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Eastern EurAsia 1500-1800
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10th Grade
02/05/2011

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What two empires were fighting over control of Siberia, the Amur River basin, and the Pacific coast of northern Asia in the 1650s?
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The Qing dynasty of China and the Russian Empire
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What waterway were the Qing and russians fighting over?
Definition
Amur waterway
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What resources were the Qing and Russians looking for?
Definition
Furs, timbers, and metals
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After 1500 no single power controlled __________, which led to hostility on and decline of the ____ road.
Definition
Central Asia; Silk road
Term
The focus of trade went from overland routes to ____________.
Definition
maritime(by sea)
Term
What was one major disadvantage of land-based empires (obvious one too)?
Definition
Since they controlled a lot of land, they had to build forts, barricades, and towers to protect them. They had to enforce soldiers to guard and watch. Obviously this would cost a bunch of money.
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The need for establishment of self-supporting colonies in the Qing and Russian empires strengthened what two tendencies that were already strong?
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* importance of agriculture (it was the source of government revenue and primary wealth)
* political centralization
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What was the role of the Jesuits in the exchanges between the West and East?
Definition
They translated Chinese philosophies for Europeans (which created a positive image of the Chinese) while transmitting European technologies to the Chinese.
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What advantage did Jesuits have over Orthodox missionaries of the Russian empire?
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They could speak Chinese and understood Chinese culture!
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What country did the Russian empire have to defend themselves against?
Definition
the ottoman empire
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Muscovy
Definition
the new Russian state which included land that encompassed Moscow
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boyars
Definition
Russian aristocracy
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Mikhail Romanov
Definition
the first of the Romanov dynasty
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What two group of people make up the Russian majority?
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Russians(spoke slavic) and turks (spoke turkic)
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How was the relation between Russians and Turks?
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Similar to the Chinese and Mongols
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