The Ottoman Empire
How did the Ottomans deal with different cultures and religions within their empire?
They were generally tolerant and allowed separate communities to manage their own religious affairs.
Which region did the Safavids unite under their rule?
What is Persia.
In the 1500s, a new empire arose in ___________ under the Mughal dynasty.
What is India
Because of Chinese advancements in gunpowder weapons, historians often consider the _________ to have been the first gunpowder empire.
What is the Ming
For centuries, Japan relied on armies of ________ warriors to defend their land and settle disputes with other lords.
What is Samurai?
Russian Title - the etymology descends from Roman Caesar.
What is tsar or csar?
On April 6, 1453, the Ottoman Turks began their attack on the city of ________________.
What is Constantinople.
______________ increased the Safavids' power.
What is gunpowder weaponry.
Founder of the Mughal dynasty.
Who is Babur
What was the goal of the Ming dynasty when it first took power in China in the 1300s?
To restore traditional Chinese rule.
Fear of foreigners.
What is xenophobia?
Who is Peter the Great?
The Ottomans used ________________ to conquer territories.
What is gunpowder weapons.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
In 1501, Ismail named himself Shah and established the Safavid dynasty. He declared ___________ his capital.
What is Tabriz.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Babur confronted the army of Sultan Ibrahim at the Battle of Panipat. His 12,000 troops were able to defeat the sultan's 100,000 army because ______________
His troops were skilled fighters equipped with muskets.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Admiral Zheng He helped expand China's influence outside its borders by ____________________.
Leading seven sea voyages to faraway lands.
What is the Tokugawa?
The origins of the Russian state go back to the late 1400s and the rise of __________ of Moscow.
Who is Ivan III?
The absolute ruler of the Ottoman state.
Who was the Sultan.
He standardized weights and measures in the Safavid Empire.
Who is Tahmasp
Akbar was only _________ years old when he took power.
What is 13.
Ming rule lasted nearly three centures; however, by the early 1600s, it had grown weak and corrupt thereby losing the __________________, the traditional right to govern.
Mandate to Heaven
A military leader who ruled on behalf of the emperor and demanded the allegiance of the daimyo.
What is the Shogun?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Their rule marked the golden age of Russia's enlightenment.
What are Peter the Great and Catherine the Great?
DOULBE JEOPARDY!
An elite fighting force that was originally composed of young captives who had been trained by the Ottomans for a life of military service.
Who are the janissaries.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
He became the greatest Safavid leader and served from 1587 until 1629.
Who is Abbas.
Akbar ruled as an ___________, not as a foreign conquestor which got him the support of India's diverse population.
What is Indian
The _________________ took advantage of the Ming dynasty's weakness and seized the capital and established a new dynasty, the Qing.
What is the Manchus.
The policy of isolation was beneficial in that it helped the Tokugawa rulers ____________ Japanese traditions and maintain control.
What is preserve?
Peter the Great built a modern new capital and named it after himself.
What is St. Petersburg?
The Ottomans were able to maintain their empire by creating a strong and efficient _______________.
What is Government.
To save money, the Safavids reduced _________________ which weakened their ability to stop invasions.
What is military spending.
The success of the Mughal rule depended on the ____________ of the Indian subcontinent.
What is the vast wealth and resources
The Manchus preserved the overall structure of Ming government and ruled according to ___________ principals.
What is Confucian.
The government of Japan restricted production of _____________ to prevent the daimyo from obtaining them and maintained a monopoly on them.
What is firearms?
They had no rights, lived in terrible poverty and were regarded as property.
What are the serfs?