Global II Unit 1 Review: The World in 1750

Ottomans

100

At its peak, the Ottoman Empire expanded to cover these three continents.

Asia, Africa, and Europe

200

They were Christian boys kidnapped as children, converted to Islam, and trained to become an elite class of loyal slave soldiers.

Janissaries

300

The Ottoman's used this practice of kidnapping Christian boys to keep their diverse population in check.

Devshirme

400

This was the official title for the emperor of the Ottoman Empire.

Sultan

Mughals

100

The Mughal Empire, ruled by Muslims, ruled over a population who mostly followed this religion.

Hinduism

200

This European empire took over the Mughals in the late 1700s and early 1800s, after wedging their way into the region through treaties, trade, and war.

The British (East India Company)

300

In 1679, this emperor brought back the tax on non-Muslims, reversing his ancestors' policy of tolerance.

Aurangzeb

400

This Mughal emperor wrote a 1617 letter welcoming foreign traders into his empire.

Jahangir

Tokugawa

100

This was the title of the Tokugawa military leader.

Shogun

200

The policy of sakoku closed off the country to what religion?

Christianity

300

Japan's powerful feudal lords, who each ruled their own domain, were called this.

Daimyo

400

Under the policy of sankin kotai, feudal lords alternated years in this capital city and left their families there as hostages.

Edo

Empires in General

100

All empires rule over large territories, and therefore over this kind of population.

Diverse

200

All empires have to face the threat of rival powers looking to trade or invade, also known as this.

Outsiders

300

All emperors have to do this to their power in order to lower the power of competing nobles.

Consolidate

400

This was an ancient empire which lasted from 27 BC to AD 476, with its capital in Italy.

Roman Empire

Regents Vocab

100

This term refers to when a historical event happened and why it happened then.

Historical context

200

This term refers to where a development happened and why it happened there.

Geographic context

300

This term tells how something is alike or the same as something else.

Similarity

400

This term tells how something is not alike or not the same as something else. 

Difference