Chapter 20 Study Guide
The East Asian World
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1. The Great Wall—built by the Ming Dynasty to keep out invaders
2. Forbidden City—built by Young Le, Ming Emperor in the city of Beijing,
actually called the Imperial City but commoners were forbidden from entering.
3. Zheng He—explorer during the Ming dynasty, made voyages to India and citystates of eastern Africa
4. The Manchus—began with Qing dynasty when the Ming declined and eventually
ended. Qing will remain in power until 1911.
5. Kangxi—greatest of the Qing emperors, ruled for 61 years.
6. trade deficit—occurs when a nation imports more than it exports.
7. Daimyo—heads of noble families in Japan who controlled large territories
8. hostage system—in Japan, the family of the daimyo had to stay at the residence in
the capital when he was away, to ensure loyalty to the Shogun and emperor.
9. “Great Peace”—came during the Tokugawa period in Japan. Many samurai were
no longer needed and were used to control territory when daimyo was gone.
10. Edo—ancient city in Japan believed to be one of the largest in the world at the
time with a population over 1M, name changed to Tokyo.
11. The eta—the outcast class whose way of life was strictly regulated by the
Tokugawa in Japan
12. Ihara Saikaku—was the most famous urban fiction writer. Her greatest novel,
Five Women Who Loved Love, tells of a search for love by five women.
13. Hangul—the Korean alphabet, unlike Japanese and Chinese, it is phonetic
14. “Hermit Kingdom”—nickname for Korean empire because it favored a policy of
isolationism to try to keep out foreign influences and invaders, primarily China
and Japan
15. “For Christ and Spices”—words spoken by Vasca da Gama and his crew when
they were the first Europeans to reach India by sea, winning the race to the
lucrative spice trade.