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China
100
Explain how someone became a Janissary?
Captured as young boys from Christian areas - they were made soldiers and administrators
100
Say three achievements of the Mongols
Allowed for all religions to be practiced in his empire (very rare at the time)
Divided captured goods equally among his soldiers
Made the Silk Road much safer (which encouraged trade)
Created a “pony express” or messenger system across the empire
Supported peasants with protections and fair, predictable taxes
100
Yam system
100
Name the three gunpowder empires
Ottomans Safavids Mughals
100
What was the general policy that multiple Chinese Dynasties used to deal with Nomadic groups
Build walls!
200
Why was Constantinople so important both historically and geographically.
Historically - The last city of the Byzantine empire - Roman culture
It was located between Turkey and Europe - key trade
200
Explain why most of Mongolia, was nomads (still large percentage today)
Geography - no fertile plains
200
75-200 M --- estimate
Rodentia
The Black Death
200
What is the Chinese Diaspora? What areas were affected
Where ethnic Chinese move - places like Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore
200
What rule did the Manchu's put on the majority Han population during the Qing Dynasty
They required men to put their hair in a queue or ponytail and shaved forehead
300
What was the purpose of fratricide in the Ottoman Empire
To ensure brothers wouldn't fight for the position of sultan
300
Give a specific example of something the Mongols did that was bad
Destroying Baghdad
300
Knowledge, coin, and creed
Sail-less ships were all they need
To follow the lines no map could read
Trans-Saharan Trade
300
Why did Kings fear excommunication?
Europe was highly Catholic - If the pope kicked a king out of the church, the people they ruled might doubt their legitimacy.
300
What is the correct order from furthest back to modern
Song
Qing
Ming
Yuan
Song
Yuan
Ming
Qing
400
How did the Ottomans manage its empire in a non military sense - name a policy they used or explain
The Millet System - Allowed Jewish/Christian communities to rule themselves under Ottoman laws
The Ottomans engaged in “tax farming”
The Ottoman would allow people to “bid” for the right to personally collect taxes in a certain area of their empire - highest bidder received the right to tax that population as much as they wanted — as long as they give the Ottomans their required amount of tax
400
Explain three aspects or tactics of the Mongos
Quick moving horse archers
“Hit and Run” tactics
Individual soldiers were self sufficient - could survive off the milk or blood of their horses
Learned military tech from those they conquered (ex: gunpowder from China)
400
Had to go to مكة المكرمة
A painful cut
Here, there, nearly everywhere
Zheng He
400
What was Martin Luther's main problem with the Catholic Church, what was the eventual response
Was against indulgences, or being able to buy away your sins. The Protestant Reformation was the response across Europe - some nations stayed Catholic, others "protested" included England - breaking away and forming their branches of Christianity.
400
What is was the cultural shift in policy from the emperors of earlier Chinese dynasties and the Qing Dynasty
The Qing: They cut off trade and outside learning, opposite from previous dynasties
500
Which two of these areas did the Ottoman Empire never control
Crimea (Ukraine)
Tunisia
Morocco
Afghanistan
Jordan
Greece
They didn't make it to Morocco or Afghanistan
500
Many Chinese inventions were brought to Europe via the Mongol Empire
Name the two significant inventions which Europeans would later use as important pieces of discovering the New World
Compass and Astrolobe
500
A stand alone then, a stand alone now
Then with an S, now with an I
You probably haven't been there, but if I did I would probably move quickly through it
(Two possible answers)
Safavids or Iran
500
We are staring now to see Europe "pulling ahead" of the other regions of the world at this time - what happened? (foreshadowing)
They were active in trade (unlike China) - they were using ships to bypass the Middle East - and conquering technologically inferior opponents in the New World
500
Name all four modern day areas (or countries) that the Qing Dynasty added to the Chinese Empire during their reign
Mongolia
Taiwan
Xinjiang
Tibet