Europe
What invention allowed Russian tsar, Ivan the Terrible to expand the Russian Empire east?
To generate money for territorial expansion Ottoman rulers used this tax-collection system. Under this system the government hires private individuals to go out and collect taxes for them.
Tax Farming
Where was the Safavid Empire located? Why was its location disadvantageous?
Located in Central Asia, present day Iran and other nearby countries.
Was Landlocked and surrounded by other powerful empires.
Where was the Mughal Empire located?
South Asia
Northeast Asian peoples who defeated the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty in 1644, which was the last of China's imperial dynasties.
Manchus
A Roman Catholic tribunal for investigating and prosecuting charges of heresy, a reaction to the Protestant Reformation
The Inquisition
What branch of Islam was dominant in the Ottoman Empire?
Sunni Islam
What branch of Islam was dominant in the Safavid Empire?
Shia Islam
TRUE or FALSE: After Akbar's rise to power, the caste system in India was finally abolished.
FALSE
What is ONE similarities between the Chinese dynasties of this era and the Mexica (Aztecs)?
Tribute System
What is the idea that monarchs are God's representatives on earth and are therefore answerable only to God?
Divine right of kings
What were Christian boys who were enslaved to serve the Ottoman Empire called?
Janissaries
What was the primary cause of the intense and persistent conflicts between the Safavids and Ottomans?
Religious and territorial competition
What two religions were dominant in the Mughal Empire? Which was the majority of the population?
Hinduism (Majority) and Islam (Minority)
Name all the Chinese Dynasties we've learned about IN ORDER. (Hint there are 4 of them)
Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing
Religious reform movement begun by Catholic monk Martin Luther who began to question the practices of the Latin Christian Church beginning in 1519. It spit the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the 'protesters' forming several new Christian denominations
The Protestant Reformation
What system enrolled Christian boys to fight for the Ottoman Empire? Hint: It means "Selection" in Turkish.
Devshirme
What were the TWO major military obstacles for the Safavid Empire?
Lack of military and natural defenses
What was the name of the religion that emerged from the syncretic fusing of Hinduism and Islam?
Sikhism
What was the name of the Japanese government that centralized control over the old feudal system?
Tokugawa shogunate
Also known as the Society of Jesus; founded by Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) as a teaching and missionary order to resist the spread of Protestantism (a result of the Counter Reformation); were often sent to China, Japan, and around the world to gain Catholic converts
Identify one historical continuity in the Ottomans' treatment of cultural minorities in their empire. Provide an example.
Relative religious toleration in the form of the Jizya (tax on non-Muslims). Enslavement of captives in the form of Janissaries.
What TWO empires took advantage of the decline of the Safavid Empire and seized its territory?
Ottomans and Russians
Archaic tax system of the Mughal empire where decentralized lords collected tribute/taxes for the emperor.
Zamindars
Describe ONE similarity between Japanese and European labor systems.
Feudalism