CHAPTER 19 - An Age of Explorations and Isolation (1400-1800) - World History: Patterns of Interaction (Atlas by Rand McNally 2009)

Koreans

________ organized their government according to Confucian principles /adopted Chinas technology, culture, including its isolation policy.

Samurai warriors

________ came next, with peasants /artisans following them.

Kangxi

________ became emperor in 1661 /ruled for some 60 years.

Hongwu

________ began reforms designed to restore agricultural lands devastated by war, erase traces of Mongol past, and promote Chinas power /prosperity.

Drama

________ was a popular entertainment, especially in rural China where literacy rates were low.

Powerful samurai

________ seized control of old feudal estates.

Portugal

________ took the lead in overseas exploration in part due to strong government support.

Hideyoshi

________ died in 1598, his troops withdrew from Korea.

Japan

________ would continue to develop, but as a self- sufficient country, free from European attempts to colonize or to establish their presence.

Edo

________ had grown from a small village in 1600 to perhaps the largest city in the world (more than 1 million in population)

Samurai

________ attended ceremonial noh dramas, which were based on tragic themes.

Merchants

What were at the bottom but gradually became more important as the Japanese economy expanded? Answer with a single words or term.

sea captain

A(n) ________ could calculate latitude.

Spain

As early as 1521, a Spanish expedition led by Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines. ________ claimed the islands and began settling them in 1565.

Nobunaga

Who was not able to unify Japan? Answer with a single words or term.

Confucian values

________ influenced ideas about society.

Francis Xavier

________ baptized about a hundred converts before he left Japan.

Yonglo

________ continued many of Hongwus policies, but moved the royal court to Beijing.

China

________ expected Europeans to do the same.

Farmers

________ grew rice /new crops, such as corn /sweet potatoes, brought by Europeans from the Americas.

Sailors

________ used astrolabes.

astrolabe

A(n) ________ is a brass circle w /carefully adjusted rings marked off in degrees.

idea of commerce

China did not become highly industrialized for 2 main reasons: The ________ offended Chinas Confucian beliefs.

Chinese scholar officials

________ complained that the voyages wasted valuable resources that could be used to defend against barbarians attacks on the northern frontier.

Portuguese merchants

________ brought back goods from Asia at about 1 /5 of what they cost when purchased through the Arabs /Italians.