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299449680Jesuits (Society of Jesus)-goals included: reform the church through education, spread the Gospel to pagan peoples, fight Protestantism; Members of the catholic religious order the society of Jesus - help transformation of Japanese religion to Christianity even though it was opposed by the elite as foreign and disruptive0
299449681Dutch east India Company(VOC) major trade in Indian Ocean - attempted to trade with china and succeeded by acknowledging emperor superiority.1
299449682East India Company of EnglandBritish and other European traders with Qing through Canton , wanted to change restriction on trading in "canton System" for more profit- British lacked exports to china2
299449683Kowtowa former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission3
299449684Tsar (Czar)since 1547 titles for rulers of Russia - from title of Caesar ( Rome)4
299449685BoyarsThe Russian aristocracy created their individual leadership and representation5
299449686Serfsdue to foreign warfare the down grade of economy led to the increase in peasant populations -peasants became serfs to landowners as hereditary slaves as workers for land not the owner.6
299449687"China"southern Manchuria and the area dominated by early Ming and Early Korea-This was eventually taken over by Qing-had interactions with Russians( Amur river)-Manchuria's-at canton (European traders/ EIC)7
299449688Dalai LamaUniversal teacher under Tibetan Buddhism -united the Mongolians religiously -> ruled by Galdan (1600"s) as Manchu in military power.8
299449689Variolationthe spread of disease in Beijing of small pox influence by Christian missionaries learning of anatomy - led to vaccinations in Europe.9
299449690ChaThe Northern China names for tea, - widely exported to Portuguese and western Europe states, in competition with coffee and chocolate - many profitable possibilities with tea for Chinese.10
299449691Macartney Missionrepresented the EIC and British interest in changing Qing trade system (Canton System) - George Macartney "Tribute emissary"-turned down by the stubborn 80 year old Qing ruler.11
299449692Shogunateleader of Japan ( political and military wise)12
299449693Samuraian army of warriors under Daimyo ( a warlord in Japan)13
299449694Seppukuthe honorable ritual suicide of a samurai ( a young lord committed seppuku for drawing his sword in court : Forty-seven Ronin)14
299449695Francis Xavier: a missionary in hopes to convert Japan to Catholicism and eventually gain access to china - died (2 years late) in 1552- great impact on Japan religion.15
299449696Ivan IV ( "The Terrible" )(1533-1584) expanded Russia eastward and northern into Siberia and Amur River where they came in contact with Galdan's Mongols.16
299449697Mikhail Romanovrepresentation of the boyar and tried to settle between Turkic people of central Asia , and Christians17
299449698Cossacksreferred to divers populations of different ways of living on eastern steppes of people who provided strong military effort18
299449699Peter the GreatPeter the great ( 1689-1775) great tsar that modernized Russia by developing ways of western Europe19
299449700Manchusfrom Manchuria in North eastern Asia20
299449701Li Zichengled rebellion that eventually took over Beijing21
299449702Kangxithe well educated progressive leader of the Qing dynasty that increased superiority on a world base level22
299449703Tokugawa Ieyasuended japans civil wars by creating Tokugawa shogunate.23
299449704Siberiathe north eastern area later dominate by Russia with thick forests and center for fur trade24
299449705Muscovycenter of the Russian empire that surrounds Moscow25
299449706St. Petersburgthe city created in Peter the greats reign after the Great Northern War26
299449707Ming Empireknown for porcelain trade by Europeans, had conflicting issues with Manchu and southern rebellions, eventually taken over by the Qing Empire.27
299449708Qing Empirethe empire that took over the Ming and reestablished important boundaries. In this era the Chinese society grew as intellectuals even though limited trade led to its down fall28
299449709Tokugawa Shogunatea new form of political and military authority that re-united Ming china with a blend of samurai modern rules with former Confucian analects.29
299449710Edopresent day Japan , the administrative center for the Tokugawa shogunate that connected to the main trading center Kyoto.30
299449711Great Northern WarThe war between Russia and Siberia at the Baltic sea, this defined Russia as an official superior power with defined borders.31
299449712Treaty of KiakhtaWars/Treaties/Events:Along with the Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689), this regulated the relations between Imperial Russia and the Qing Empire of China until the mid nineteenth century32
299449713Treaty of Nerchinskin 1689, it was the first treaty between russia and china. the russians gave up the area south of the amur river and east of the mouth of the amur river but kept the area between the amur river and lake baikal in exchange for permission to trade with china and china's recognition of the russian empire33
299449714"Closing" of Japanclosed countru: nagaski only port, only dutch allowed because they were interested in nothing but trade, destroyed navy and forbade travel34
299449715"Forty-Seven Ronin" incidentgroup of Japanese samurai who avenged the disgrace and suicide of their master, Lord Asano, in 1703 by assassinating Lord Kira, the official responsible for his death. After a year of debate at all levels of society, the ronin (masterless samurai) committed suicide as they had been ordered. They have since been regarded as great cultural heroes who embody the virtue of loyalty and are celebrated in traditional tales and a number of works of art35

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