WorksheetsUnit 7: Gunpowder Empires
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 11mins
The ________ was an architectural monument of the Ming dynasty that exemplified both the wealth of the emperor and his willingness to isolate himself, as well as his country.
Silk Road
Temple of Heaven
Taj Mahal
Forbidden City
Why did the Chinese people willingly accept the rule of the Manchus and Kangxi?
opened China to foreign wealth
reopened Chinese exploration of southwest Asia
embraced Confucian ideas
increased taxes for defensive purposes
While the emperor was technically the highest position in the government, the person with this title had more power and was the actual leader in Tokugawa Japan...
Shogun
Shah
Sultan
Bushido
Abbas was a leader of which Gunpowder Empire?
Ottoman
Safavid
Mughal
Persia
The geographic area of India was controlled by which Gunpowder Empire?
Ottoman
Safavid
Mughal
Yuan
The "Alternate Attendance" policy was used by Tokugawa in order to...
control the powerful Daimyo
control the Samurai
control non-Muslims
control Muslims
Who was the Taj Mahal built in memory of?
Shah Jahan's favorite wife
Shah Jahan's son
Shah Jahan's nephew
Shah Jahan's mother
Which Ottoman ruler captured the holy cities of Islam (Mecca, Medina, & Cairo)?
Suleyman
Orkhan
Mehmed II
Selim the Grim
What religious group blended Hindu and Islamic beliefs, as well as became the target of the Mughal hatred?
Sikhism
Shi'a Islam
Neo Buddhism
Sunni Hinduism
Which of the following empires was predominantly Shi'a Muslim?
Ottoman
Safavid
Mughal
Qing
The Qing Dynasty in China was founded by which group of people?
Manchus
Hindus
Persians
Turks
This guy ended the warring states period in Japan, even though he did not succeed in unifying Japan...
Oda Nobunaga
Toyotomi
Ieyasu
Hideo Nomo
Who changed the name of Constantinople to Istanbul after conquering the city?
Mehmed II
Suleyman
Akbar
Selim
Suleyman was a leader of which empire?
Ottoman
Safavid
Mughal
Babur laid the foundation for the ______ Empire.
Ottoman
Qing
Mughal
Safavid
A ruler/king in the Safavid or Mughal Empire was called a ___________.
Sultan
Shah
Shogun
Emperor
A ruler/king in the Ottoman Empire was called a ____________.
Sultan
Shah
Shogun
Emperor
This Japanese leader was the 1st Shogun over a unified Japan...
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Kangxi
Oda Nobunaga
Keanu Reeves
Which of the following most directly led to a vibrant Qing culture and the rise of tensions with the British?
restriction of trade to certain government controlled ports
the Dutch would not Kowtow
rise of tensions with Holy Roman Empire
all the above
Jahan was a leader of which Gunpowder Empire?
Ottoman
Mughal
Safavid
Yuan
The geographic areas of Anatolia/Turkey was controlled by which Gunpowder Empire? (HINT: salmon/red on the map)
Ottoman
Safavid
Mughal
Yuan
The Taj Mahal was a blending of Hindu and ________ architecture in India built by Shah Jahan.
Ottoman
Mughal
Greek
Chinese
The geographic area of Persia/Iran was controlled by which Gunpowder Empire? (HINT: lavendar/purple on the map)
Ottoman
Safavid
Mughal
Yuan
When the voyages of the Chinese explorer Zheng He were ended, which of the following is TRUE about China's relations with foreign countries?
China withdrew into isolation
China only traded with Britain
China became highly industrialized
China was open to trade with all foreigners
Which of the following DID NOT develop/ update a law code to govern their empire?
Hammurabi
Justinian
Suleyman
Oda Nobunaga
What was the name of the Japanese policy in which it locked down or completely closed its borders due to being suspicious of foreign influence upon the country?
bushido
sakoku
shogun
daimyo
This image represents a system, used by the Ottoman Empire, to create officials and soldiers loyal to the sultan. What was the name of this system?
Devshirme
Janissaries
Sakoku
Millets
Which of the following is the best explanation for the rapid expansion of the Ottoman Empire?
power vacuum after the Mongol Empire collapsed
gunpowder technologies and janissaries
alliance with the Russians
decline of European empires due to rivalries and competition
Based on the image above and using your knowledge of Japanese history, what advantage did Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu have which allowed them to defeat the daimyos and eventually unite Japan under the Tokugawa Shogunate?
superior army
better made katanas (swords)
more soldiers
gunpowder weapons
Which of the following is NOT a term given to a ruler, leader, or king of one of the places we learned about from this unit?
shah
sultan
shogun
sunni
What contributed to the decline of both the Ottoman and Safavid Empires?
religious rebellions
natural disasters
disruption in trade
incompetent leadership
Compared to the Ottoman Empire, the Safavid Empire:
was more influential to Iranian (aka Persian) culture
ended in the 19th century
lost in battle against the Byzantine Empire
practiced Eastern Orthodox Christianity
