Religion
What was the most common religion in Europe before 1500?
Catholicism
Name 2 gunpowder empires.
Safavids, Ottomans, Russians, Qing China, Mughals
True or false: the bureaucracy and civil service exam were maintained throughout Chinese history from the Song dynasty into the Ming.
FALSE. The Yuan dynasty eliminated both, but they were reinstated by the Ming.
What new technology allowed empires like the Ottomans and Mughals to expand?
Gunpowder
What was the Catholic system of buying your loved one's way out of purgatory?
Indulgences
What was (and still is) the most common religion in South Asia?
Hinduism
The Ottomans and Safavids frequently fought over what two things?
Religion and land
Like Mansa Musa of Mali, this Songhai leader was a faithful Muslim and made the hajj to Mecca
Askia the Great
Give one example of an empire using art or architecture to legitimize their power
Russia (St. Petersburg), France (Versailles), Mughals (Taj Mahal), Ottomans (Topkapı palace)
The Huguenots were a persecuted minority in which country?
France
What was the name of the Germany Monk who nailed his complains against Catholicism to the door of the church?
Martin Luther
Who was the Safavid shah who first challenged the spiritual authority of the Sunni-led Ottoman Empire, leading to a lasting rivalry between the two?
What is the word for when an empire communicates it's power and attempts to gain the support of it's people by using religion, art and architecture to justify their rule?
Legitimizing power
How did the Mughal empire use religion as a way to legitimize their power?
Religious tolerance united Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs in support of the empire.
Who was the "Sun King" of France who moved his nobles to Versailles to keep a closer eye on them?
Louis XIV
What was the name of the list of complaints about Catholicism the were nailed to the door of the church in Germany that started the Protestant Reformation?
95 Theses
Ottoman soldiers stole Christian boys to participate in their Janissary armies from which region?
Balkans
What is one example of an empire using religion as a way to consolidate it's power?
Safavids (Shia), Ottomans (Sunni), England (Anglican Church), Mughals (religious tolerance)
The Ottoman system of forcing Christian boys to serve as soldiers was called...
devşirme
The religious war within the Holy Roman Empire, eventually engulfing many other European powers, was called what?
Thirty Years' War
What religion began in 16th-century Mughal India through a mix of Hindu and Sufi Muslim beliefs and encouraged respect for oneself and others?
Sikhism
What was the name of the Qing emperor who was able to conquer Xinjiang, the homeland of the Uyghur Muslims?
Qianlong
Mughal tax collectors were called...
zamindars
What was the name of the ethnic group from north China that conquered all of China and created the Qing Dynasty?
Manchu/Manchurians
Which branch of Christianity built upon Martin Luther's teachings of returning to Biblical scripture while also adding the idea of "predestination"?
Calvinism