Asian Transitions in a Global Age JEOPARDY Asian Transitions in a Global Age

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What was Batavia? This was the new Dutch port and capital of the Dutch spice trade on the island of Java.

What was Luzon? This was the northern island of the Philippines conquered by the Spanish.

What was Ceylon ( present day Sri Lanka) ? This was the island that was conquered by the Dutch that controlled the cinnamon trade and was nicknamed the” Tear Drop of India.”

What were factories ? These were the warehouses where spices and other products could be stored until they were ready for shipment back to Europe.

What was Mindanao? This was the Islamic island in the southern Philippines that the Spanish failed to conquer.

What were the caravels? These were the innovative ships designed by the Portuguese to carry cargo and cannon to make the long voyages of exploration and trade.

Who was Zheng He? He was the Chinese admiral who commanded a series of sailing expeditions to Persia, India, and the Red Sea.

Who was Vasco De Gama? He was the first Portuguese sailor to reach India and return with goods that made enormous profits for the captain and his crew. ( those that survived)

What was mercantilism? This was the economic policy that wanted to amass bullion, limit imports of foreign goods, and limited colonists to only trading with the mother country.

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What was Deshima, Nagasaki Japan? This was the island port in Nagasaki Bay and the only port in Japan open to the Dutch and Europeans.

Who was Chongzhen? He was the last of the Ming rulers who committed suicide in 1644 as rebels invaded the Forbidden City.

Who were Matteo Ricci and Adam Schall ? These were the two Jesuit priests, missionaries, and scientists who served at the Ming court but won very few converts to Christianity.

What were Canton and Macao? These were the only Ming ports open Europeans and where Europeans were restricted to trade.

What was the Treaty of Gijanti in 1757? This was the Treaty that reduced the Javanese princes to essentially vassals of the Dutch East India Company.

Who was Francis Xaviar ? He was the Franciscan missionary who worked in India among the lower castes and later Japan in the 16th century.

Who was Hongwu? He was the fist Ming Emperor who drove out the Mongols and restored the scholar –gentry to a position of prominence in China.

What was Malacca? This was the city at the tip of the Malaysian peninsula and a center of trade in Southeast Asia that became a major Portuguese trading base.

What was Goa? This was the important Indian port developed by the Portuguese which became an important Indian Ocean base and had an International population.

Who was Robert Di Nobli? He was the Italian Jesuit who became an active Missionary in India and tried to convert the elite princes of India to Christianity with little success.

Who was Nobunaga? He was the first Japanese Daimyo to make extensive use of firearms in 1573 and deposed the last Ashikaga shogun.

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What was Edo or now Tokyo? This was the Tokugawa capital and now the capital of Japan and the center of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Who were the Manchus? These were the Zhurchen people from a region in north east China who seized power and created the Qing Dynasty.

What was the School of National Learning? This was the 18th century ideology that emphasized Japan’s unique historical experience and a revival of indigenous Japanese culture at the expense of Confucianism and Chinese influence.

What was Christianity? This was the faith or religion that was officially banned in Japan in 1614.

What were the Water Margin, Monkey, and The Golden Lotus? These were novels written during the Ming Dynasty and the availability of books by the creation of block printing.

What was the Port of Ormuz ( Hormuz) ? This was the Portuguese trading center established at the tip of the Persian Gulf and became an important port in the Indian Ocean Trade Network.

What was the Asian Sea Trading Network? This was the name for the various exchange of goods between India, China, and the Arab world which centered around the Indian Ocean.

Who was Toyotomi Hideyoshi? He was a general under Oda Nobunaga who led military power in Central Japan and broke the power of the Daimyos in the late 16th century.

Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu? He was a vassal lord of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who succeeded him as the military leader of Japan and established the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603.

What was the Dutch Trading Empire? This was the name for the vast merchant network created by the Netherlands around the world with fortified towns, factories for storing goods, patrol ships and a monopoly on certain products such as pepper and cinnamon.