Ch. 20 Study Guide: The East Asian World

Vocabulary flashcards created from the Chapter 20 study guide covering Ming and Qing China, Tokugawa Japan, and Korea and Southeast Asia.

Queue

Braided pigtail Qing rulers required Chinese men to wear.

Clan

Group of related families.

Porcelain

Fine ceramic material made from clay baked at high temperatures.

Ming Hong Wu

Founder of the Ming dynasty in 1368.

Yong Le

Ming ruler who moved the capital to Beijing and built the Forbidden City.

Zheng He

Naval explorer who led major naval voyages from 1405-1433.

Kangxi

Powerful Qing emperor who brought stability and strengthened Qing rule.

Qianlong

Qing emperor under whom China reached great prosperity and territorial growth.

Daimyo

Powerful nobles who controlled Japanese territories.

Hans

Domains ruled by daimyo.

Hostage System

System used by the shogunate to control daimyo and their families.

Eta

Lowest social group in Tokugawa Japan.

Oda Nobunaga

Leader who began the reunification of Japan.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Leader who continued the reunification of Japan.

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Leader who completed the reunification of Japan and became shogun in 1603.

Great Peace

A long period of peace in Japan created by Tokugawa rule.

Ihara Saikaku

Important Japanese writer during the Tokugawa Era.

Matsuo Basho

Famous Japanese poet during the Tokugawa Era.

Kabuki

Popular theater in Tokugawa Japan.

Isolationist

Policy of limiting contact with foreign countries.

Mainland States

States located on the continent instead of islands.

Bureaucracy

Government organization run by officials.

Yi dynasty

Korean dynasty that began in 1392 and developed a strong Chinese-style bureaucracy.

Hangul

Alphabet developed by Koreans during the Yi dynasty.

Hermit Kingdom

Nickname earned by Korea after it became isolationist following invasions from Japan and the Manchus.

Vasco da Gama

Explorer who reached India in 1498.