KEY POINTS Chapter 22
Essential Question: How did the arrival of the Europeans into the Asian trade
network affect south Asia, SE Asia, China and Japan?
Identify:
factories
Nobunaga
Kowtowing
Hideyoshi
Zheng He
Tokugawa
Batavia
1. What role did Europeans play in the Indian Ocean network in the Early Modern Period?
2. In what location did the Europeans actually have any large impact on social, political, and
economic life in the Indian Ocean network?
The Asian Trading World and the Coming of the Europeans
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When did the Portuguese first arrive in India?
What was the response by the natives to the Portuguese traders?
Describe the three zones of trade in the Asian sea trading network.
What raw materials were most in demand by the Europeans?
Describe the navigation technique used by most sailors in the Asian network.
What two general characteristics were present in the Asian trade system at the time the
Portuguese arrived?
Where were the critical geographic points of trade?
Where did the Dutch take control and where did the British?
How did the Dutch and British begin to profit from the Asian trade network?
Why were the Spanish able to control the northern Philippines (Luzon) , but not the
southern Philippines (Mindanao)?
Describe the tribute system that developed in European controlled areas.
What was the overall impact of the European intrusion into the Indian Ocean trade
network?
Ming China: A Global Mission Refused
1. Describe what changes were made in China when Hongwu came to power and restored
Chinese rule.
2. What happened to bureaucrats found guilty of corruption or incompetence?
3. What measures were introduced by Hongwu to cut down on court factionalism?
4. Describe how Hongwu tried to help the peasants.
5. What special privileges did gentry households have?
6. Explain how Confucianism was still reflected in Ming society.
7. Describe the social conditions for women in the Ming era.
8. Explain why the introduction of maize, sweet potatoes, and peanuts was important.
9. What two ports in China were open to European traders?
10. Why did Chinese merchants not get the benefit of all their profits?
11. Describe what advances the Ming made in the fine arts?
12. Describe Zheng He’s fleets.
13. Why did the Chinese overseas expeditions end?
14. How successful were Christian missionaries in China?
15. Why was the Chinese court interested in the Christian missionaries?
16. What nomadic group seized control of China in the 1640’s?
Fending Off the West: Japan’s Reunification and the First Challenge
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What items were transported to Japan by the Europeans?
Why did the Japanese choose to isolate?
What policies were introduced to bring about Japanese isolation?
Why, though isolated, did the Japanese later in the 1850’s have a better understanding of
the West than the Chinese had?