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Terms & Names
McDougall Ch 19
| Term or Name | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bartolomeu Dias | Portugese explored who rounded the tip of Afria |
| Prince Henry | Portugese supporter of exploration |
| Vasco da Gama | explorer who gave Portugal a direct sea route to India |
| Treaty of Toresillas | Treaty between spain & Portual dividing newly discovered lands between them |
| Dutch East India Company | Dutch company that established & directed trade throughout Asia |
| Hongwu | commander of rebel army that drove Mongols out of China in 1368 |
| Ming Dynasty | chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644 |
| Yonglo | Ming ruler; son of Hongwu |
| Zheng He | Muslim admiral who led 7 voyages of exploration during Ming Dynasty |
| Manchus | people from Manchuria |
| Qing Dynasty | Chinese dynasty that followed Ming Dynasty & was begun by the Manchus |
| Kangxi | powerful Manchu emperor of Qing Dynasty |
| daimyo | warrior-chieftains |
| Oda Nobunaga | daimyo who choped to control all of Japan and seized Kyoto |
| Toyotomi Hideyoshi | daimo who took contol of almost all of Japan |
| Tokugawa Shogunate | dynasty that ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868 |
| kabuki | type of Japanese theater |
| haiku | type of Japanese poetry |