Ming and Qing
Why did so much innovation with gunpowder weapons occur in China in the 14th century?
Chinese rebels need weapons to defeat their Mongol rulers.
How did Zheng He help to expand China’s influence outside its borders?
He led seven sea voyages to faraway lands.
In Japan in the mid-1500s, as the Age of the Warring States intensified, daimyo eagerly sought to obtain what?
muskets and gunpowder.
Russia considered itself to be the “Third Rome” because it
saw itself as heir to the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
Because of Chinese advancements in gunpowder weapons, historians often consider _____ to have been the first gunpowder empire.
the Ming
Why did the Ming choose to isolate China from the rest of the world in the 1430s?
They believed other cultures had little to offer China.
What motivated Japan to try to prevent contact with foreigners?
concern about Catholic missionaries
What was the goal of the Ming dynasty when it first took power in China in the 1300s?
to restore traditional Chinese rule
the Manchus gradually were accepted because they embraced what?
Confucianism and Chinese culture.
How did Peter the Great change Russian culture?
He introduced European customs and learning.
The population doubled during the three centuries of ____ rule.
Ming
Why did the success of Qing China also lead to its decline?
It maintained a conservative approach that had previously brought stability.
After the United States forced Japan to open to foreign trade, why did Japan remain open?
The country lacked the means to force and keep foreigners out.
Reflecting a major change in _____ military strategy from offense to defense, the Great Wall was rebuilt to keep out nomadic invaders from the north.
Ming
Under the Tokugawa rulers, describe Japan's government.
unified and ruled by a strong, centralized government.
Over me, _____ was instrumental in weakening the power of the Romanov dynasty.
Russia's outdated social system