128081483 | Yongle | Reign period of Zhu Di (1360-1424), the third emperor of the Ming Empire | 0 | |
128081484 | Kangxi | Qing emperor (r. 1662-1722). He oversaw the greatest expansion of the Qing Empire. | 1 | |
128081485 | Qianlong | Emperor of China, son of Kangxi expanded China's bounderies extensively. Would only rule for sixty years so as to not dishonor his grandfather. | 2 | |
128081486 | Zheng He | An imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean | 3 | |
128081487 | Matteo Ricci | An Italian Jesuit who by his knowledge of Astronomy and science was accepted as a missionary of China | 4 | |
128081488 | Ieyasu | Founder of the Tokugawa dynasty, the last Shogunate in Japan; won control of the Daimyo | 5 | |
128081489 | Ming Dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 | 6 | |
128081490 | Great Wall | a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC | 7 | |
128081491 | Forbidden City | a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China | 8 | |
128081492 | Manchus | Federation of Northeast Asian peoples who founded the Qing Empire. | 9 | |
128081493 | Scholar-bureaucrats | Confucian scholars who held important governmental positions; was one of the reasons for the discontinuation of Zheng He's voyages. | 10 | |
128081494 | Filial piety | in Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors | 11 | |
128081495 | Native learning | Japanese movement for native ideas | 12 | |
128081496 | Dutch learning | Rangaku - method by which Japan kept abreast of Western technology and medicine in the period when the country was closed to foreigners | 13 | |
128081497 | Footbinding | Process of wrapping young girls feet to stop growth, led to crppiling women for life | 14 | |
128081498 | Neo-Confucianism | term that describesthe resurgence of confusianism and the influence of confucian scholars during the Tang dynasty | 15 | |
128081499 | Tokugawa Shogunate | Japanese ruling dynasty that strove to isolate it from foreign influences | 16 | |
128081500 | Daimyo | a japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai | 17 | |
128081501 | Floating worlds | Entertainment district: Haiku clubs and tea houses, Geisha, Kabuki plays, sumo. offered escape from social responsibilities and the rigid rules of conduct | 18 |
AP world history chapter 27 Flashcards
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