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100

These were the 3 main reasons Europeans wanted to explore/expand.

God, glory, and gold

100
These are the two Chinese Dynasties of the Age of Exploration.

Ming and Qing

100
A rebellion in Southern Japan of people who were mostly this religion led to harsher persecution. 

Christians

100

This was the country where the Renaissance began.

Italy

100
This handheld Chinese invention was a lasting impact that aided in navigation by consistently identifying true north.

Magnetic compass

200

This was the first European country to import slaves.

Portugal

200
This one word best sums up Chinese foreign policy during the Age of Exploration

Isolation

200

After having issues with Christian missionaries, Japan instituted this, which closed its borders. 

Closed Country Policy

200

A knight was sworn to protect these 3 things.

His lord, the Lord, and his lady

200

This sturdy ship with triangular sails made it possible to sail against the wind. 

Caravel

300
This country was Portugal's "bratty sister"

Spain

300

This Ming emperor restored farmlands and wanted to remove all traces of Mongol culture from China.

Hongwu

300

This is the Japanese feudal system from highest to lowest. 

emperor, shogun, daimyo, samurai, peasants/artisans/merchants

300

This was the lasting impact of the clash between Ottomans and Safavids, still visible on a map today.

The border between Iraq and Iran
300

This traditional Japanese poem is 3 lines, 5-7-5 syllables. 

Haiku

400

This Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail all the way to India.

Vasco Da Gama

400

This was the greatest, wisest teacher in Chinese history.

Confucius

400

This was the 100 year period when powerful samurai were in constant competition over territory.

Warring States Period

400

The term for Christians who left the Catholic Church to become part of new religions.

Protestant

400

This is the term for small countries who pay money and loyalty to larger, more powerful states. 

Tribute states

500

This invention for looking at the stars made navigation and exploration possible.

astrolabe

500

These people established the Qing Dynasty

The Manchus

500

This was the leader who officially unified Japan under one shogun again

Tokugawa Ieyasu
500

This was the religion that most Africans practiced before converting to Islam.

Animism

500

This Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail around the tip of Africa

Bartolomeu Dias