Unit 5 Week 9-10: Feudal Japan/ Imperial China & Islamic Empire

I am Osman, the leader who founded a Muslim state in Anatolia.

My title as the “overlord” was also known as what? ​ (a)  

My followers were called what? ​ (b)  

A member of an elite force of soldiers was called ​ (c)  

In the ​ (d)   Non-Muslims lived separately from Muslims in communities known as millets. The empire ruled these communities, they had their governments and laws. Additionally, these millets were responsible for establishing their schools and policing their communities, all of which were paid for through taxes collected from residents.

• Sultan
• Ottoman
• Janissary
• Ottoman Empire

This Chinese dynasty came to power after the fall of the Yuan dynasty and ended the Mongol’s foreign influences on China. This dynasty is called the ​ (a)   . He led seven voyages under this dynasty to expand China’s wealth; ​ (b)   . ​ (c)   is the last dynasty in Chinese history.

• Ming Dynasty
• Zheng He
• Qing Dynasty

In Feudal Japan, the native religion was called ​ (a)  

I am a professional warrior who served my Japanese feudal lords and followed a strict code of behavior; I am a ​ (b)  

I serve a Japanese feudal lord called a ​ (c)  

What is that strict code of behavior called? ​ (d)  

• Shinto.
• Samurai.
• Daimyo.
• Bushido

Match the following

• Akbar

• Babar’s grandson, ruler of the Mughal empire who, brought forth the Golden Era and was known for his practice of religious toleration.

• Shah

• Hereditary monarch of Iran

• Sikh

• A member of a nonviolent religious group whose beliefs blend elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sufism.

• Taj Mahal

• A beautiful tomb in India, built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz

• Shah Abbas

• This Shah created a Safavid culture and golden age that drew from the best of the Ottoman, Persian, and Arab worlds.

Match the following

• Shogun

• The supreme military commander ruled in the emperor's name in Feudal Japan.

• Safavid

• He was a great Shah of the Ottoman empire known for his law-making and cultural achievements.

• Mughal

• A member of a Shi’a Muslim dynasty that built an empire in Persia in the 16th – 18th centuries

• Devshirme

• In the Ottoman Empire, the policy of taking boys from conquered Christian people to be trained as Muslim soldiers

• Suleyman

• One of the nomads invaded the Indian subcontinent in the 16th century and established a powerful empire

Match the following

• Japanese samurai

• What was one of the MOST politically important policies of the Tokugawa shoguns?

• Isolation

• Skilled warriors and bureaucrats who were paid by shoguns

• Isolating China and prohibiting most contact with Europeans

• What was Zheng He best known for in Ming dynasty China?

• Muslim explorer, Asia & Africa trade routes

• How did Ming dynasty rulers respond to contact with European cultures?

• Improve trade & defense

• Why did the Ming dynasty rulers of China expand the Great Wall and the Grand Canal?

Match the following

• Expanded the Ottoman Empire

• What did Mehmed II, Selim I, and Suleyman the Magnificent have in common?

• Gunpowder Weapons

• What was a major reason the Ottoman Empire was able to conquer the Byzantine Empire in the fifteenth century?

• Mehmed II

• Which Ottoman leader led the conquest of Constantinople?

• overextended the empire's finances in his pursuit of more territory.

• Why did the Mughal Empire decline under the rule of Sultan Aurangzeb?

• superior military technology

• The Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire were the first standing military units trained to use