Please read pages 551-560 before class Wednesday/Thursday and look out for the following details:
- Who were the Manchu and what did they do? (pg. 551)
- What nations attempted to trade with China during this period? Were they successful? (pg. 552)
- Who was Matteo Ricci and what did he and his fellow Jesuits do to help spread Christianity throughout China? (pg. 553)
- What does the Japanese term daimyo mean? (pg. 554)
- How did Japan recieve Christianity and its missionaries? What changed by 1614? (pg. 554)
- What was the Imjin War all about and how did it change history for the nations involved? (pgs. 555-557)
- Who were the samurai and what role did they play during this period? (pg. 556)
- What was the Tokugawa Shogunate? What was Japan like during this period? (pg. 557)
- What is the significance of the "47 Ronin" story? How did it show changing values in Japan? (pg. 559)