Europeans Explore the East
An astronomical instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars and for the solution of other problems in astronomy and navigation ...
Answer: astrolabe.
Chinese mariner and diplomat ...
Answer: Zheng He.
First Tokugawa shogun of Japan, 1603-05 ...
Answer: Tokugawa Ieyasu.
A kind of small ship formerly used esp. by the Spaniards and Portuguese ...
Answer: caravel.
To knock the forehead on the ground while kneeling, as an act of reverence, worship, apology, etc.
Answer: kowtow.
A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai ...
Answer: daimyo.
An instrument for determining directions, consisting essentially of a freely moving needle indicating magnetic north and south ...
Answer: compass.
Imperial palace complex in Beijing, China ...
Answer: Forbidden City.
A type of Japanese drama in which music, dance, and mime are used to present stories ...
Answer: kabuki.
Prince of Portugal, promoter of geographic exploration ...
Answer: Henry of Portugal (“the Navigator”).
The dynasty which ruled China from 1368 to 1644, historically the last dynasty of true Chinese origin ...
Answer: Ming.
A Japanese poem or verse form, consisting of 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, often about nature or a season ...
Answer: haiku.
A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal ...
Answer: Treaty of Tordesillas.
One of a Mongolian people inhabiting Manchuria, who conquered China in the 17th century ...
Answer: Manchu.
Japanese samurai and warlord ...
Answer: Oda Nobunaga.