Land Based Empires: Europe
Land Based Empires: Ottoman
Land Based Empires: Safavid
Land Based Empires: Mughal
Land Based Empires: East Asia
Comparing Land Based Empires
100
What invention allowed rulers like the Russian tsar, Ivan the Terrible to expand the Russian Empire east?
What is gunpowder?
100
Which empire was the Ottoman Empire? Why was its location economically advantageous?
The red empire, intersection of the Silk Roads, Indian Ocean, and Trans-Saharan Trade Routes.
100
Which empire was the Safavid Empire? Why was its location disadvantageous?
The green one with the sun & lion, landlocked & surrounded by other powerful empires.
100
Which empire was the Mughal Empire?
The green with the crescent moon.
100
Which empire was the Qing Empire?
The yellow one.
100
What religion did the Gunpowder Empires share?
What is Islam?
200
Why did Martin Luther want to split from the Roman Catholic Church and what was this split called?
He believed the Roman Catholic Church has become corrupted by power which led to the Protestant Reformation.
200
What branch of Islam was dominant in the Ottoman Empire?
What is Sunni Islam?
200
What branch of Islam was dominant in the Safavid Empire?
What is Shia Islam?
200
TRUE or FALSE: After Akbar's rise to power, the caste system in India was finally abolished.
What is FALSE?
200
What is ONE similarity between the Chinese dynasties of this era and the Mexica (Aztecs)?
What is the tribute system?
200
Why did many of the Gunpowder Empires and European monarchs sponsor art and monumental architecture?
To legitimize state power.
300
What is the name of the process when traditions, technologies, and culture of western Europe are adopted by societies and countries in other parts of the world? Where did this primarily happen?
What is Westernization & Russia?
300
What were Christian boys who were enslaved to serve the Ottoman Empire called?
What are Janissaries/Devshirme?
300
What was the primary cause of the intense and persistent conflicts between the Safavids and Ottomans?
What is religious (Sunni/Shia) and territorial competition?
300
What two religions were dominant in the Mughal Empire? Which was the majority of the population?
What is Hinduism (majority) and Islam (minority)?
300
Name all the Chinese Dynasties we've learned about IN ORDER. (Hint there are 4 of them)
What are the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing/Ming Dynasties?
300
What is one similarity in the way that the Ottoman, French, Russian, Mughal, and Qing governments generated state revenue?
What is taxing?
400
What was the name of the final great religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Europe from 1618-1648 and what was its end result?
The Thirty Years War & Resulted in most of Western Europe being Catholic (except Britain) and German states having right to choose.
400
What system enrolled Christian boys to fight for the Ottoman Empire? Hint: It means "Selection" in Turkish.
What is Devshirme/Janissaries?
400
Who were the TWO empires the Safavid had conflicts with?
Who are the Ottomans and Mughal?
400
What was the name of the religion that emerged from the syncretic fusing of Hinduism and Islam?
What is Sikhism?
400
What was the name of the Japanese government that centralized control over the old feudal system?
What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?
400
What TWO features did every empire in this time period share in common? (Think political structure and technological developments)
What are extensive bureaucracy and gunpowder weapons?
500
How did the Protestant Reformation impact China, Japan, and India?
The Roman Catholic Church implemented the Counter-Reformation to stop the Protestants. This led to the spread of Catholicism around the world using the Jesuits and other missionaries.
500
Identify one historical continuity in the Ottomans' treatment of cultural minorities in their empire. Provide an example.
Relative religious toleration in the form of the Jizya (tax on non-Muslims). Enslavement of captives in the form of Janissaries.
500
Name ONE empire that took advantage of the decline of the Safavid Empire and seized its territory?
Who are the Ottomans and Russians?
500
What was the primary cause of the decline of the Mughal Empire?
Peasant uprisings led to political instability that the British took advantage of
500
Describe ONE similarity between Japanese and European labor systems.
What is Feudalism?
500
What are TWO similarities in how the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals came to rule?
1. Descended from Turkic nomads in Central Asia 2. Took advantage of power vacuums left by the breakup of Mongols 3. Relied on gunpowder weapons such as artillery and cannons.
