Mongols and Mughals
Europe and North America
Death and other foul things
Passage IDs
Geography and timelines
100
Who was the Mongol khan who was first able to unite warring tribes, beginning the Mongol empire?
Chinggis khan
100
Name at least one ideal/guidelines for Columbus that drove Ferdinand and Isabella to fund his voyage?
bring back riches, convert people along the way
100
The Pneumatic Plague brings death in 1-3 days and is _____% fatal
100%
100
What was the occupation of the man who said: “Many of the mutinous leaped overboard and drowned themselves with much resolution, showing no manner of concern for life.”
A- slave trader (Jacques Barbot)
100
Put the following events in chronological order (oldest to most recent): Dutch colonization of New Amsterdam; Celts (an Indo-Aryan people) settle into mid-central Europe; Rule of the Mughal emperor Akbar;
Celts, Akbar, then the Dutch colonization
200
What was 1 benefit of the united Mongol empire?
increased interaction and exchange of ideas, increase trade and thus wealth, teaching and sharing horsemanship and military success with non-Mongol peoples, increase confederation and treaties of peace, safety on the Silk Road
200
What was the main driving force for both the Dutch and the Puritan settlement in the New World?
Dutch = fur; Puritan = creating a religious utopia and/or opportunity
200
What creature is originally responsible for the Black Death?
Marmot (then mice to fleas to mass spread via rats and mice)
200
Who said the following: “It is true that, once they have been reassured and have lost their fear of us, they are so innocent and so generous with all that they possess, that no one would believe it who has not seen it. They refuse nothing that they possess if it be asked of them”
Christopher Columbus
200
Put the following countries in order East to West: Spain, India, and Egypt
(depends on starting point, but order is) India, Egypt, Spain
300
Name at least 2 accomplishments of Akbar in the Mughal empire
increase tolerance of non-Muslims, incorporation of the Rajput elite (to decrease their frustrations), decreased the role of the ulema, encouraged intermarriage (he married a Hindu), brought ideas of universalism, built ibadat khana for scholars and religious people to discuss commonalities, repeals slavery (challenged caste system), abolished jizya, repealed Hindu pilgrim tax, sponsored Hajj for Muslims, (nearly) full rights to non-Muslims, set the stage for the emergence of Sikkism
300
What is one difference between slavery prior to 1400 and after 1400?
Pre 1400: slaves were POW or other vulnerable peoples, ratio to slaves to owners was low, NOT racialized Post 1400: justified by religion (slaves lacked souls and couldn’t be Christian), seen as subhuman
300
What is a crypto Jew and what was the context in which they were created?
A Jew still keeping their faith although pretending NOT to. They did so because of Spain and Spanish inquisition which denied practice of their faith
300
Who is responsible for bringing things such as chaharbagh (fourfold plot), water channels and irrigation systems to India?
Babar
300
Put the following events in chronological order (oldest to most recent): Founding of the Mughal empire; Founding of the Mongol empire; The beginning of Al Andalous (Muslim Spain)
Al Andalous, Mongol, Mughal
400
How did the ideas/values of the Nomadic Mongols contribute to their success?
mobility allowed them to understand the impermanence of life and accept instability and adapt; Knowing the vulnerability of life prevented overconfidence; Lack of emphasis on material possessions prevented the desire to conquer in order to accumulate things; Status given to those who prove military/protection skills; Because everyone in the community must participate and contribute, less hierarchical and more equality; Value put on individual achievement; Less patriarchal
400
Name 1 strategy the Romans used to appease the Germans from attacking them at the time of the Roman Empire and what values did both societies contribute to the making of Europe.
Romans gave gifts to the German chiefs (coins, silk robes, luxury goods, and comforts); offered citizenship to those fighting in the Roman Army; Contribution of the Romans – sophistication, law, hierarchy; Contribution of the Germans – bravery, tenacity, warriorism
400
What reasons did Pope Urban give to sanction participation in the Crusades?
to forgive sins and external rewards for those oppressed in the physical world.
400
Who wrote the following: “Three things are required for any war to be just. The first is the authority of the sovereign on whose command the war is waged…”
Thomas Aquinas
400
Put the following countries in order East to West: Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkey
(depends on starting point, but order is) Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey
500
Which Mughal emperor built the Taj Mahal and name at least one feature of the Taj Mahal and explain how it reflects values of the Mughal empire
Shah Jahan; Gardens – continue Babar’s emphasis on legitimacy through land possession, as well as symmetry and order; Marble etchings in Arabic and Persian – passages from the Qur’an and the importance of Islam; Dome/crown – reflects the Timur style crown
500
According to the third thesis on the birth of Europe, Christianity unified Europe. Give one example of what institutions/policy decisions helped unify the empire
codified texts – universal across people; bishops appointed and distributed; missionization and conversion; increased the power of the Church over political leaders
500
What is the relationship between the crusades and persecution of minorities?
minorities are vulnerable to stereotyping and scapegoating in a climate of high fear and a need for answers
500
Who said the following: “The way they administer justice is this. When any one has committed a petty theft, they give him, under the orders of authority, seven blows of a stick, or seventeen, or twenty-seven, or thirty-seven, or forty-seven, and so forth…Of these beatings sometimes they die.”
Marco Polo
500
Put the following events in order of length (shortest to longest): Reign of Akbar; the Reconquista; Pax Mongolica
Akbar (~50 years); Pax Mongolica (~100 years); Reconquista (over 700 years)
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