Unit 3 - Land Based Empires Expand

Which was NOT a gunpowder empire?

• Mughal

• Safavid

• Aztecs

• Ottomans

Which was NOT a characteristic of gunpowder empires?

• diversity of peoples

• art and architecture enhanced political power

• expansion

• funding of maritime exploration

Which is a development in Europe during the early modern period (1450-1750)?

• Expansion of feudalism

• Spread of the Black Death

• Rise of centralized political power

• Government fragmentation

Centralized governments sought to expand control over all of the following EXCEPT:

• agricultural technology

• religion

• the military

• taxation

Bureaucracy includes:

• government officials

• military leaders

• academic scholars

• religious clergy

Which factor contributed most to Russia's trade profits?

• military might

• geographic location

• hospitable climate

• common language

Which dynasty replaced the Yuan (Mongols) in China?

• Tang

• Sui

• Ming

• Qing

Which is NOT a continuity in Chinese history?

• threats from nomadic invaders

• government support of exploration

• the bureaucratic examination system

• Confucianism

Which gunpowder empire conquered Constantinople?

• Safavids

• Mughals

• Russia

• Ottomans

The Ottoman Empire reached its peak under:

• Murat

• Mehmet

• Suleiman the Magnificent (With a name like that this must be the answer! Right?)

• Selim