Unit 3

Question 1

Unit 3 time period

Answer 1

1450 - 1750 (15th century to 18th century)

Question 2

Unit 3 Content

Answer 2

Land based empire’s expansion, administration, and belief systems

Question 3

Land-based empire

Answer 3

An empire whose power comes from the extent of its territorial holdings

Question 4

Ottoman Empire

Answer 4

Widely expanded with gunpowder from China

Question 5

Significance of Constantinople

Answer 5

Conquering con from the Romans gave the Ottos a way to continue expanding

Question 6

Janissaries

Answer 6

Christian boys conquered by the Ottos turned into military and Muslim

Question 7

Safavid Empire

Answer 7

large empires that conquered neighboring territories with gunpowder

Question 8

Mughal Empire

Answer 8

Wiped out Delhi Sultanate with gunpowder.
Muslims ruling Hindus Religiously tolerant making them the most prosperous.

Question 9

Difference between ottos and saf

Answer 9

Ottos: Sunni Muslim
Saf: Shi’a Muslim
Caused major conflict between the two

Question 10

Qing Dynasty

Answer 10

Manhcu (not Chinese) that conquered China replacing the Ming Dynasty with ….. gunpowder

Question 11

Safavid v Mughal

Answer 11

Fought for territorial expansion and over religious beliefs

Question 12

Legitimized

Answer 12

The methods a ruler uses to establish their authority

Question 13

Consolidated

Answer 13

The methods a ruler uses to transfer power from other groups to themselves

Question 14

Administrative Methods

Answer 14

Formation of Large Bureaucracies
Development of Military Professionals
Religious Ideas, Art, and Monumental Architecture
Innovations on Tax Collection Systems

Question 15

Devshirme System

Answer 15

Bureaucracies: Ottomans used this system to staff their bureaucracy with highly trained individuals
Used conquered Christians

Question 16

Divine Right of Kings

Answer 16

Religious: The idea that monarchs were God’s representative on Earth

Question 17

Imperial Portraits

Answer 17

Art the emperor of the Qing used to legitimize power

Question 18

Palace of Versailles

Answer 18

Architecture; Louis built in France to flex on his haters and legitimize his power like the king he his

Question 19

Zamindar System

Answer 19

Tax: Mughal empire way of taxing; elite landowners could tax peasants living on their lands for the government

Question 20

Tax Farming

Answer 20

Tax: Ottomans system whoever bid the most could tax a specific group of people

Question 21

Tribute List

Answer 21

Tax: Aztecs sent you a list of stuff they wanted form your conquered place and you gave it to them cause they were the Aztecs…

Question 22

Church Corruption

Answer 22

Simony - buying your way into positions of power in the church
Sale of Indulgences - Paying your way into heaven

Question 23

Martin Luther

Answer 23

Mad at Church corruption and wrote the 99 Thesis creating the Protestant Reformation

Question 24

Printing Press

Answer 24

Allowed the 99 Theses to be spread across Europe creating more of an effect than others had before

Question 25

Shah Ismail’s big decision!!!!

Answer 25

He decided that the Safavid were gonna be Shi’a Islam and this aggravated the split between the two branches of Islam. He was VERY serious bout this decision…

Question 26

Sikhism

Answer 26

A syncretic bland of both Hindu and Islamic doctrines

Question 27

Continuity and change with Sikhism

Answer 27

Continuity - retained several important doctrines: Belief in one God
Change - Discarded gender hierarchies of Islam and the caste system of Hinduism