China
Why did so much innovation with gunpowder weapons occur in China in the 14th century?
Chinese rebels need weapons to defeat their Mongol rulers.
In Japan in the mid-1500s, as the Age of the Warring States intensified, daimyo eagerly sought to… do what?
obtain muskets and gunpowder.
Define expansionism
When a country welcomes change from other cultures and seeks it out.
Will also take expanding the empire through conquest.
How did Zheng He help to expand China’s influence outside its borders?
He led seven sea voyages to faraway lands.
Because of Chinese advancements in gunpowder weapons, historians often consider _____ to have been the first gunpowder empire.
The Ming
Define Isolationism.
When a country closes its borders to foreigners and their influence.
Why did Russia consider itself to be the “Third Rome”?
saw itself as heir to the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
Free points?
200
What was the goal of the Ming dynasty when it first took power in China in the 1300s?
Restore traditional Chinese Rule
What motivated Japan to try to prevent contact with foreigners?
concern about Catholic missionaries aracng converts
How did Peter the Great change Russian culture?
He introduced European customs and learning.
Although initially viewed as foreigners by the Chinese, the Manchus gradually were accepted because they… did what?
embraced Confucianism and Chinese culture.
The population doubled during the three centuries of which rule. Ming or Qing
Ming
After the United States forced Japan to open to foreign trade, why did Japan remain open?
The country lacked the means to force and keep foreigners out.
Free points?
400
Why did the Ming choose to isolate China from the rest of the world in the 1430s?
They believed other cultures had lile offer China.
Reflecting a major change in _____ military strategy from offense to defense, the Great Wall was rebuilt to keep out nomadic invaders from the north.
Ming
Who united Japan and ended years of civil war?
Tokugawa rulers
Over time, _____ was instrumental in weakening the power of the Romanov dynasty.
Russia's outdated social system
Why did the success of Qing China also lead to its decline?
It maintained a conservative approach that had previously brought stability.