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TeamSpence Ming 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reasons for the Yuan downfall | financial problems, assassinations, political infighting |
| Plague that led to Yuan downfall | Bubonic |
| Was born into poverty, and future ruler | Hongwu |
| Size and strength helped Hongwu to defeat what empire | yaun |
| class of powerful officials | mandarins |
| who made sure that officials did their jobs | mandarins |
| Who took over the Ming empire | Manchus |
| When did the Manchus take over | 1644 |
| What names were discouraged in the Ming empire | previous Mongol names |
| Who was Hongwu's successor | Yongle |
| What did Yongle create | an encyclopedia |
| what was Hongwu's name before the Ming | Zhu Yaunzhang |
| What was agriculture regarded as? | a form of livelihood |
| What was more important, agriculture or industry? | agriculture |
| What was the population transformation that was happening? | Very large growth |
| What did Yongle launch? | A series of naval expeditions |
| Where did Yongle's expeditions go to? | Indian Ocean Basin |
| Did the Ming emperors try to prevent invasions | No |
| What happened in the 1440's? | Mongol forces massacred several Chinese armies |
| What happened in 1449 | The Mongols captured a Ming emperor |
| What defenses did the Ming set up | They added parts to the Great Wall |
| How was the Great Wall before the Ming | It was crumbled and the Ming rebricked it into a newer wall that was 2,500 kilometers long |