Manchus
Chinese dynasty that took control from the Ming and renamed themselves Qing.
Dutch East India Company
Dutch company that established and directed trade throughout Asia
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator who sailed for Spain and ran into the Bahama islands, but thought they were India.
Kabuki
Japanese drama aimed at farmers, merchants, and other common everyday folk
Tokugawa Shogunate
Japanese ruling dynasty that strove to unify and isolate it from foreign influences
The expulsion of the Mongols, the rise of Neo-Confucianism, and the development of a large Chinese navy all occurred under which dynasty?
Ming dynasty
Set out to control all of China and the rebelling Daimyos by force after a crumbing Japanese feudal system left the country in chaos.
Nobunaga and Hideyoshi
What set in place China's unification and isolation?
The Chinese had finally driven out the Mongols and established the Ming Dynasty.
Why were the Dutch able to trade with the Chinese while other European countries were not?
The Dutch paid the tribute and KowTowed to Chinese Emperor.
Qing Dynasty
The last imperial dynasty of China, which was overthrown by revolutionaries
Why were Ming dynasty rulers uninterested in expanding trade with European cultures?
They believed that European goods were inferior to Chinese goods.
How did the Japanese feel about the European missionaries?
They scorned traditional Japanese beliefs. Eventually led to the expulsion and persecusion of Christianity in Japan
Offending their Confucian beliefs and China favoring agriculture and the low taxes on agriculture kept China from....
becoming highly industrialized, therefore not progressing.
Ultimately, Ming dynasty rulers responded to contact with European cultures by —
isolating the nation and prohibiting most contact with Europeans.
How long did Japan isolate themselves from European trade and influence?
more than 200 years. No ideas came in, no ideas came out.