Chapter 20-21 Test Flashcards
In the 1630’s the Japanese government
Largely closed Japan to european trade and Christian influence
The term “Dutch studies” referred to
Japanese who learned about European weapons, ship building, and sciences
European visitors to Ming China in the sixteenth century were
Dissatisfied with the quality of Chinese goods
Which pure replaced the Ming empire of China?
Qing empire
Although European enthusiasm for Chinese trade was high,
The Chinese were slow to embrace European trade
What European organization was a transmitter of science and technology to China
The society of Jesus, or Jesuits
Why did the Jesuits succeed more than other christianizing organizations in China
Focus on the intellectual and political elite
Peters main goal in guiding up Russia was
Modernization in a western fashion
Why did Peter the great attempt to westernize Russia?
To strengthen the Russian state and its autocracy
Which of the following statements about China and Russia is not true
Both suffered large population decline in the eighteenth century
Which of the following was not one of the major eighteenth century wars in Europe
Thirty years war
Enlightenment was the intellectual movement in which
The methods and questions of the scientific revolution were applied to human society
Which of the following would John Locke have argued?
People have the right to rebellion
The reign of terror
Made a new calendar without Sunday’s
Napoleons rise to power marked another modern form of government called
Popular authoritarianism
Napoleon won the support of the peasantry and the middle class by
Rewriting french law to assert equality in law and protection of property
Napoleons invasion of _____ led to his decline
Russia
After his escape from Elba, Napoleon was defeated at the battle of
Waterloo
The congress of Vienna was
A meeting of delegates from Britain, Austria, Russia, and other European countries to restore order in post-napoleonic Europe
The Japanese called their warriors
Samuri
In 1592, after years of civil war, hideyoshi
Launched an invasion of Korea and Japan
After the period of civil wars ended in Japan
Japanese leaders established the Tokugawa shogunate, a centralized military government
Population growth in China in the 1700s led to
Severe environmental problems
The predominant religion in the eastern Russian empire was
Islam
