Gunpowder Empires
This Ottoman system recruited Christian boys to become elite soldiers and administrators.
What is the devshirme system?
This Portuguese explorer is best known for sponsoring navigation schools and early exploration.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
This economic system was based on the idea that colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
This refers to the biological and cultural exchange between the Old and New Worlds after 1492.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This Ottoman ruler expanded the empire and is known as "the Magnificent."
Who is Suleiman the Magnificent?
The Safavid Empire primarily practiced this branch of Islam, distinguishing it from the Ottoman Empire.
What is Shia Islam?
This European nation was the first to establish a trade route around Africa to Asia.
What is Portugal?
This trade network connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas and involved the forced migration of millions.
What is the Triangular Trade?
These two crops from the Americas had the greatest demographic impact in Europe and Asia.
What are maize and potatoes?
This Russian czar's main goal was to westernize and modernize the state.
Who is Peter the Great?
This Mughal ruler was known for his policy of religious tolerance toward Hindus and other minorities.
Who is Akbar?
This Portuguese explorer reached India by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was significant because it represented this early form of capitalism.
What is a joint-stock company?
The Columbian Exchange led to population decline in the Americas mainly due to this factor.
What is disease transmission?
This Safavid ruler was known for military reforms and strengthening the empire.
Who is Shah Abbas I?
The Ottoman-Safavid conflict was primarily based on this religious difference.
What is the Sunni-Shia divide?
This technological advancement most directly enabled transoceanic exploration in the 15th-16th centuries.
What is advances in navigation and shipbuilding technology? (Accept: astrolabe, caravel, compass improvements, etc.)
The Atlantic Slave Trade expanded largely because of this demand in the Americas.
What is the demand for plantation labor?
Name ONE positive consequence of the Columbian Exchange for Europe.
What is increased food supply/population growth? (Accept: new crops, wealth from trade, etc.)
This Mughal ruler built the Taj Mahal as a monument to his wife.
Who is Shah Jahan?
Name TWO ways the Ottoman and Mughal Empires maintained control over diverse populations.
What are religious tolerance and administrative systems? (Accept: military conquest, bureaucratic organization, etc.)
Explain how the decline of trans-Saharan trade routes contributed to the rise of maritime empires.
Europeans sought alternative routes to Asia; this motivated exploration around Africa and across the Atlantic.
Explain how the Dutch West India Company's control of Elmina Castle illustrates the development of the Atlantic trade system.
The Dutch monopolized West African trade, exporting gold, slaves, and goods to supply Caribbean colonies and European markets.
Explain how race-based hierarchies in the Americas developed as a result of the Columbian Exchange and colonization.
Europeans justified economic exploitation and slavery through ideological hierarchies based on race.
Name the Mughal ruler who reversed Akbar's policy of religious tolerance and pursued a more orthodox Islamic approach.
Who is Aurangzeb?