The Ming Dynasty
Exploration & Early Foreign Contact
The Qing Dynasty
Tokugawa Japan
Southeast Asia & The Spice Trade
100

New ________________ were introduced during the Ming dynasty, greatly increasing food production

Crops

100

This admiral led 7 voyages of exploration between 1405 to 1433.

Zheng He

100

To identify rebels, Qing males had to shave the front of their head and wear their hair in this style.

Queue

100

These Japanese noble families controlled land and fought each other

Daimyo

100
In 1500, mainland Southeast Asia was described as this type of region politically.

Stable

200

The Ming rulers renovated thismajor waterway to transport grain from south to north.

Grand Canal

200

Zheng He's fleet visited the western coast of ______ and the city-states of ________

India; East Africa

200

The Manchus were legally defined as this, separating them from the rest of China.

Distinct social class

200

The first of the Three Great Unifiers who seized the capital and controlled the Shogun

Oda Nobunaga.

200

Fighting between the Thai and Burmese led to a new Thai capital here.

Bangkok

300

Who became emperor after a four-year campaign to defeat the rightful heir of Ming Hong Wu

Yong Le

300

Some Ming officials opposed the voyages because they believed these foreigners were inferior.

Merchants

300

This elite military force became the main fighting power of the Qing Empire

Banners/banner armies.

300

Hideyoshi, a unifier, rose from this social class; his capital was located in Osaka.

Peasant

300

The Vietnamese expanded southward by taking the Mekong Delta from this group.

Khmer

400

Yong Le began constructing the Imperial City in this city, later moving the capital there in 1421

Beijing

400

In 1514, this European fleet became China's first direct contact with Europe since Marco Polo.

Portuguese

400

The Qing used Chinese officials in government to help manage this area.

bureaucracy/bureaucrats

400

After Hideyoshi's death, this daimyo of Edo established the Tokugawa shogunate.

Tokugawa Ieyasu

400

Muslim Merchants dominated this trade network and created sultanates such as Melaka.

Spice Trade

500

For nearly 500 years, this place served as the home of China's emperors.

The Forbidden City

500

The Portuguese were eventually allowed to occupy this port on China's southeastern coast. 

Macao

500

Under this ruler (1661-1722), China enjoyed stability and he tolerated Christian missionaries.

Kangxi

500

Japan was divided into these domains ruled by daimyo.

Han

500

The Dutch consolidated control at this island in 1619, establishing Batavia.

Java