| A | B |
|---|
| Daimyo | "Great Names" heads of noble families in Japan who controlled vast landed estates and relied on samurai for protection |
| eta | outcasts |
| porcelain | ceramic made from fine clay baked at very high temperatures |
| hans | domains;territories |
| queue | pigtails |
| clans | dozens/hundreds of related families |
| Hostage system | system used by the shogunate to control the daimyo in Tokugawa, Japan |
| banners | empires chief fighting force |
| commercial capitalism | economic system in which people invest in trade of goods to make profits |
| Nobunaga | seized the imperial capital of Kyoto |
| Hideyoshi | military commander |
| Korea | founded at the fourteenth century remained in power |
| Ming | founder of the new dynasty which took the title of MongHong Wu |
| Qing | meaning pure; dynasty created in 1644 remained in power until 1911 |
| Zheng He | court official that took 7 voyages of exploration |
| Kangxi | he ruled from 1661-1722,greatest emperor in Chinese history. |
