Dynasties
What dynasty ended with the invasion of the Manchus?
The Ming
What man nearly conquered all of Japan, but was killed in an ambush before he could finish his conquest?
Oda Nobunaga
Who was at the top of te social hierarchy in Ming China?
The Emperor
What drug did the British sell to the Chinese?
Opium
What group of people lost prestige as the military was modernized in Japan?
Samurai
What was the name of the dynasty established by the Manchus?
The Qing
Why did Edo become the center of politics?
Where the Tokugawa shogunate was headquartered.
Who was the figurehead of Japan, but had no real powers?
The Emperor
What country arrived with gun boats up in Edo bay demanding Japan open up its ports to trade?
United States
What enabled the rebel forces to win the Boshin War?
Modern Tech
Artilllery
Guns
Tactics
What did the Chinese export to the British?
Tea
What group rallied behind the saying," expel the barbarians, revere the emperor!"
The Sonno Joi Faction
What social group had the most power and social status in China?
The SHI
What religion threatened the stability of both Japan and China?
Christianity
What new technology gave daimyos an advantage during the Sengoku period?
Guns
How did the Chinese view themselves and their emperor in the rankings of great powers in the world?
They were #1
What broke the shoguns forces during the Boshin war and turned the shoguns allies against him?
The Imperial Banner used by the rebels.
What Chinese Social group was 90% of the population and mostly peasants/farmers?
Nong
What were the first two countries to establish colonies in Asia/the Pacific?
Spain and Portugal
What was the name of the expedition the Japanese emperor sent out to tour Europe and the United States?
Iwakura Mission
What was ironic about the Emperors policies after winning the Boshin war?
Modoernized
What were the wandering samurai with no allegiances called?
Ronin
What limited Europeans from colonizing the Pacific?
Rough terrain
Disease
What city was renamed after it bacame the "eastern capital?"
Tokyo