Vocabulary
The adjective that means showing a great deal of variety or very different.
What is diverse?
During the entire Tokugawa era, this person was the divine but powerless figurehead of Japan.
Who is the emperor?
This was the primary title for the supreme ruler of the Ottoman Empire, combining political and military power.
Who is the Sultan?
A serious disagreement, argument, or armed struggle, such as the one between Israel and Palestine over land and security.
What is conflict?
A document or physical object that was created or written during the time period under study.
What is a primary source?
This noun refers to a group or chain of islands in a sea or ocean, like Japan or Hawaii.
What is an archipelago?
The Tokugawa Shogunate established its capital at this city, which is known today as Tokyo
What is Edo?
The Ottomans conquered this Christian capital in 1453 and renamed it Istanbul.
What is Constantinople?
The political issue demonstrated by dictatorships like North Korea, where one person or group maintains total control over society.
What is power? (or the desire for power)
This type of source interprets, analyzes, or summarizes information from primary sources, such as a history textbook or a biography.
What is a secondary source?
The verb meaning to become or make larger or more extensive.
What is expand?
Due to fixed stipends based on rice and a ban on commerce, many Samurai found themselves increasingly impoverished and in debt to this lowest-ranking class of the official social hierarchy.
What is the Merchant class?
This elite infantry military corps was formed primarily from Christian boys recruited through the Devshirme system.
What are the Janissaries?
This economic issue is at the heart of the "resource curse" in many developing nations that lack enough clean water or oil.
What is scarcity?
A museum plaque explaining the significance of a samurai's helmet is a secondary source, while the helmet itself is an example of this.
What is a primary source?
A proclamation issued by a person in a position of authority (Hint: Its on the word wall!)
What is an Edict?
This military dictator, and head of the bakufu, held the real power in Japan, leaving the Emperor as a mere ceremonial figurehead.
What is a Shogun?
This system, known as the "blood tax," was used to recruit Christian boys from the Balkans for conversion and service in the Ottoman administration and army.
What is the Devshirme?
The spread of Communism during the Cold War or the spread of Buddhism along the Silk Road are examples of the impact of these.
A letter written by an Ottoman Sultan to a European monarch would fall into this category of source.
What is a primary source?
A vast and long-lasting empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe and Western Asia until the early 20th century.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This highway connected the Shogun's military capital, Edo, with the ceremonial capital of Kyoto, and was heavily traveled by daimyō during the alternate attendance system.
What is the Tokaido?
This famous Ottoman Sultan presided over the empire’s Golden Age in the 16th century and was nicknamed “The Lawgiver.”
Who is Suleiman?
This issue describes a fundamental lack of fairness or justice, where one group has significantly more power, wealth, or opportunity than another.
What is inequity?
A historian's article arguing that the Tokugawa Shogunate was destined to collapse is this type of source.
What is a secondary source?