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Carr - WH - Part 2

(Carr) Exploration & Isolationism - Exam Review

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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.
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