Ottoman
Mughal
East Asia
Safavid
European
Legitimizing, Consolidating, Maintaining
100
Which empire was the Ottoman Empire? Why was its location economically advantageous?
Empire B & Intersection of the Silk Roads, Indian Ocean, and Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
100
Which empire was the Mughal Empire?
Empire D
100
Which empire was the Qing Empire?
Empire E
100
Which empire was the Safavid Empire? Why was its location disadvantageous?
Empire C & surrounded by other powerful empires with separate religious views
100
Which empire was the Russian Empire?
Empire A
100
The Taj Mahal, the Süleymaniye Mosque, and Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Palace of Versailles are all examples of this
What is using monumental architecture to legitimize power, display wealth, and project imperial greatness?
200
This group of elite soldiers formed the backbone of the Ottoman military.
What are the Janissaries?
200
This Mughal emperor, known as 'the Great,' is famous for his policy of religious tolerance
Who is Akbar?
200
This Chinese dynasty, founded in 1368, overthrew Mongol rule and restored native Han Chinese governance.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
200
The Safavid Empire adopted this branch of Islam as its official state religion, setting it apart from its neighbors. (BE SPECIFIC)
What is Twelver Islam? (A version of Shia)
200
Peter the Great built this entirely new city on the Baltic Sea to serve as Russia's capital and 'window to the West.'
What is St. Petersburg?
200
The Ottoman devshirme system and the Mughal mansabdar system both tried to solve this core problem of imperial governance — preventing this group from becoming too powerful.
What is the hereditary nobility (or regional lords / independent elites)?
300
This Ottoman legal system allowed Jewish, Christian, and other non-Muslim communities to govern themselves under their own religious laws.
What is the millet system?
300
This Mughal emperor reversed Akbar's tolerance by reimposing the jizya tax on non-Muslims and destroying Hindu temples, fueling rebellions.
Who is Aurangzeb?
300
The Qing Dynasty was founded by this ethnic group who conquered China and established a new ruling dynasty in 1644.
Who are the Manchu (or the Manchus)?
300
The Founder of the Safavid Empire
SHAH ISMAIL I
300
Ivan IV created this group of personal secret police who terrorized the boyars and carried out mass executions during his reign.
What is the Oprichnina?
300
Akbar's Din-i-Ilahi, Suleiman's title of Caliph, and Shah Abbas's claim of descent from Imam Ali all served the same political purpose —Explain two reasons
What is using religion to legitimize their personal authority, unify diverse subjects, and elevate the ruler above ordinary political challenge?
400
In the Ottoman Empire, the central government auctioned off the right to collect taxes in a province to a private bidder, who then collected as much as possible to turn a profit. Name this system and its Arabic term.
What is tax farming (Iltizam)
400
These landowners collected taxes and ruled over their lands on behalf of the Mughal Empire
Zamindars
400
The Qing Dynasty required Han Chinese men to wear their hair in this style as a sign of submission to Manchu rule.
What is the queue (the long braid/pigtail hairstyle)?
400
The Battle of ___ against the Ottomans forced the Safavids to reform and modernize their military.
Chaldiran
400
Peter the Great forced Russian nobles to adopt these two Western customs as part of his Westernization reforms, symbolizing a break from old traditions.
What are shaving beards and wearing Western-style clothing?
400
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. 4. Islam
500
This Ottoman sultan known as 'the Magnificent' in Europe expanded the empire to its greatest extent and codified secular Ottoman law.
Who is Suleiman I (Suleiman the Magnificent)?
500
Explain how the Mughal Empire's blending of Persian, Turkic, and Hindu traditions created a unique syncretic culture — give one example.
What is Mughal architecture (like the Taj Mahal), miniature painting blending Persian and Indian styles, or Akbar's Din-i-Ilahi?
500
What is a similarity of how the Ming and Qing dynasties each responded to the challenge of ruling a vast, diverse
Use of Confucianiam to Legitimaize Rule
500
Any number of Shia militants, mostly of turkic origin, who ehled found the safavid empire and were fanatically loyal to the fonuder of the Safavid Empire.
Who are the Qizilbash?
500
Compare Ivan IV and Peter the Great: how did each ruler try to control the nobility differently? (USE SPECIFIC TERMS AND EXPLANATIONS)
Ivan used terror and violence through the Oprichnina to crush boyar power; Peter used a merit-based bureaucratic hierarchy (Table of Ranks) to make nobility dependent on state service rather than birth?
500
Name the elite military force for each of the following empires: the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Safavid Empire.
Qing = Bannermen, Russia = Streltsy, Ottomans = Janissaries, Safavids = Qizilbash.