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| 5975337927 | Matteo Ricci | Roman Catholic missionary, founder of the Jesuits, brought self-chiming clock to the emperor | 0 | |
| 5975337928 | Wanli | The emperor that granted Matteo Ricci permission to travel to Beijing | 1 | |
| 5975337929 | Qing Dynasty | Manchus of nomadic origin, worked to promote Chinese tradition, deeply conservative | 2 | |
| 5975337930 | Ming Dynasty | Restored native rule to China when the Yuan dynasty collapsed | 3 | |
| 5975337931 | Hongwu | Founder of the Ming dynasty | 4 | |
| 5975337932 | Eunuchs | Imperial officials that encouraged the idea that families could not be generated to challenge imperial power | 5 | |
| 5975337933 | Yongle | Launched naval expeditions through the Indian Ocean, moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing | 6 | |
| 5975337934 | Great Wall | Built by the Ming to protect them along the northern border | 7 | |
| 5975337935 | Manchu | Invaded north China in search of opportunities for expansion, captured Ming in the capital of Beijing | 8 | |
| 5975337936 | Nurhaci | Ambitious chieftain; unified Manchu tribes into a centralized state, promulgated a code of laws, and organized a powerful military force | 9 | |
| 5975337937 | Kangxi | Confucian scholar & enlightened ruler, believed in agriculture, conquerer | 10 | |
| 5975337938 | Qianlong | Kangxi's grandson, continued expansion into Central Asia, ruled during the height of the Qing dynasty | 11 | |
| 5975337939 | Son of Heaven | The human being designated by heavenly powers to maintain order on earth | 12 | |
| 5975337940 | Analects of Confucius | Confucian curriculum that young students were expected to be familiar with | 13 | |
| 5975337941 | Civil service examinations | Students studied for these by reading commentaries, histories, and literary works, taken for the purpose of working in bureaucratic service | 14 | |
| 5975337942 | Filial piety | Implied duties if children toward their fathers and loyalty of subjects to the emperor | 15 | |
| 5975337943 | Foot binding | Weirdly sexual, also example of class because it meant that women didn't have to perform physical labor, means of finding a good husband | 16 | |
| 5975337944 | Population growth | 1500 there were 100 million and 160 million in 1600, 225 by 1750 | 17 | |
| 5975337945 | Zheng He | Eunuch admiral, led a series of seven maritime expeditions | 18 | |
| 5975337946 | Zhu Xi | Twelfth-century scholar that articulated neo-Confucianism; combined the moral, ethical, and political values of Confucius with the logical rigor and speculative power of Buddhist philosophy | 19 | |
| 5975337947 | Yongle Encyclopedia | A vast collection of Chinese philosophical, literary, and historical texts that filled almost twenty-three thousand scrolls | 20 | |
| 5975337948 | Collection of Books | Written by Kangxi, Smaller than the Yongle Encyclopedia, more influential because it was published by an emperor and was distributed | 21 | |
| 5975337949 | Complete Library of Four Treasuries | Qianlong's version of published book, distributed in seven libraries across China | 22 | |
| 5975337950 | Popular Novels | The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Dream of the Chamber, Journey of the West | 23 | |
| 5975337951 | Jesuits | Missionaries that worked to strengthen Catholicism in Europe and to spread the faith abroad | 24 | |
| 5975337952 | The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven | Book by Ricci that argued that the doctrines of Confucius and Jesus were similar | 25 | |
| 5975337953 | Tokugawa | Japanese form of government that Sought to lay a foundation for long-term political and social stability, supported neo-Confucian studies | 26 | |
| 5975337954 | Shogun | Military govenor | 27 | |
| 5975337955 | Sengoku | The country at war | 28 | |
| 5975337956 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | Established Tokugawa Bakufu military government | 29 | |
| 5975337957 | Bakufu | Tent government, meant to be temporary | 30 | |
| 5975337958 | Daiymo | "Great names," powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan | 31 | |
| 5975337959 | Neo-Confucianism | Emphasis on filial piety, loyalty to superiors, formal education | 32 | |
| 5975337960 | Ukiyo | Floating worlds | 33 | |
| 5975337961 | The Life of a Man Who Lived for Love | Ihara Saikaku, book about a man and his quest for sexual pleasure | 34 | |
| 5975337962 | Kabuki | Theater containing several acts consisting of lively skits with acting, singing, dancing, and spectacular staging | 35 | |
| 5975337963 | Bunraku | Puppet theater | 36 | |
| 5975337964 | Francis Xavier | Jesuit that opened a mission in Japan to seek converts to Christianity | 37 | |
| 5975337965 | Christovao Ferreira | Head of Jesuit mission in Japan who gave up Christianity in torture and adopted Buddhism | 38 | |
| 5975337966 | Dutch learning | The effort of Japanese students to learn Dutch in order to communicate with foreigners | 39 |
