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| 270833477 | Ming Empire | an empire based in China that was established after the Yuan empire | 0 | |
| 270833478 | Qing Empire | an empire established in China who overthrew the Ming Empire 1644; last emporer overthrown in 1911 | 1 | |
| 270833479 | Emporer Kangxi | Qing emperor who saw the greatest expansion of the empire | 2 | |
| 270833480 | tea | product mainly found in China but had spread into Russia, Central Asia, and Middle East; a fashionable drink | 3 | |
| 270833481 | tea export | took payments in silver and rarely bought anything from Britian; loosened restrictions to increase capital | 4 | |
| 270833482 | Macartney Mission | established to increase diplomatic trade and revise the trade system with the Qing empire | 5 | |
| 270833483 | Canton Trade System | standard trade system of the Qing empire that Macartney tried to revise; Chinese porcelain, silk, jewelry, ivory, and wallpapers were exported to Europe through this system | 6 | |
| 270833484 | variolation | an innoculation/vaccine that was given after the Conquest of Beijing to help curtail small pox; helped to lead to other vaccines | 7 | |
| 270833485 | Jesuits | brought new knowledge of anatomy | 8 | |
| 270833486 | Qing Emperor policies | emporers were model philosopher king and offered protection against the growth of aristocratic privilege | 9 | |
| 270833487 | Matteo Ricci | Italian Jesuit who wanted to convert China to Christianity during the Ming dynasty | 10 | |
| 270833488 | Qing expansion | adopted Chinese institutions and policies, repaired the roads and waterworks, lowered transit taxes, cut rent & interest rates, and established incentives for settling on lands devastated by peasant rebellions | 11 | |
| 270833489 | Manchu general | commanded the army of Qing dynasty | 12 | |
| 270833490 | Mongols | A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire, living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan, linking western and eastern Eurasia. | 13 | |
| 270833491 | Russians | only people that China recognized as equal in Treaty of Nerchinsk, which allowed the Russians to trade with Chinese after giving up land south and east of the Amur River | 14 | |
| 270833492 | Treaty of Nerchinsk | treaty negotiated between the Qing court under Kangxi and Russia, setting the north-south border between the two countries at the Gorbitsa and Argun Rivers. The treaty was signed as an agreement between two equal, sovereign states and was the result of many border skirmishes between the two nations. | 15 | |
| 270833493 | Japanese Invasion | 1592-1598; prompted the Ming to seek the assistance of the Manchu troops that they were unable to restrain. Instead the Manchu claimed China of their own and began a 40 year conquest to claim the remainding territories. | 16 | |
| 270833494 | Manchu family | headed the new Qing Empire and Manchu generals commanded the military forces; majority of Qing officials, soldiers, merchants, and farmers were Chinese. | 17 | |
| 270833495 | Manchu | the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries | 18 | |
| 270833496 | Dutch East Indian Company | helped displaced the Portuguese as the main trader in the Indian Ocean; a trading company established in 1602 under government sponsorship, set up a settlement in southern Asia at the Cape of Good Hope, which was meant to serve as a base to provide food and other provisions to Dutch ships enroute to the Spice Islands. | 19 | |
| 270833497 | Christian compromises | Jesuits made important compromises in religious teachings; tolerated Confuncianism ancestor worshipping | 20 | |
| 270833498 | Christian persecution | Qing dynasty persecuted Christians rather than appointing them to higher offices | 21 |
