Ming
What is one attribute of the Ming Government
Centralized bureaucracy
Civil Service Exam system
Set up National school system
Ran large number of factories and workshops
Improvement of Grand Canal
How did the Mogul culture create a new sense of Nationalism in the Qing Dynasty?
Kept the same political system as Ming Dynasty
Chinese held 80% of political positions
Who were the Eta in Japanese society?
The Outcasts of society
Language established by the Yi Dynasty to distinguish Korea from China
Hongul
Archipelago
Nanjing
This custom in China made women more marriageable than those who didn't do this
Footbinding
Heads of noble families, received land and rice from shogun in exchange for military service
Daimyo
Nickname for Korea
"Hermit" Kingdom
Dozens of hundreds of related families, beyond extended family
Clan
What are 3 factors that led to the decline of the Ming Dynasty
Power struggles of future emperors
Political corruption
High taxes
Poor growing seasons
Disease outbreaks
Peasant Rebellion (1644)
This cultural group invaded the Ming Dynasty and took control of the peasants in 1644
Manchus
Supreme ruler below emperor and distributor of the national rice crop
Shogun
Name two foreign invaders into Korea from the 15th century to the 19th century
China and Japan
Shogunate controlled the daimyo through this. Daimyo had to have two residences, one in Edo and one in their own lands
Hostage System
The Imperial City today is known as Beijing, but it also once had this nickname
Forbidden City
The year the Qing Dynasty ended...
1911
Where the Shogun's court was located, had a population of more than 1 million
Edo
Reason for Korea's nickname
Wanted to remain hidden from Europeans
List the requirement of the Civil Service Exam established in China
Had to be qualified for the job
How did the "Forbidden" City get its nickname.
It was off limits to outsiders and even most people in China adding to its mythical lore.
Who is considered the greatest of all emperors?
Kangxi
How was the warrior class organized in the Tokugawa Era of Japan?
shogun, daimyo, samurai and ronin
What dynasty did Yi Song-gye overthrow?
Koryo Dynasty
Li Zicheng was the leader of what event?
Peasants Rebellion 1644