Lesson 22: China's Contacts with the Outside World

• The Mongol dynasty was also known as the...


  Yuan dynasty
• Which religion, originating in India, reached its height of influence in China during the Tang?


  Buddhism
• China welcomed contact with foreigners during the Tang.


  True
• How did the Tang promote trade along the Silk Road?


  by controlling much of Central Asia, making travel safe.
• What new status symbol imported from Central Asia did the upper classes enjoy?


  sitting in chairs instead of on floor cushions
• How did the Tang encourage the growth of Buddhism?


  by allowing Buddhist monks and nuns to be excused from taxes
• Why did the Tang begin seizing Buddhist property in 843 C.E. ?


  the government needed money
• During the Yuan, China was ruled by


  foreigners
• How did Yuan leaders promote trade along the Silk Road?


  They set up stations every 20 miles where traders could find food and a place to sleep.
• Christian missionaries in China:


  • brought new ideas of European technological advances
  • converted some Chinese
  • wanted Kublai Khan to form an alliance with Europeans against Muslims
• What did Persians bring to China during the Yuan dynasty?


  knowledge of astronomy, mathematics, and medicine
• What happened after Italian merchant and adventurer Marco Polo reached the court of Kublai Khan?


  He became the emperor’s representative on inspection tours around China.
• The Chinese resented being at the bottom of the social order under the Yuan. What happened as a result of that resentment?


  The Chinese became even more suspicious of further contact with foreigners.
• What brought the Yuan to an end?


  the Chinese rebelled
• Why did the Ming expect other nations to pay tribute?


  they believed China was superior to all else
• What did China’s tributaries get in exchange for paying tribute?


  They received valuable gifts and were allowed to trade at official markets.
• Why did Emperor Chengzu send Zheng He on a great sea journey in 1405?


  The emperor wanted him to secure more tributaries for China.
• The Ming eventually turned inward because rulers wanted...


  to protect their people from foreign influences.
• What was the most distant destination that Zheng He reached on his voyages in the 1400s?


  the east coast of Africa
• Astronomy


  the study of the stars & planets
• Imported


  to bring in a product from another country to sell it
• Maritime


  relating to the sea
• Tributary


  a conquered country or territory that pays tribute to the conqueror
• There was safer Silk Road trade and maritime trade expanded during the...


  Yuan dynasty