Empires: Administration
Empires: Belief Systems
Empires: Expansion
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100
The large land-based empires of this time all utilized one of these - large, organized bodies of government workers.
What are bureaucracies?
100
This concept was used to justify the claim that European monarchs were selected to rule by God.
What is the divine right of kings?
100
The military use of this important new technology allowed for the rapid expansion of empires c. 1450 - 1750.
What is gunpowder?
100
This ruling dynasty of China was headed by Mongols, and ruled in the time between the Song and Ming dynasties.
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
200
In contrast to democratic developments in England, French kings at the time were _______ monarchs. That is, they held complete power and authority over government.
What is absolute?
200
This syncretic religion from India blended together elements of Hinduism and Islam.
What is Sikhism?
200
Despite gunpower being utilized by numerous other empires of this time, these three empires are collectively referred to as the "Gunpowder Empires."
What are the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires?
200
This branch of Christianity was the predominant religion of the Russian Empire, and often came into conflict with Russian Tsars (monarchs) before eventually being officially incorporated into the government by Peter the Great.
What is Eastern Orthodox/Russian Orthodox?
300
Land-based empires of this time all developed systems of raising money. The Ming Empire, the Songhai Empire, and the Aztec Empire all extracted these types of payments from conquered territories.
What is tribute?
300
Contrary to the other gunpowder empires, the Islamic rulers of this empire embraced a stance of religious tolerance toward its majority-Hindu population.
What is the Mughal Empire?
300
Rulers constructed impressive pieces of architecture as a way of demonstrating their great power. This building built in Mughal-ruled India is an example of such architecture.
What is the Taj Mahal?
300
In response to the widespread counterfeiting (faking) of paper currency, the Ming Empire ordered that all forms of this type of payment should be made in rice (and later, silver coins).
What are taxes? (What is taxation?)
400
This was the name for the Ottoman practice of forcefully recruiting young Christian boys from conquered territories to serve in the Ottoman military and bureaucracy.
What is Devshirme?
400
The Islamic Schism was a source of conflict between the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid Empires. The Ottoman Empire practiced ______ Islam, while the Safavid Empire practiced ______ Islam. (Need both answers in correct order.)
What are Sunni and Shi'a?
400
In 1453, the Byzantine Empire came to an end after its capital city of Constantinople was conquered by this Empire, who promptly renamed it to Istanbul.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
400
This empire's 1683 borders are pictured here. 
What is the Ottoman Empire?
500
In contrast to expansion of state power and bureaucracies in Asia and Africa during the 1400s and 1500s, European governments were slower to centralize control. At the time, most of Europe was living under this political/social system based on land ownership.
Feudalism/Manorial System
500
Lutheranism and Calvinism are examples of these types of Christian denominations, which arose as a response to corruption within the Catholic Church. (Hint: The _______ Reformation.)
What is protestant?
500
Under the rule of Ivan IV, this empire utilized gunpowder technology to conquer khanate-held land, and eventually grew eastward to stretch all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Russian Empire?
500
This empire's rapid territorial expansion is illustrated here.
What is the Russian Empire?