The Gunpowder Empires and Eurasia

Slave soldiers in the Ottoman Empire

• Janissaries
• Conquistadors
• Samurais
• Mamluks

A rise in prices caused by an increase in the supply of money and a resulting decline in its value.

• deflation
• stagflation
• inflation
• hyperinflation

An alliance of individuals or groups united for a particular purpose, especially a political purpose.

• confederacy

• coalition
• union
• separation

The military advances that resulted from the development of gunpowder weaponry.

• Military Formations

• Gunpowder Siege

• Gunpowder Revolution

• Military Revolution

A system of rule in which a monarch or other ruler enjoys unlimited power.

• Constitutional monarchy
• Absolutism

• Constitutionalism

• Anarchy

The notion that a ruler's power is derived from God and cannot be questioned.

• divine right
• unquestionable rule
• god-given power
• divine authority

The gunpowder empires incorporated many different peoples and cultures, and their development reflected these diverse cultural influences.

• Social Structures

• Political Structures

• Cultural Interaction

• Economic Structures

China is considered to have four great inventions: paper, gunpowder, moveable type and _____.

• telescope
• compass
• telephone
• wheel

All of these empires are from the Gunpowder Empire except which one?

• Ottoman Empire
• Roman Empire
• Safavid Empire

• Mughal Empire

Trade and commerce became increasingly important in all three empires. Each was located along extended trade networks that stretched from Europe to China.

• Cultural Interaction

• Economic Structures

• Political Structures

• Social Structures