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Carr - WH - Part 2
(Carr) Exploration & Isolationism - Exam Review
Question | Answer |
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Purge | Ridding a nation or political party of people considered to be undesirable. |
Kowtow | To kneel and touch head to the ground nine times in front of the emperor. |
Dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family. |
Caravel | A sailing vessel. |
Isolationism | A policy of avoiding political or military involvement in other countries. |
Line of Demarcation | An imaginary line North to South through the Atlantic Ocean. |
Bartolomeu Dias | In 1587-1488, he sailed from Portugal to the southern tip of Africa. His original goal was to reach India, but he was unsuccessful. |
Hongwu | He was the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty and was known for his agricultural reforms and used respected traditions to bring stability to China. Eventually became a tyrant and purged 1,000s of people. |
Ieyasu | In 1063 he became the shogun of Japan and founded the Tokugawa Shogunate. He completed the unification of Japan. |
Prince Henry | This Portuguese man founded the navigation school in 1419. |
Yonglo | The son of Hongwu, he launched seven voyages of exploration with the goal to impress the world with China's power and splendor. In 1433 he took China into isolationism. |
Qian-long | He was the grandson of Kangxi and ruled from 1736 to 1795. Under his rule, China reached its greatest size and prosperity. He is known for accepting the Dutch as a trading partner, but only if they would kowtow to him. |
Vasco da Gama | In1498 he gave a direct sea route from Portugal to India, when he reached Calicut on the southwest coast of India. |
The Manchus (people of Manchuria) are known for? | Invading China, causing the Ming Dynasty to collapse. |
Dutch East India Company | Established and directed trade throughout Asia. |
The Dutch were successful in establishing a trade empire in the Indian Ocean because... | They owned the largest fleet of ships in the world and had control of seas, ports, and trade in the area. |
Confucian ideal of society | Farmers were ideal, and the country was agriculture-dependent. |
Real society in Japan | Commerce-dependent; farmers bore the taxes; faced difficulties; farmers left the farms and went to the city for jobs. |
Technological advancements brought to China by missionaries. | Clocks & prisms. |