Chapter 15
Lesson 1

China and Japan in Early Modern Times

Renewed Growth
for China
* Hong Wu took control in 1368
* This began the Ming dynasty
* set up a government on Confucian ideas
* under his program China's economy improved and the population grew

* Yong Le was Hong Wu's son
* took control of China after his fathers death
* joined in an alliance with Korea and defeated Vietman
* paid for great ocean voyages

How did China grow under Hong Wu and Yong Le?

* China's economy improved, its population grew, and it became a major force in Asia

* After Le's death in 1424, the Ming rulers would not let merchants trade outside of China
* Ming emperors set about building China's strength from within

What important developments took place under Yong Le's successors?

* ocean voyages were stopped, China returned to isolation, internal trade increased, Chinese culture advanced

What caused the Ming dynasty to fall?

* conflicts from within

Why do you think the Portuguese would not easily give up trade with the Chinese?

* because they really wanted Chinese goods

Tokugawa Japan

* mid 1500's Portuguese merchants arrived in Japan
* welcomed the Christian missionaries who followed the traders
* In 1603, Ieyasu became shogun
* Ieysau closed Japan to outsiders

What was Bushido?

* a code of honor

When the shoguns closed Japan to the rest of the world, what did they keep out of Japan?

* foreign goods, people , and ideas

Why might you expect the craftworkers and merchants to be higher on the social ladder than the farmers?

* because they often did well economically, and the merchants had money to lend to those higher up on the ladder