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AP World History Week 22 1-10 Flashcards

Ms. Bennett AP World History 2018-2019 (February 4,2019)

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12617715078ManchusPeople from northeastern Asia who founded China's Qing Dynasty.0
12617715079Queuthe Manchus required Chinese men to distinguish themselves from them by wearing this braided ponytail.1
12617716395Ming Dynastyfounded by Zhu Yuanzhang, a warlord to had assisted in the expulsion of the Mongols from China. This dynasty reacted against the Mongol rule by returning to Chinese tradition, lasted from 1368 to 1644. Under this rule: the revered position of scholar-gentry was restored, Confucian-based civil service exam was reinstated, public officials who were corrupt or incompetent were beaten publicly, thought control (censorship) was sanctioned by the government and Neo-Confucianism which supported strict obedience to the state, increased its influence.2
12617717655Zheng Hebetween 1405 and 1423, the Ming dynasty under his leadership engage in several major expeditions of exploration and trade. Designed to impress the remainder of the Eastern Hemisphere with the glories of Ming China, his expedition sailed through the Indian Ocean, the Arabic Sea and the Persian Gulf.3
12617718721Matteo Riccia Jesuit, in the late 16th century he was allowed to enter Ming China. More interested in the Jesuit's transmission of scientific and technological knowledge than in Christian theology, the Ming Chinese allowed him to teach.4
12617719836Jurchen or Manchusin 1644, a nomadic people on China's northern borders, conquered the Ming Dynasty.5
12617720773Qing Dynastyfollowed the fall of the Ming Dynasty, they ruled until the early twentieth century as the last Chinese dynasty.6
12617723579Tokugawa Shogunatein 1603 this family took prominence when one of its members acquired the title of shogun. Ruling Japan from the city of Edo (present-day Tokyo) they brought a degrees of centralized authority to Japan. Large estates of many of the daimyo were broken up and taken over by the family.7
12617724905Europeans in Japanthe first Europeans were Portuguese sailors who shipwrecked in 1543. Additional visitors from Europe brought Western technology, including clocks, firearms, into Japan. The use of firearms changed Japanese warfare from feudal to modern and assisted the Tokugawa in maintaining their authority. In the late 1580s, however the Tokugawa stifled Buddhist resistant to their authority. Christianity was perceived as a threat to the Tokugawa authority and Christian missionaries were ordered to leave Japan. By the 1640s, only the Dutch and Chinese were allowed to trade through the port of Nagasaki. Contacts with the Dutch allowed the Japanese to keep informed about Western Developments (Dutch Learning) and adopt those they considered appropriate to Japanese goals.8
12617725937Qing Dynasty (or The Manchus )in 1644, the weakened Ming dynasty was overtaken by these people, a largely nomadic people who lived north of the Great Wall. They new dynasty called themselves the later, which lifted the Ming restrictions against foreign travel. Chinese merchants took on increasingly active part in overseas trade, and foreign merchants traded with China through the port of Canton.9

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