10.1: The World in 1750

What is the definition of Cultural Diffusion?

• The spread of cultural ideas or objects from one group of people to another

• The isolation of cultural practices within a single community

• The destruction of cultural heritage

• The creation of new cultural practices within a single group

Who were the Daimyo in Japan?

• Powerful landowning nobles in Japan who were loyal to the shogun

• Common farmers in Japan

• Merchants who traded with foreign countries

• Samurai warriors serving the emperor

What was the Devshirme System?

• A system that required conquered Christian communities to give their sons to the Ottoman government as a form of tax

• A trade agreement between the Ottoman Empire and European countries

• A military alliance between the Ottoman Empire and neighboring states

• A religious conversion program for non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire

What is an Empire?

• A group of once separate areas ruled by a single person or government

• A small independent city-state

• A coalition of independent nations

• A democratic republic with elected leaders

What is the definition of Feudalism?

• A decentralized system of power in which land owned by a powerful person is divided up and given to others in exchange for work and a promise to fight for the interests of the landowner

• A centralized system of government where power is held by a single ruler

• A system where merchants control the economy and politics

• A form of government where the military holds all the power

Who were the Janissaries?

• A well-trained soldier taken from his family at a young age to fight for the sultan of the Ottoman Empire

• A group of merchants who controlled trade in the Ottoman Empire

• A religious sect that governed the Ottoman Empire

• A council of elders advising the sultan

What was the Millet system in the Ottoman Empire?

• Self-governing non-Muslim communities with the power to regulate their own communities, collect taxes, set up schools, and organize laws

• A military unit responsible for protecting the sultan

• A trade agreement between different empires

• A religious council that advised the sultan

What was the Mughal Empire?

• A Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of modern-day India and Pakistan from 1526 to 1857

• A Christian dynasty that ruled parts of Europe from 1200 to 1500

• A Hindu dynasty that ruled parts of Southeast Asia from 1300 to 1600

• A Buddhist dynasty that ruled parts of China from 1400 to 1700

Which empire ruled parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe from 1299 to 1922?

• Mughal Empire

• Ottoman Empire

• Roman Empire

• Byzantine Empire

What does religious tolerance mean?

• Forcing others to follow a single religion

• Willingness to let others practice their own religious beliefs and customs

• Ignoring all religious practices

• Converting others to a different religion