WHII.5c European Influence on China and Japan
Objective:
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the status and impact of global trade on
regional civilizations of the world after 1500 A.D. (C.E.) by
c) describing East Asia, including China and the Japanese shogunate;
Essential Understandings
China and Japan sought to limit the influence and activities of European
merchants.
Essential Questions
How did the Chinese and Japanese attempt to limit the influence of
European merchants?
Essential Knowledge
China
• Creation of foreign enclaves to control trade
• Imperial policy of controlling foreign influences and trade
• Increase in European demand for Chinese goods (tea, porcelain)
Japan
• Characterized by powerless emperor controlled by military leader
(shogun)
• Adopted policy of isolation to limit foreign influences
WHII.5c European Influence on China and Japan
3-2 China Rejects European Outreach
Perceiving Cause and Effect
The rulers of the Ming Dynasty drive out the Mongols and bring peace and prosperity to China.
1. How did Hongwu bring stability to
2. What were some of the agricultural
China?
reforms?
3. Why was only the government
allowed to conduct foreign trade?
The Manchus invade China and begin the Qing Dynasty.
5. How did Manchu rulers gain the
respect of the Chinese people?
7. What restrictions did the Manchus
place of foreign trade?
4. How did foreign trade affect Ming
China?
6. How were traditional styles reflected
in Chinese culture?
8. Why did the Chinese except the
Dutch and reject the British as
trading partners?
WHII.5c European Influence on China and Japan
3-3 Japan Limits Western Contacts
Recognizing Facts and Details
How did each of the following influence society and culture?
1. Tokugawa Shogunate
2. Portuguese
3. Christian missionaries
4. “Closed country” policy