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WH: Chapter 7
The East Asian World 1400-1800
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| series | a group of related things or events |
| perspective | viewpoint |
| queue | the braided pigtail that was traditionally worn by Chinese males |
| porcelain | ceramic material made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures |
| clan | a group of related families |
| daimyo | great names; heads of noble families in Japan who controlled vast landed estates and relied on samurai for protection |
| process | a series of actions or steps leading to an end |
| community | a group of people with common interests and characteristics living together within a larger society |
| hans | about 250 domains into which Japan was divided under the Tokugawa |
| hostage system | a system used by the shogunate to control the diamyo in Tokugawa Japan; The family of a diamyo lord was forced to stay at their residence in the capital whenever the lord was absent from it |
| eta | Japans outcast class, whose way of life was strictly regulated by the Tokugawa |
| isolationists | a policy of national isolation by abstention from alliances and other international political and economic relations |
| archipelago | a chain of islands |
| network | an interrelated or interconnected group or system |
| mainland states | part of the continent, as distinguished from peninsulas or offshore islands |
| bureaucracy | an administrative organization that relies on non elective officials and regular procedures |
| impose | to establish or apply |