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East Asian World
Chapter 16 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is Zheng He? | Court official during Ming dynasty; led 7 voyages of exploration; between 1405 & 1433 |
| What is Queue? | Qing hairstyle; dictated for men; was considered, "lose your hair or lose your head" |
| What are banners? | Separate military leaders; became chief Qing fighting force |
| What is a clan? | Hundred of related families; linked by a clan council of elders; variety of common social & religious beliefs |
| What is The Golden Lotus? | First realistic social novel during the late Ming period; depicts corrupt life of a wealthy landlord; manipulates those around for sex, money, & power |
| What is The Dream of the Red Chamber? | Most distinguished popular novel; published in 1791; tragic love between 2 young people |
| What is Tokugawa? | He completed its restoration for central Japanese authority; rise of popular literature written by & for townspeople |
| What is Ronin? | Warriors without masters; 1 of 3 warrior classes composed of the shogun; other 2 were Daimyo & Samurai |
| What is Kabuki? | Form of entertainment; emphasized action, music, & dramatic gestures; early kabuki dramas dealt with the world of teahouses & dance halls in the cities |
| What is Yi? | Korean Dynasty; remained in power during the entire Tokugawa era in Japan; was named after yi-song-gye |
| What is Yong Le? | initiated construction of the imperial city in beijing; he moved the capitol from nanjing to beijing in 1421; died in 1424 |
| What is the Ming Dynasty? | Overthrow of the dynasty allowed the Manchus to seize power; also established the Qing dynasty |
| What is Qianlong? | Showed first signs of internal decay; during Qing dynasty |
| What is footbinding? | Only for women in China; status symbol in Qing society; restricted the mobility of women |
| Who is Cao Xueqin? | Chinese author; Wrote The Dream of the Red Chamber; generally considered to be China's most distinguished popular novel |
| What is Daimyo? | Name for head of the noble families; controlled their own lands and warred with their neighbors |
| Who is Toyotomi Hideyoshi? | Persuaded most of Daimyo to accept his authority in 1590; a farmer's son who had become a military commander; located his capitol at Osaka |
| Who is Matsuo Basho? | One of the greatest of all Japanese poets; lived from 1644 to 1694; one of the chief literary figures in Tokugawa, Japan |
| What happened in Korea? | Japanese pottery makers borrowed technicians from here; used to make handsome ceramic pieces |
| What is the "Hermit Kingdom"? | Earned the name from the rulers; tried to keep it isolated from the rest of the world |
| What bladed weapons does the samurai carry? | Naginata and Katana |
| What does the passage mean by stating that Emperor Kangxi punishes offenders "with marvelous impartially"? | He punishes all the same without consideration of the offenders' class |
| How does the author of this passage view peasants? | With condescension |
| What was the Shogunate capitol? | Edo |
| Why do you think the Tokaido Road was important to the shogun? | It bounded the region together |
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