Chapter 19
Terms
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- Tokugawa Shogunate
- the administration established by leyasu who unified Japan and restored the rule of law
- Zheng He
- a chinese muslim admiral whose huge expedition fleets reached southest asia and africa
- Forbidden city
- beijing palace surrounded by 35 foot walls that was offlimits to commoners and foreigners
- Vasco da Gama
- he sailed for portugal and found a direct sea route to india, returned in 1499 with rich cargo
- Manchus
- people from northeast of the greatwall who invaded china in 1644 when the ming dynasty had weakened
- Prince Henry
- set up a navigation school and helped portugal open trading posts on africas west coast
- Treaty of Tordesillas
- a 1494 agreement that divided new lands for colonization between portugal and spain
- kangxi
- qing emperor who listened to the common people and led his troops to victory over the mongols
- Hongwu
- commanded the rebel chinese army that drove out the mongols in 1368 and established agricultural reforms
- Oda Nobunaga
- japanese lord who seized the imperial capital kyoto in 1568 and sought to rule the empire by force
- caravel
- a sturdy sailing vessel designed to withstand long voyages it had both triangular and square sails
- kabuki
- theater in which actors in elaborate costumes use music dance and mime to perform skits about life
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- the general who used brute force and alliances to dominate Japan and invade Korea
- Ming Dynasty
- a series of rulers who gave china peace and prosperity and sought to minimize outside influence
- Dutch east india company
- the powerful netherlands company that drove out its competitors and controlled trade with asia
- haiku
- japanese verse poetry that presents an image in a 5-7-5 syllable pattern and a three- line verse form
- Daimyo
- warrior chieftains who became lords in a japanese feudal system that lasted from 1467 to 1568
- Bartolomeu Dias
- portuguese explorer who sailed for "god glory and gold". he rounded the tip of africa
- Yonglo
- Ming Dynasty ruler who moved the royal court to beijing and launched the first voyage of exploration
- Qing Dynasty
- the chinese dynasty that expanded china to include taiwan chinese central asia mongolia and tibet