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| What two empires were fighting over control of Siberia, the Amur River basin, and the Pacific coast of northern Asia in the 1650s? |
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| The Qing dynasty of China and the Russian Empire |
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| What waterway were the Qing and russians fighting over? |
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| What resources were the Qing and Russians looking for? |
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| Furs, timbers, and metals |
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| After 1500 no single power controlled __________, which led to hostility on and decline of the ____ road. |
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| The focus of trade went from overland routes to ____________. |
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| What was one major disadvantage of land-based empires (obvious one too)? |
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| Since they controlled a lot of land, they had to build forts, barricades, and towers to protect them. They had to enforce soldiers to guard and watch. Obviously this would cost a bunch of money. |
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| The need for establishment of self-supporting colonies in the Qing and Russian empires strengthened what two tendencies that were already strong? |
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* importance of agriculture (it was the source of government revenue and primary wealth)
* political centralization |
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| What was the role of the Jesuits in the exchanges between the West and East? |
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| They translated Chinese philosophies for Europeans (which created a positive image of the Chinese) while transmitting European technologies to the Chinese. |
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| What advantage did Jesuits have over Orthodox missionaries of the Russian empire? |
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| They could speak Chinese and understood Chinese culture! |
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| What country did the Russian empire have to defend themselves against? |
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| the new Russian state which included land that encompassed Moscow |
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| the first of the Romanov dynasty |
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| What two group of people make up the Russian majority? |
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| Russians(spoke slavic) and turks (spoke turkic) |
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| How was the relation between Russians and Turks? |
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| Similar to the Chinese and Mongols |
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