Chapter 21 Timeline Exercise

Regulating the “Inner” and “Outer” Domains: China and Japan, 1500–1800

1368-1398

1382

1405-1433

1540s-1580s

1577

1603

1637

1644

1664-1722

1720

1653-1724

1736-1795

correct incorrect China: Founding of Ming dynasty

correct incorrect China: The Grand Secretariat is formed

correct incorrect China: Voyages of Zheng He to Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and Africa

correct incorrect China: Single-whip tax edicts instituted

correct incorrect China: Matteo Ricci, first Jesuit missionary in China

correct incorrect Japan: Establishment of Tokugawa shogunate

correct incorrect Japan: Shimabara rebellion against the shogunate

correct incorrect China: Qing dynasty proclaimed

correct incorrect China: Reign of Kangxi emperor

correct incorrect Japan: Japan's population approaches 33 million; Edo becomes world's largest city

correct incorrect Japan: Life of Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japan's leading playwright

correct incorrect China: Reign of Qianlong emperor, China's high point of wealth and power

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