Leaders
Empires
Vocabulary
Grab Bag
Religion
Grab Bag II
100
Eponymous leader of the Timurid Empire.
Who is Tamerlane?
100
1300
What are the four Khanates?/Mongol Empire
100
This means that troops are mounted.
What is the Cavalry?
100
Most famous example of Mughal architecture.
What is the Taj Mahal?
100
Architectural facet of Islamic Architecture - tall and used to announce prayers.
What is a minaret?
100
This form of labor was still prevalent in Russia in the 15th and 16th centuries where peasants were tied to the land.
What is serfdom?
200
His wife was a direct descendent of Ghengis Khan.
Who is Tamerlane?
200
Which Empire?
What is the Mughal Empire?
200
Russian Title - the etymology descends from Roman Caesar.
What is Tsar or Czar?
200
This weapon made walled cities obsolete.
What is the cannon?
200
This branch of Islam believes that the Caliphs must be descended from Muhammad's family.
What is Shi'a?
200
This was brought back by the Ming after the Fall of the Yuan Dynasty to improve the bureaucracy.
What is the Civil Service Exam?
300
Known for his autocratic style and poking out the eyes of his architect.
Who is Ivan IV? (The Terrible)
300
What is the Russian Empire?
300
In the Ottoman Empire, they were Christian boys who were taken and made military servants of the Sultan.
Who were the Janissaries?
300
Peter the Great required that men do this to appear more European.
Shave their beards
300
What are the five pillars of Islam?
Faith, Charity, Prayer, Hajj, Fasting.
300
Original name of Tokyo?
What is Edo?
400
Mughal leader who built the Taj Mahal and owned the Koh-i-noor Diamond?
Who is Shah Jahan?
400
Circa 1375
What is the Songhai Empire?
400
Bureaucrats and Tax Collectors in the Mughal Empire.
Who were Zamindars?
400
Capital of the Mughal Empire.
What is Agra?
400
Leaders in this empire tended to be Islamic while the people were Buddhist and Hindu.
What is the Mughal Empire?
400
Japanese military leaders.
Who were shoguns?
500
Westernizer of Russia.
Who is Peter the Great?
500
Which Empire?
What is the Ottoman Empire?
500
A system in the Ottoman Empire where often Christian boys were captured and trained in politics and the military.
What was the Devshirme System?
500
Created in this Dynasty.
What is the Ming?
500
Religion in Russia.
What is Russian Orthodox?
500
Aristocratic families in Japan that used gunpowder weapons to help unify Japan.
Who are the daimyo?
600
Famous Safavid leader who fought the Ottomans and pushed them out of Persia.
Who is Abbas the Great?
600
What is the Safavid?
600
Russian mounted secret police under Ivan IV.
Who were the Oprichniks?
600
Important Diamond ceded to Britain and now in the Crown Jewels.
What is the Koh-i-noor Diamond?
600
Three architectural elements found in Central Asian Mosques.
What are mongol domes, the color blue or green, Islamic Arches and Minarets.
600
Warriors of the daimyo.
Who were samurai?