10th Unit 1 #1: Gunpowder Empires

The empires shown in this map are nicknamed:

• The Byzantine Empire

• The Roman Empire

• The Gunpowder Empires

The Ottoman Empire was located on the continents of:

• Europe & Asia

• Africa & Europe

• North & South America

• Europe, Africa, & Asia

The geographic context of this map is

• The Gunpowder Empires were destroyed by invaders in the mid-17th Century.

• The Gunpowder Empires conquered many lands by the mid-17th Century due to technology like cannons

Characteristics of a Golden Age are:

• Warfare, plague, and starvation

• A stable government, advancements in architecture & artwork.

Based on this cartoon, an autocratic ruler [autocracy]

• has very little power over the people

• has complete control over the people

The purpose of creating rooms like the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace at Versailles was to

• Inspire respect for King Louis XIV

• Use tax money to benefit the French people

King Louis XIV took power away from the French nobles by:

• imprisoning them for years in the Bastille

• forcing them to act like his personal servants