3.2 land based empires admin

Question 1

The Ottoman _______ system kidnapped young boys to convert them and staff their government.

Answer 1

devshirme

Question 2

________ were the military side of it.

Answer 2

Janissaries

Question 3

The Japanese hired/paid _______ warriors to fight for either local lords or the centralized Shogunate.

Answer 3

samurai

Question 4

The Ming continued the Chinese practice of recruiting ________ scholars for government positions; they also employed eunuchs.

Answer 4

Confucian

Question 5

______ relied on local sheriffs and justices of the peace.

Answer 5

England

Question 6

France used intendants or supervisors; Louis XIV rule was very _________, keeping nobility near the king. Power was held by bureaucratic leaders like Richelieu.

Answer 6

centralized

Question 7

Ivan IV (the Terrible) had his _____________ that reduced boyar power.

Answer 7

oprichnina/police

Question 8

Peter employed provincial officials rather than _________ lords.

Answer 8

decentralized

Question 9

The Aztec/Mexica practiced ______ sacrifice to intimidate those they ruled.

Answer 9

human

Question 10

_______ generally taught divine right of kings i.e., absolutism from God

Answer 10

Europeans

Question 11

England reduced the power of the king through the Glorious Revolution that gave _______ higher authority.

Answer 11

Parliament

Question 12

The Songhai promoted state power through ______ sharia.

Answer 12

Islamic

Question 13

Russia built ___________on the Baltic to celebrate Peter’s power.

Answer 13

St. Petersburg

Question 14

The ____ had imperial portraits painted to honor their emperors.

Answer 14

Qing

Question 15

The Incan sun temple of Cuzco (built without iron tools) was covered with ____.

Answer 15

gold

Question 16

The Incan sacrificed Llamas and sometimes _______.

Answer 16

sacrificed

Question 17

The Incan sun temple was demolished to build a ______ church.

Answer 17

Spanish

Question 18

The Inca (Machu Picchu) also constructed a Temple of the Sun, about 1450, some 400 miles SE of ______.

Answer 18

Lima

Question 19

______ mausolea and mosques: The Taj Mahal in N central India was completed 1640. It consisted of a 40-acre garden and cost up to $1 billion. It is 240 feet high; the main building is 180 feet on each side

Answer 19

Mughal

Question 20

European palaces, such as the French _______ 15 miles SW of Paris. It had 700,000 square feet of room (covering 15 acres) on about 2000 acres of land. The hall of mirrors had 350 mirrors (240 by 35 feet). The cost for the whole complex was perhaps $2 billion.

Answer 20

Versailles

Question 21

The Mughal collected taxes from peasants through _____ (zamindar).

Answer 21

nobles

Question 22

The Ottoman practiced tax ______ where a collector bid for the right to collect taxes in an area (he could pocket the profits).

Answer 22

farming

Question 23

Peter the Great in Russia developed industries like _____ to strengthen the military and state power.

Answer 23

mining

Question 24

The Aztec/Mexica required ______ from defeated peoples near its empire.

Answer 24

tribute

Question 25

The Ming collected taxes in hard currency/______ that arrived in abundance from the Americas.

Answer 25

silver