DYNASTY
Which Dynasty in Central Asia laid the foundation for later Gunpowder Empires?
What is: Timurid
Which empire promoted Shia Islam & often clashed with the Ottomans?
The Safavid
What religon was founded by Guru Nanak in 1499?
Sikhism
Which Russian ruler, crowned tsar in 1547, expanded east using gunpowder?
Ivan IV aka Ivan the Terible
What peasant warriors did the Stroganovs hire to fight local tribes in Siberia?
Cossacks
Which dynasty placed the Ming in China in 1644?
The Qing Dynasty
What tax was imposed on Non-Muslims in Islamic empires?
Jizya
What religion was promoted by the Songhai Empire?
Islam
Louis XIV of France used what idea to justify absolute monarchy?
The Divine Right of Kings
What system required Aztec subjects to pay in goods, people, or sacrifices?
Tribute
Which dynasty ruled China from 1368-1644 after the Yuan?
The Ming Dynasty
Which Empire conquered Constantinople in 1453?
The Ottoman
Name the term that relates to the ability to purchase positions or privileges within the Catholic Church?
Which Japanese Military leaders ruled in the emperor's name?
Shoguns
What monumental building in India symbolized Mughal power?
Taj Mahal
Which dynasty collapsed in 1644 before the Qing Dynasty rose to power?
Ming Dynasty
Which branch of Islam did the Safavid Empire follow?
Shi'a
What was Akbar the Great's position on religion in the Mughal Empire?
He forbid the practice of Sikhism within the empire
Who unified Japan and founded the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603?
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Who wrote the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517?
Which city did Sultan Mehemed 2nd conquer in 1453 that marked the beginning of the Ottoman Empire as an imperial expansionist state?
Constantinople
What elite Ottoman Military corps was created through the Devsirme system?
Janissaries
Which two empires contributed to the religious differences in the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1623-1639?
Sunni Ottoman Empire & Shia Safavid Empire
Rulers continued to use religious ideas, art, and _, to legitimize their rule.
Monumental Architecture
What Mughal officials collected taxes on behalf of the empire?