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| How important was trade to the Mongols? | Very important - they opened China to the rest of the world. They were foreigners and realized that the rest of the world had much to offer China. |
| What different groups traded with Mongol China? | Camel caravans came from the west probably along the Silk Road from the Middle East and Europe. Great port cities developed along the east coast from trade with Japan, Korea, and the Americas. |
| What did the Ming do to try and limit foreign influences? | They made it a crime for a Chinese citizen to leave the country and they forbade exploration. |
| What did the Ming do to unify the country and limit the power of those seen as a threat to the country? | They created a secret police force and executed as many as 100,000 people |
| How important was trade to the Ming? | Not very important - they tried to limit foreign influences because they believed that the rest of the world had little to offer the Chinese. |
| What two things came into the country under the Ming dynasty? | Dairy cows from the Americas and Christianity. |
| Where were the Mongols from? | Mongolia |
| Why did the Mongols have such an easy time taking over China? | They were fierce warriors and the Chinese world view at that time was consistent with Confucius beliefs that if you act fairly to others they will act fairly to you. Because of this the military was not very strong, being made up mostly of the unemployed and the uneducated. |
