Ch. 20A Vocab. Flashcards

124312614	Manchu	the Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu people, the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries	0
124312615	Daimyo	a Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai	1
124312616	Samurai	Literally 'those who serve,' the hereditary military elite of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan	2
124312617	Tokugawa Shogunate	shogunate started by Tokugawa Leyasu; 4 class system, warriors, farmers, artisans, merchants; Japan's ports were closed off; wanted to create their own culture; illegal to fight; merchants became rich because domestic trade flourished (because fighting was illegal); had new forms of art - kabuki and geishas	3
124312618	Ming Empire	Empire based in China that Zhu Yuanzhang established after the overthrow of the Yuan Empire. The Ming emperor Yongle sponsored the building of the Forbidden City and the voyages of Zheng He	4
124312619	Qing Empire	Empire established in China by Manchus who overthrew the Ming Empire in 1644. At various times the Qing also controlled Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan, and Tibet. The last Qing emperor was overthrown in 1911	5
124312620	Kangxi	Qing emperor (r. 1662-1722). He oversaw the greatest expansion of the Qing Empire, Gained formal control of government at the age of 16. Was an intelectual prodigy who mastered classical Chinese, Manchu, and Mongolian at an early age, secured China's borders and was religiously tolerant, promoted Confucian ideas	6
124312621	Amur River	This river valley was a contested frontier between northern China and eastern Russia until the settlement arranged in Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689)	7
124312622	Turtle Boats	Korean armored tanks on water	8
124312623	Dali Lama	head of tibetan buddhism, the bodhisattva of compassion, leader of tibetan government forced to leave china	9
124312624	Kowtow	a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission	10