unit III exam

Question 1

gunpowder empires

Answer 1

Southwest, South, and Central Asia

Question 2

Gutenberg printing press

Answer 2

Led to an increase in literacy

Question 3

Monarchs

Answer 3

Wanted to control tax, centralization
Rose the power of the middle class
Tudors England
Valois France
Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand in Spain

Question 4

Ivan IV (Russia)

Answer 4

Took over Kazan, Astrakhan, Siberia
Control fur trade

Question 5

Cossacks

Answer 5

Fight for Siberian Khan

Question 6

Volga River

Answer 6

Moscow can now trade directly with Persia & the Ottoman Empire

Question 7

Emperor Kangxi

Answer 7

Period of stability & expansion

Question 8

Emperor Qianlong

Answer 8

Military campaigns
Denied British goods

Question 9

Annexation of Xinjiang

Answer 9

Led to mass killings of the population

Question 10

White Lotus Rebellion

Answer 10

Suppressed by the Qing government
Killed peasants

Question 11

Ming Dynasty

Answer 11

Overthrew Yuan Dynasty
Conquered Mongolian land
Mongols defeated Ming, took their emperor as prisoner
Ming restored Great Wall

Question 12

Similarities between the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires

Answer 12

Descent from Turkic nomads
Turkic language
Power vacuums
Gunpowder weapons (artillery, cannons)

Question 13

Tamerlane

Answer 13

Invasion of Central Asia and Middle East
Moved out from Samarkand to Persia & India
Massacre of Hindus
Protected Silk Roads w/ gunpowder military

Question 14

Ghazi Ideal

Answer 14

Values of nomadic culture + idea of a holy fighter for Islam

Question 15

Mehmed II (Ottoman Empire)

Answer 15

Cannons
Attacked areas of Italy
Forced Venice to pay him a yearly tax

Question 16

Istanbul

Answer 16

The center of Islam

Question 17

Suleiman (Ottoman Empire)

Answer 17

Caused great fear in Vienna
Foreign invasion became an issue

Question 18

Safavid Issues

Answer 18

No real navy
No natural defense

Question 19

Safavid Strengths

Answer 19

Military & leadership

Question 20

Shah Abbas (Safavid Empire)

Answer 20

Imported weapons from Europe
Had them advise his troops
Denied legitimacy to any Sunni
Safavid women had a little bit of freedom

Question 21

Mughal India

Answer 21

Trade overseas flourished
Most of the commerce was from Arab traders
Silver and gold

Question 22

Ottomans decline

Answer 22

Weak sultans
Strong neighbors
“Sick man”

Question 23

Safavids decline

Answer 23

Strong rebellion by Sunni
Ottomans and Russians took territory

Question 24

Mughals decline

Answer 24

Failed to keep up with military innovations
Aurangzeb drained the empire’s treasury
British took their power away

Question 25

King James said

Answer 25

Any challenge to him was a challenge to God

Question 26

Divine Right Of Kings

Answer 26

The right to rule is given by God A king is a political and religious authority

Question 27

Tudor’s Justice of peace

Answer 27

Officials are selected to maintain peace and carry the monarchs laws Rich & poor are equal

Question 28

English Bill Of Rights

Answer 28

Individual civil liberties Protection against tyranny A legal process is required before arresting & detaining someone

Question 29

Tax Farmers

Answer 29

Royal officials who controlled tax collection

Question 30

Louis IXV

Answer 30

Versailles made it difficult to plot against him Weakened the French government by his refusal to share power L’etat c’est moi

Question 31

Russia

Answer 31

Serfdom

Question 32

Ivan IV (3.2)

Answer 32

Forces defeat Novgorod

Question 33

Oprichina

Answer 33

Paramilitary force Loyal to Ivan IV

Question 34

Roman Dynasty church

Answer 34

Consume traditional values

Question 35

Peter the Great

Answer 35

Defeated Streltsy Lost support over reforms

Question 36

Ottoman Devshirme

Answer 36

A selection of staff, military & government Christian boys recruited by force, removed from their families

Question 37

Ottoman Janissaries

Answer 37

Formed elite forces in the Ottoman army “Slaves of the state”

Question 38

Qing Bureaucracy

Answer 38

Corrupt, high tax

Question 39

Japan military system

Answer 39

Shoguns Daimyo- land holding aristocrats Samurai- daimyo’s army of warriors, paid, given economic power

Question 40

Period of Great Peace

Answer 40

Ieyasu’s successor

Question 41

Tokugawa shogunate

Answer 41

Feudal system Daimyo home & family restrictions to keep them under the shogunate’s control, reducing them to landlords

Question 42

Zamindars

Answer 42

Government officials in charge of taxation, construction, & water supply Given land Can keep some peasant tax

Question 43

What was Askia's claim?

Answer 43

Sunni Ali wasn't a faithful Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca Songhai was the largest kingdom in West Africa

Question 44

What was the Taj Mahal?

Answer 44

A tomb for Shah Jahan's life

Question 45

Constantinople

Answer 45

(Istanbul)

Question 46

Ming Dynasty (2.2)

Answer 46

Private, wealthy families collected tax in the form of grains, then silver Repression of the rebellion left the dynasty bankrupt

Question 47

Sikhism

Answer 47

Combo of Hindu & Sufi Muslim beliefs

Question 48

Church

Answer 48

Corrupt Reform unsuccessful Black Death

Question 49

Martin Luther

Answer 49

Complaints of church

Question 50

Inquisition

Answer 50

Punish non believers

Question 51

Jesuits

Answer 51

Opposed spread of Protestantism

Question 52

Court of Trent

Answer 52

Corrected church’s abuses Improved education of priests Reaffirmed rituals

Question 53

Thirty Years War

Answer 53

Economic catastrophe of Europe Troops were allowed to loot as compensation Famine, starvation, disease

Question 54

Ottoman

Answer 54

Shariah

Question 55

Empiricism

Answer 55

Data needed to back up hypothesis

Question 56

Safavids tolerance?

Answer 56

No tolerance

Question 57

Decline of three empires

Answer 57

Religious conflicts Expensive armies Corrupt leadership Failure to keep up with development of tech and military