The Beginnings of Our Global Age:

Europe, Africa, and Asia

Section 4: Encounters in East Asia

(pgs. 99-103)

European Contact with Ming China

•Ming let Europeans trade, but only for _________or ____________

•Portuguese had a trading post at _____________ near Canton in present-day _______________

*they limited their visits to ___ area and ___ season.

European Contact with Ming China cont…

• _________________ missionaries*led by _____________________ *welcomed for their ___________*had ___________success in converting the Chinese

*became important ___________ of ______________ for Europeans who knew little about China

The Manchu Conquest

•early 1600s ______ dynasty decaying •Manchus pushed through __________

& ruled in the _________, Manchuria•____- Manchu armies took control of

________ & set up the _____ dynasty• expanded China’s ________ to create

largest Chinese state•won support of Chinese b/c adopted

____________ system of government •Local gov’t ruled by ___________, but

__________ troops stationed throughout empire to ensure loyalty

The Manchu Conquest cont…

• Kangxi and _____________ expanded Chinese borders

•American ________ helped to fuel a population boom in China

•Qing maintained Ming policy and rejected an appeal from _________ for more trade

•Diplomat, _______________insulted the Chinese b/c he wouldn’t perform __________ in order to see the emperor

Korea: The “______Kingdom”

• 1500s and 1600s restricted contact from outside world

•___________dynasty followed the Confucian idea that merchants held low status

•In response to invasions by the _____________ and ___________*Korea isolated itself, excluding most __________________

Foreign Traders in Japan

•At first *Japanese welcomed __________ traders* ___________,or warrior lords adopted European firearms & helped the _____________ family centralize power and keep order*Christian missionaries ___________ at winning converts

Foreign Traders in Japan cont…

•After _________ seized the Philippines

*Japan __________ European traders *only allowed Dutch to trade in

_______________ harbor once a year

*murdered Japanese __________ b/c feared they owed allegiance to the _________ rather than the Tokugawa*shut off contact with the ________ _______ for over _____ years