Founders & Leaders
This 12-year-old prince from Ferghana founded the Mughal Empire in 1526.
Who is Babur?
A type of government where officials, not elected leaders, make decisions.
What is a bureaucracy?
The Mughal Empire was part of this major trade network connecting Eurasia.
What are the Silk Roads?
This women’s space in Muslim households included wives, daughters, servants, and enslaved concubines.
What is the harem?
This famous structure was built by Shah Jahan as a tribute to his wife.
What is the Taj Mahal?
Historians think this ruler may have been invited to India to help overthrow the government.
Who is Babur?
The Mughal government was this type of system, meaning power was tightly controlled at the top.
What is centralized?
These roadside inns supported travel and trade across long distances.
What are caravanserais?
This practice required women to cover themselves and limited their access to education.
What is purdah?
Built to celebrate Akbar’s conquest of Gujarat, this “Door of Victory” is part of Fatehpur Sikri.
What is the Buland Darwaza?
This ruler was exiled from 1540–1555 and died after falling down a flight of stairs.
Who is Humayun?
This ministry handled taxation and revenue throughout the empire.
What is the finance/revenue ministry?
Often used to color cloth deep blue, this agricultural product was an important Mughal export.
What is indigo?
True or false: Royal Mughal women could participate in politics and contribute to the empire’s growth.
True
Akbar created this “House of Worship” to discuss religion with scholars.
What is the Ibadat Khana?
The Mughal emperor responsible for the majority of the empire’s expansion.
Who is Akbar?
The ministry led by the mir bakhshi used this ranking system for military officers.
What is the mansabdar system?
The Mughal Empire traded with these European powers via sea routes—name two.
Who are the Portuguese, British, French, or Dutch? (Any two.)
Although research is limited, some Mughal women owned these types of property (name one)
What are homes, gardens, or farms?
Miniature paintings get their name from a Latin root meaning this.
What is “miniare” or “to color with minimum”
This emperor struggled with three major challenges: lack of resources, proving himself militarily, and ruling Hindu populations with Muslim leadership.
Who is Akbar?
In the mansabdar system, an officer with a rank above 5,000 was called this.
What is an Amir-al Umara?
These three precious stones were among the luxury goods traded from the empire.
What are diamonds, emeralds, and rubies?
One strict rule of harem women was that they were not permitted to do this freely.
What is enter or leave the harem?
Charbagh gardens symbolically represent these four things.
What are the four rivers and four gardens of paradise?