CHAPTER 17: Asia in Transition
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World History
CHAPTER 17
Asia in Transition
Section 1: The Ming and Qing Dynasties
Section 2: China and Europeans
Section 3: The Tokugawa Shoguns in Japan
World History
Section 1:
The Ming and Qing Dynasties
Objectives:
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Explain why the Chinese showed little interest
in overseas trade during the Ming dynasty.
Describe how the Qing dynasty came to rule
China.
Discuss changes that occurred in the Chinese
economy under Qing rule.
Analyze reasons for the decline of the Qing
dynasty.
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Section 1:
The Ming and Qing Dynasties
Ming Foreign Policy
Attitudes toward trade –
wanted to be selfsufficient;
refused to rely on foreign
trade
The northern frontier –
strengthened Great Wall
of China
chose frontier defense
over trade and sea travel
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Section 1:
The Ming and Qing Dynasties
Founding the Qing Dynasty
Nurhachi unified
tribes in Manchu
Adopted Chinese
culture
Emperor Hsuan Yeh
Kept Manchu people
separate and distinct
from Chinese
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Section 1:
The Ming and Qing Dynasties
The Queue
The Qing rulers had
all men keep their
hair in a queue or
tail.
This was Manchurian
Style
Showed obedience to
the Manchurians, by
the Chinese
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Section 1:
The Ming and Qing Dynasties
Economy, Culture, and Society
Economy
trade and
manufacturing
specialization grew
Popular culture and
society
novels and plays in
everyday language
family was center of
society
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Section 1:
The Ming and Qing Dynasties
Decline of the Qing Dynasty
Population growth
Government inefficiency and increases in
taxes
White Lotus Rebellion
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Section 2:
China and Europeans
Objectives:
Characterize early contact between
Portugal and China.
Explain why China and Great Britain
went to war in the mid-1800s.
Describe how internal rebellions
contributed to the decline of the Qing
dynasty.
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Section 2:
China and Europeans
The Portuguese
Trade ties with China
Jesuit missionaries helped emperors
revise calendar, gained great power with
imperial court
Qing rulers became suspicious, fearful of
Jesuits’ intentions
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Section 2:
China and Europeans
The British
Free trade ideas
Great Britain abolished British East India
Company’s monopoly on trade with China
The opium trade
Chinese demand for cotton didn’t match
British demand for tea
British India exported opium to China, which
caused trade imbalance
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Section 2:
China and Europeans
The British
The Opium War
Chinese tried to forcibly stop opium trade
Hong Kong went to British rule
More concessions
unequal treaties with France and United
States
foreign embassies in Beijing
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Section 2:
China and Europeans
Rebellions
Taiping Rebellion
caused terrible destruction
Christian and Muslim teachings
motivated more revolts
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