Ming Dynasty
This former Buddhist monk overthrew the Yuan dynasty in 1368.
Who was Zhu Yuanzhang?
This Manchu leader unified tribes and began the rise of the Qing dynasty.
Who was Nurhachi?
In 1557, the Portuguese established a trading post at this city.
What is Macao?
Britain used this addictive drug to correct its trade imbalance with China.
What is opium?
This daimyo began the unification of Japan by capturing Kyoto in 1568.
Who was Oda Nobunaga?
These massive Chinese ships, some over 400 feet long, sailed during early Ming voyages.
What were junks?
In 1644, the Manchu captured this city with the help of a Chinese general.
What is Beijing?
The Jesuits gained influence in China by helping revise this important system.
What is the calendar (astronomy/ eclipse predictions)?
300
This war (1839–1842) was fought over trade and opium.
What is the Opium War?
This policy required daimyo to spend every other year in Edo.
What is alternate attendance?
In 1421, the Ming moved their capital from Nanjing to this northern city.
What is Beijing?
Chinese men were required to wear this hairstyle as a symbol of submission to Manchu rule.
What is the queue?
The British were limited to trading at this one Chinese port.
What is Guangzhou (Canton)?
This term means foreigners are tried under their own country’s laws.
What is extraterritoriality?
This 1854 treaty opened Japanese ports to the United States.
What is the Treaty of Kanagawa?
The Ming strengthened this structure to defend against northern nomads.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This Qing emperor expanded the empire and encouraged Western learning (1661–1722).
Who was Hsüan-yeh (Kangxi)?
This economic idea supported removing government restrictions on trade.
What is free trade?
This massive rebellion (1850–1864) was led by Hong Xiuquan.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
This American naval officer forced Japan to open trade in 1853
Who was Commodore Matthew Perry?
The Ming stopped overseas voyages because they chose to prioritize this over sea exploration.
What is frontier defense (land security against nomads)?
From 1750 to the mid-1800s, China’s population grew to over this
What is 400 million?
This treaty in 1842 gave Hong Kong to Britain and opened five ports
What is the Treaty of Nanjing?
The White Lotus Rebellion protested high taxes and government inefficiency in this year.
What is 1796?
In 1867, this major political shift ended Tokugawa rule.
What is the Meiji Restoration?