Empires Review!!!

1. Empires Review!!!

3. Mongols - 100 • This man, who’s name is actually a title meaning “universal ruler,” was known for uniting the Mongols and expanding the empire as far as west as Eastern Europe.

4. Mongols – 100 • Genghis Khan

5. Mongols - 200 • This man is known best for strengthening the Mongol Empire in China. He started the Yuan Dynasty, invited foreigners and traders to his court, and adapted Chinese culture.

6. Mongols – 200 • Kublai Khan

7. Mongols – 300 • Give three reasons why the Mongols were so militarily successful

8. Mongols – 300 • Horses, archery, swords, military command based on merit, catapults, psychological warfare (brutal slaughter scared people, and those who surrendered before the battle began were given leeway)

9. Mongols - 400 • What happened to the Mongol Empire after Genghis Khan died and why?

10. Mongols – 400 • Divided into four kingdoms because Genghis Khan was a good conqueror but not administrator.

11. Mongols - 500 • Explain the Mongols policy on culture and religion of conquered peoples

12. Mongols – 500 • They let the people keep their customs (especially religion because their religion was based in the nature of Mongolia) and often they actually adopted the customs of people they conquered (Yuan Dynasty in China under Kublai Khan, Ilkhanate in Persia)

13. Ottomans - 100 • This was the religion practiced by the Ottomans that many of their laws were based on

14. Ottomans – 100 • Islam

15. Ottomans - 200 • Explain why Constantinople was so important for the Ottomans to conquer, AND say what they renamed it

16. Answer 2 – 20 • Geography: links Europe and Asia, on the Bosphorus Strait linking Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. Politics: Ottoman Empire was split in half by the Byzantine Empire and the capitol of the Byzantine Empire was Constantinople. • They renamed it Istanbul

17. Ottomans – 300 • Who is Mehmet the Conqueror?

18. Ottomans – 300 • Ottoman leader responsible for conquering Constantinople and changing the Hagia Sophia into a mosque

19. Ottomans – 400 • What are three things that Suleiman the Magnificent did that earned him his title?

20. Ottomans – 400 • Conquered eastern Europe; reformed and strengthened the Ottoman legal system; incredible architectural achievements by his architect Sinan

21. Ottomans - 500 • Explain the millet system and why the Ottomans adopted this

22. Ottomans – 500 • Millets were communities of Christians or Jews that were allowed to govern themselves and practice their religion as long as they paid (very high) taxes to the Ottomans; this was allowed because Islam doesn’t teach to force conversion

23. Mughals - 100 • This man began the Ottoman Empire in South Asia

24. Mughals – 100 • Babur

25. Mughals - 200 • This Mughal leader built the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife

26. Mughals – 200 • Shah Jahan

27. Mughals - 300 • Name three things Akbar the Great did that made him “great”

28. Mughals – 300 • United all of India; religiously tolerant; built new capitol of Fatephur Sikri in the middle of his empire; appointed Hindus to government posts; held symposia to learn about other religions and look for what all faiths had in common; overcame dyslexia and illiteracy by appointing literate learned people to help him

29. Mughals - 400 • Explain how the Taj Mahal is a reflection of the governing styles of Shah Jahan and Akbar the Great

30. Mughals – 400 • Mixes architectural elements from Hindu, Persian, and Islamic traditions; reflects the tolerance and embrace of different cultures and traditions

31. Mughals - 500 • Explain the “Divine Faith”

32. Mughals - 500 • Akbar the Great’s religion formed from studying common elements of many world religions

33. Slave Trade - 100 • The Atlantic Slave Trade was often referred to as this, in reference to the three legs of the economic system

34. Slave Trade – 100 • The Triangle Trade

35. Slave Trade - 200 • This leg of the Atlantic Slave Trade was the most brutal, the one in which Africans were transported to be sold in the New World

36. Slave Trade – 200 • The Middle Passage

37. Slave Trade - 300 • Name two goods that were traded BESIDES slaves, and explain in which direction they went

38. Slave Trade – 300 • Americas  Europe: Raw materials, including cotton, sugar, tobacco, gold • Europe  Africa: Gold, manufactured goods such as smoking tobacco, textiles, and rum

39. Slave Trade - 400 • Explain why this statement is false: Europeans were solely responsible for the buying and selling of Africans into slavery.

40. Slave Trade – 400 • This is false because Africans frequently took prisoners of war as slaves. Once Europeans started settlements in Africa, Africans would kidnap and sell other Africans to Europeans.

41. Slave Trade - 500 • Explain how the Age of Exploration/Encounters/Invasions led directly to the Atlantic Slave Trade

42. Slave Trade – 500 • Due to the diseases of the Columbian Exchange, Native Americans died quickly in the New World, leaving the Europeans to have to look for alternate sources of labor. Africa already had a slave trade that the Europeans tapped into and expanded across the world.

43. Misc! - 100 • Explain Devshirme

44. Misc! – 100 • The Ottoman system in which Christian boys were kidnapped, converted to Islam, and groomed to serve in the military or the government

45. Misc! - 200 • Define Janissaries

46. Misc! – 200 • Elite soldiers in the Ottoman Empire who were raised and trained through the Devshirme system; because they were eunuchs they had no kids and were focused solely on fighting

47. Misc! - 300 • Define syncretism

48. Misc! – 300 • Blending, usually of cultures or religions

49. Misc! - 400 • What is the Persian word for Akbar the Great’s Divine Faith?

50. Misc! – 400 • Din-i-llahi