20.3 The Kingdoms of Korea and Southeast Asia

[Preview] What southeast Asian country is highlighted in RED on this map?

• Indonesia

• Vietnam

• Australia

• Thailand

[p1] What other country did Korea's Yi rulers imitate?

• Japan

• China

• Korea

• France

[p1] What makes the Korean alphabet Hangul different from the Chinese alphabet?

• The Korean alphabet uses one symbol for one sound.

• Only aristocrats could use it.

• The Korean alphabet uses thousands of symbols.

• The Korean alphabet uses thousands of symbols for one sound.

[p1] What influenced Korean leaders to isolate the country?

• Korea attacked & devastated Japan.

• Japan and the Manchus attacked & devastated the country.

• Korea's central government strengthened.

• Korean leaders did not want Western goods.

[p2] How did religious beliefs change in Southeast Asia in the period between 1500 & 1800?

• Most people left the major world religions & turned to traditional spirit-worshiping beliefs.

• Buddhism advanced on the mainland while Islam & Christianity attracted converts along the trade routes.

• Islamic jihadists used terror & violence to force nearly everyone in Southeast Asia to convert to Islam.

• Missionaries from Japan introduced Shintoism to places like Vietnam & Malaysia.

[p3] The Southeast Asian states were ruled under four types of political systems, which included...

• Javanese kings.

• Vietnamese sultans.

• Islamic kings.

• Buddhist emperors.

[p3] Islamic sultans on the Malay Peninsula were "defenders of the faith" & used aristocrats for their bureaucracies. What is a bureaucracy?

• A government organization that relies on non-elected officials & regular procedures.

• A legislature elected by the voters with power to limit the sultan's authority.

• A national policy of avoiding relations with other countries.

• The Spice Islands of European lore, which Columbus hoped to reach in 1492.

[p3] Vietnamese emperors imitated Chinese Confucian teachings. From whom/what did the emperor receive his power in this system?

• Heaven

• The people

• Jesus Christ

• The strength of his army

[p4] What island group was called "the Spice Islands" by Europeans & were the main source for many profitable spices?

• Moluccas

• Hermit Kingdom

• Melaka

• Japan

[p4] What port city, the "fabled gateway to the Spice Islands," did the Portuguese attack & seize in 1511 (until the Dutch pushed them out in the 1600s)?

• Moluccas

• Hermit Kingdom

• Melaka

• Japan