| A | B |
|---|
| samarai | warrior class during Japan's feudal age |
| Ronin | Japanese warriors without masters who roamed for work |
| Daimyo | Japanese heads of noble families |
| Hideyoshi | military commander;Unified japan, central government |
| Oda Nobunga | first Daimyo unifier of Japan; controlled other daimyo and changed capital |
| Tokugawa Ieyasu | most powerful daimyo; declared himself a shogun;expelled christians |
| Yong Le | Chines Emperor who began construction of the Imperial City" in Beijing |
| Li Zicheng | led the peasant revolt in China because of the epidemic and economic hardships |
| "hermit Kingdom" | Closed society with little outside contact: Korea |
| White Lotus Rebellion | peasant revolt in Qing dynasty; court corruption and high taxes; population growth- little land |
| banners | Manchu (Qing dynasty) cheif fighting units |
| commercial capitalism | private business based on profit; China discouraged middle class business |
| porcelain | vases that are blue and white from Ming and Qing eras |
| Shogun | heriditary military dictators in Japan |
| clan | collection of families in China -rich looked after poor |
| hans | Japanese districts 250 united under the Tokugawa |
| samarai | highly trained soldiers who became advisors in during the "great Peace" -Japan |
| hostage system | control of daimyo by Shogun through keeping family captive in city |
| eta | outcasts in Japan who had their dress,hair and residence strictly controlled |
| queue | pigtails worn by Qing dynasty men to show allegiance to Emperor |
| Ming | first dynasty in CHina started by Ming Hong Wu overcame Mongols |
| Manchu | farming and hunting families who controlled the Qing Dynasty |
| Imperial City | a walled compound of apartments banquet halls, etc. -home to CHina's emperors |
| edo | ancient name for Tokyo |
| Beijing | capital city where Qing dynasty had Imperial palace |
| "hermit kingdom" | Korea- because it discouraged contact with outside world |
| Li Dynasty | Korean Royals who ruled until overthrown |
| Jesuits | came with traders to China for religious conversion |
| Admiral Perry | explorer and naval officer opened trade with china |
