Those magnificent Gunpowder Empires
Earthshaking Explorers
Columbian Exchange
What? That's interesting! (Ottomans, Mughals or Safavids)
Surprise me, Miss.Abbas
100
We rose to power in Indian and hastened the Mughal decline
Who are the British?
100
This ship lowered the cost of transport, was faster than previous models, and included a large cargo hold
What was the carvel?
100
The system that used Native American workers on plantations
What is the encomienda?
100
Our empire began with a minor warlord leading only 400 horsemen
Who are the Ottomans?
100
This famous French leader was once attacked by rabbits
Who is Napoleon?
200
Local officials who kept a portion of their taxes paid by the peasants and also got plots of farmland
What are zamindars?
200
I didn't actually explore much, but part of the reason exploration started happening was because I funded it!
Who is Henry the Navigator
200
They're killing us! It's not fair! These invisible monsters led to our decline.
What are smallpox, measles, typhus, the whooping cough?
200
A new language, Urdu, which inherited from Persian, Turkish and Arabic came into being under us
Who are the Mughals?
200
The Longest War in History was found between these two nations
What are the Netherlands and the Isles of Sicily, (lasted from 1651 to 1986. )
300
Abra Kadabra! He was able to double the size of his territory, leading many to give him the title "the magnificent"
Who is Suleyman I?
300
Reached all the major Caribbean Islands and Honduras but oops did not know where he was!
Who was Christopher Columbus?
300
We believe that the prosperity of nation depends on a large supply of gold and silver.
What is mercantilism?
300
Would Shi'a look at that? We were the only empire out of the three to follow this interpretation of Islam? (religious sect and empire in answer)
What is Shi'a and who are the Safavids?
300
Arabic Numerals were actually invented by...
Who are Indian mathematicians?
400
In their expansion westward, the Ottomans came to control these two waterways.
What are the Bosporus and the Dardanelles?
400
Pyramids and temples leveled down and canals made into roads, The Spanish transformed this city when they conquered it.
What is Tenochititlan?
400
These two products in particular led to population growth when brought to Europe
What are the potato and corn?
400
We used janissaries to build our strong and mighty empire.
Who are the Ottomans?
400
The journey from Africa to the Americas taken by slaves
What is the Middle Passage?
500
This style combined Persian ideas of art with Indian motifs
What is "Akbar Style."
500
We formed the West India Company when we attempted to challenge the Portuguese and Spanish for colonial dominance
What are the Dutch?
500
Plantations developed along to coast of Brazil and on Caribbean islands grew this plant. Sweet!
What is sugarcane?
500
We were a Muslim empire
Who were the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals
500
They were responsible for beginning to condemn slavery in the 1770s
Who are the Quakers?
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