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Unit 19
Term | Definition |
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Zheng He | Chinese explorer who sailed around Asia and Africa collecting tribute and promoting trade. |
cultural diffusion | spread of goods and ideas between cultures. Zheng He is an example because he is a Muslim in China (it spread there). In addition, the spread of ideas from China to Japan and Korea is an example |
Ming Dynasty | Dynasty during which Zheng He sailed. Eventually they banned the construction of ocean worthy vessels. They saw their culture as superior and saw no need for outside contact. |
Tokugawa Shogunate | Time period during which Japan isolated themselves from the outside world and cut off all contact with foreigners |
Act of Seclusion | Law in Japan that barred almost all forms of contact with outsiders and foreign ideas |
peninsula | piece of land surrounded on three sides by water. Example: Korea |
archipelago | chain of islands. Example: Japan |
ethnocentrism | belief that your culture is superior to all others. Example: Ming Dynasty cutting off contact with outsiders b/c they believed they offered nothing of value. |