Geography
This region of China is where over 90% of the population lives.
What is the eastern region?
The first leader of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu was from this social class.
What is a peasant?
This ancient Chinese philosopher is tremendously influential to Chinese culture, government, education and most other facets of life.
Who was Confucius?
These are reasons famine occurred when the plague struck China in the mid 17th century, furthering Ming decline.
What is the crops could not be planted, harvested or transported because the people were sick and dying in massive amounts.
These were reasons the voyages of the Treasure Fleet were ended after the death of Zheng He.
What are
1. Confucian officials viewed them as wasteful
2. Money was redirected to repair the Grand Canal and fortify the Great Walls against Manchu invasions.
3. China turned more inward and focused on domestic issues
These are the 2 rivers that the Grand Canal in China connects and supports.
What are the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers?
This was the main purpose of the Great Walls when they were built.
What is protection from northern invaders on horseback.
If a dynasty was doing well and thriving and blessed by the gods, it is said they had this. When things went wrong in dynasties (like floods, famine and bad leadership) it was said that they had lost this.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The Manchu were invaders from this direction into China.
What is the north?
This peninsula to China's northeast was frequently a vassal state to the Chinese dynasties.
What is Korea?
This is where the Emperor's Forbidden City is located and is presently the capital of China.
What is Beijing?
He was the Muslim eunuch admiral of the Ming Dynasty that led 7 expeditions as far as India, the Middle East and the east coast of Africa.
Who was Zheng He?
Canals, dams, roads and bridges are all examples of this.
What is infrastructure?
The Ming treasury was depleted due to effects of the plague for this reason.
What is tax collectors could not collect taxes from the dead?
This is the region, and formerly independent country is in the far western portion of China today, is a center of Buddhism, and is where rivers such as the Yellow and Yangtze originate.
What is Tibet?
These are presently the very important and valuable natural resources found in the sparsely populated western portion of China.
What are water, natural gas and oil?
This was the main purpose of the voyages of the Treasure Fleet of Zheng He and the Ming Dynasty.
What is to establish China's dominance of the Indian Ocean trade and global economy, as well as establish diplomatic relations with other empires?
This is why it is ironic that the Great Walls of China are a huge tourist destination.
What is they were built to keep invaders out of China?
Ming soldiers deserted, furthering Ming decline, for this reason.
What is they were not getting paid for their service?
This is where the legendary Rockette's perform their Christmas Spectacular.
What is Radio City Music Hall?
The Great Walls are located in this region of China.
What is the northern region?
The Ming would be weakened and fall to these northern invaders.
Who were the Manchu?
These physical features in the central and western part of China are very difficult places to survive, hence why the populations are very small there. An example of one is the Gobi.
What are deserts?
These were the only men (besides the emperor) who were permitted in the Forbidden City to have access to the wives, concubines and daughters of the emperor. Many felt they were too powerful and some had become quite corrupt.
Who were the eunuchs?
This is a joke.
Why do girls only travel together in odd numbers?