Vocabulary
Bartolomeu Dias
Who is a Portuguese explorer who rounded the southern most tip of Africa, but did not make it to the Spice Islands.
Manchus
Who are a people native to China, who ruled the Qing Dynasty.
What factors helped spur European exploration?
What is "God, glory and gold", as well as advances in technology.
Why did China not undergo widespread industrialization?
What is because Hongwu reformed China's agriculture and wiped out all traces of Mongol existence.
Why was the time between 1467 and 1568 called the period of "the warring states?"
What is because in 1467, civil war shattered the Feudal system, Japan collapased and central power drained.
Vasco Da Gama
Who is a Portuguese explorer who explored the east African coast, reached the port of Calicut.
Qing Dynasty
What is the last dynasty in China, who ruled from 1644 to 1912.
What role did Portugal’s Prince Henry play in overseas exploration?
What is Prince Henry was very enthusiastic about overseas exploration. Prince Henry helped conquer a Muslim city, and seeing the city's wealth motivated him to explore overseas.
What did Christian missionaries bring to China?
What is the dovelopments in science, medicine and mathematics.
Treaty of Tordesillas
What is a treaty signed by Spain and Portugal, that ensures that both countries will follow the Line of Demarcation.
Who is an ambitious leader of Japan who defeated the Daimyo.
What was the significance of Dias's voyage?
What is Dias's voyages rounded the Southern tip of Africa, so they introduced Europeans to the Spice Islands, and different possible trade routes.
What are five reasons that the Ming Dynasty fell to civil disorder?
What is the Manchus seized beijing, other countries demanded Chinese goods, economic policies, taxes skyrocketed and Chinese disliked Christian missionaries.
Dutch East India Company
What is a company founded by the Dutch to establish direct trade with Asia.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Who was Oda Nobunaga's best military general, and took Oda Nobunaga's place when he died.
What was the significance of da Gama's voyages?
What is da Gama's voyages rounded the coast of India, and introduced Europeans to the Spice Islands and different silks, spices and gems.
Ming Dynasty
What is a Dynasty established in China from 1368 to 1644.
Tokugawa Shogunate
What was a Shogun Dynasty that unified Japan.
Why were the Dutch so successful in establishing a trade empire in the Indian Ocean?
What is the Dutch owned the most powerful fleet of ships in Europe, so the Dutch could easily travel from the Netherlands to the Indian Ocean. Also, the Dutch were part of Spain who already had a port in the Indian Ocean.