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| early Portuguese explorer; rounded the tip of South Africa |
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| early Portuguese explorer; reached India |
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| Spain and Portugal made an agreement to honor the ‘line’ created by the Pope to divide land in the New World |
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| Dutch East India Company: |
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| Dutch company; each nation formed an East India company that established trade with Asia; more powerful than English East India |
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| ruled China from 1368-1644; |
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| invaded China in 1644 and defeated the Ming Dynasty; ruled China for 260 years; created the Qing Dynasty |
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| daimyo that took over Japan, tried to eliminate other daimyo, but was not able to unify it |
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| took over after Oda; controlled most of Japan |
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| brought stability to Japan through laws rather than force |
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| What factors helped spur European exploration? |
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| Desire for new sources of wealth; desire to spread Christianity; technological advancements in navigation and sailing |
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| Who is Prince henry of Portugal, and what role did he play in overseas exploration? |
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| Prince Henry encouraged exploration by establishing a navigation school for sailors to perfect their trade. |
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| What was the significance of Bartolemew Dias' voyage, and Vasco De Gama's? |
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Dias: showed that the southern tip of Africa could be circumnavigated
de Gama: established a sea route from Europe to India |
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| Why were the Dutch so successful in establishing the trading empire in the Indian Ocean? |
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| The Dutch owned the largest fleet of ships in the world, and the Dutch East India Company was more powerful and better financed than the other nations' trading companies |
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| Why didn't China undergo widespread industrialization? |
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| Idea of commerce (trade) offended China's Confucian beliefs; economic policy gave priority to agriculture |
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| Name two technoligical advancements the missionaries brought to China? |
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| List 5 reasons why the Ming Dynasty fell to civil disorder. |
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| Ineffective rulers; corrupt officials; government was out of money; high taxes; bad harvests |
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| Why was the period between 1467 and 1568 called the Age of the Warring States? |
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| it was an era of disorder when powerful warrior-chieftains, called a daimyo, seized control of old feudal estates and set up a new type of feudalsim and often fought each other for territory. |
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| What was the difference between the Confucian ideal in society and the real society of Japan? |
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Confucian ideal: Japan was an agricultural society and the farmer was an ideal citizen.
Reality: Farmers were overburdened and over-taxed and often moved to the city for a better life. |
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| Describe the new drama, literature and art found in Japanese cities. |
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Haiku
Kabuki plays
popular stories
woodblock prints |
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