AP World Chapter 26

[p1] Which of the following did the Ming dynasty accomplish? Select THREE from this list.

• Strengthened the Great Wall & made peace with the nomadic tribes to the north

• Ran an effective government using a centralized bureaucracy

• Renovated the Grand Canal, better linking northern & southern China

• Invaded Japan & forced the samurai to bow to the Ming emperor

• Created a secret police & aimed to isolate & exterminate all Jews living in China

[p1] WHEN & WHERE did Zheng He lead a series of naval voyages?

• Seven voyages between 1405 and 1433 (60 years before Columbus)

• 1492, the same year as Columbus' voyage to America

• He sailed through Southeast Asia, throughout the Indian Ocean, as far as the coast of Africa

• He sailed east, discovered Hawaii, & landed in present-day Mexico

• He sailed past Korea & Japan, as far as the islands of the Bering Sea

[p2] Which of these were problems facing the Ming Dynasty in the late 16th century & into the 1600s? Select THREE from this list.

• Government corruption & high taxes

• Declining crop yields because of harsh weather

• A major epidemic & peasant revolts

• Invasion by the Mongols and Koreans

• An earthquake in 1644

[p3] What non-Chinese people invaded & set up a new dynasty as the Ming dynasty collapsed due to corruption & rebellion?

• Li Zicheng

• Mongols

• Manchus

• Huns

[p3] In order to help identify rebels, the Manchus required Chinese men to wear a queue. What was the "queue" in Qing China?

• A braided pigtail

• A line of people waiting for something, such as entrance into a sporting event

• A long warship

• A silk robe with blue trim

[p5] Why did the Qing dynasty allow European traders to work only on one small island?

• so that the Europeans would think that China was a very small island

• to limit the amount of contact the Chinese had with Europeans

• so that prices of Chinese products remained high

• to keep Europeans from seeing the products before they bought them

[p6] Although China's population more than tripled during the Ming & Qing dynasties, China remained largely agricultural (ie: most people still lived on farms, few lived in big cities). How was this possible?

• A faster-growing species of rice became available.

• There was steady growth in manufacturing.

• Trade increased between provinces within China.

• Less land was available for each family.

[p7] "The ideal family unit in Qing China was the extended family." If you were a young woman in Qing China & you married a man, where would you live?

• My husband & I would live in our own small house at first, eventually getting a bigger house as our family grew larger.

• My husband would come live with me in my parents' home, and he would be like another son to my father.

• I would go live with my husband in his parents' home, and I would be like a daughter to his parents.

• My husband & I would buy passage on a ship & move to America, the land of opportunity for Chinese people like us.

Emperor Yonglo built this within the Imperial City

• Forbidden City
• Lost World
• Inner Secret
• Forgotten City

A system of government employees selected for their skills and knowledge who collected taxes and enforced laws

• Governor
• Official
• Philosophy
• Civil Service