Geography
What major sea is the Ottoman Empire located near?
MEDITERRANEAN, Black, Red Seas
Name ONE ruler from the Mughal Empire.
Babur, Akbar, Aurangzeb, Shah Jahan, Nor Jahan, etc.
In the Asian empires, who sat at the top of the social tiers?
Emperor, Sultan, Shah, etc. names.
What was the previous name of Istanbul before it was changed in 1453?
Constantinople
What were the TWO major trade goods from the Ottoman Empire?
Coffee and Ceramics
What is the natural geographic border of the Mughal Empire?
Himalayan Mountains
What was the title of the Ottoman and Mughal emperor?
Sultan/Shah
In the Chinese empires, what class sat directly below the emperor on the social ladder?
Nobility/Gentry
Name one massive technology that the Chinese empire was known for.
Gunpowder, paper, compass, wheelbarrow, canal lock gates, cast iron, printing, porcelain, etc.
What were the FOUR major trade goods in the Mughal empire?
Textiles, Spices, Gems, and Silk
The location of the Mughal empire is located on what geographic feature?
Indian Subcontinent
How did the Chinese emperors control trade?
In other words, what kinds of policies did they create?
Trade enclaves and/or limited trade with Europeans
Who remained at the top of the Japanese Social Structure?
Emperor
Shah Jahan created this massive architectural structure in memory of his wife. What was it?
Taj Mahal
The Europeans were in demand for what THREE goods from China?
Silk, Paper, and Porcelain
Istanbul/Constantinople is located on what geographic feature?
Bonus 2 pts: What is the current country that occupies this geographic feature?
Asia Minor
Bonus: Turkey
Who/What runs the political system in Japan?
Shogunate/Shogun
Where were the religious leaders in the Mughal Empire located on a tier system?
Bonus 2 pts: What were the religious leaders called?
Directly below Sultan
Bonus: Imam
Which Chinese dynasty almost DOUBLED the size of China?
Qing Dynasty
What kind of trade did Japan rely on?
Internal Maritime Trade
In what year did the Ming Dynasty decline and expand farther west with the Qing Dynasty?
1644 (I will accept close answers)
What is a centralized bureaucracy?
"one in which both executive and legislative power is concentrated centrally at the higher level as opposed to it being more distributed at various lower level governments."
True or False: Under the rule of Aurangzeb, Muslims and Hindus were equal socially.
FALSE, they were unequal under Aurangzeb. They were equal under the rule of Akbar.
Why was it important for the Ottomans to maintain control over the Mediterranean Sea?
They were able to control all trade that happened on the sea. Controlled European trade in the Asian continent.
Why were the Chinese resistant to trade with the Europeans?
Fear of foreign invasion, loss of tradition and culture, over reliance on agriculture