Chapter 22 Guiding Questions
1. What 2 characteristics of the trading system allowed Europeans to regulate and dominate it?
(p.486)
2. Why was it that trade before Europeans was largely peaceful? (p.486)
3. Using the map on p. 488 and the info. In your text, identify which European powers controlled
the following ports of trade in the Indian Ocean:
a. Goa
b. Bombay
c. Ormuz
d. Calicut
e. Malacca
4. How did the Dutch trading empire force the issue of monopoly control over spices? (p.489)
5. What was required of the European powers in order to trade with major Asian powers like
China, Japan, and Persia? (p.489)
6. What were the initial disappointments Europeans met trying to spread Christianity? (p.490)
7. Where do we see success in winning converts in Asia? (p.490-491)
8. How did Hongwu rid China of Mongol influence? (p.491)
9. Notice the intensity and complexity of the examination system on p. 491-492.
10. How did Hongwu try to root out and control abuses in court politics? (p.492)
11. What effect did American crops’ introduction into China have on that empire? (p.495)
12. How did commerce boom during the Ming Era? (p.495)
13. What were the reasons for Ming decline? (p.498-499)
14. What were the most significant items brought by Europeans to the Japanese islands? (p.500)
15. What was the method of conversion that Jesuits took in Japan, India, and China? (p.501)
16. What did the Japanese government do to officially stamp out Christianity? (p.501)
17. What were some of the examples of Japanese self-imposed isolation? (p.501-502)
Terms: caravel, Asian sea trading network, Dutch trading empire, Hongwu, Zheng He, Tokugawa Ieyasu