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LAND BASED EMPIRES

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Peter the Great was the leader of...

a)

The Ottoman Empire

b)

The Mughal Empire

c)

The Russian Empire

d)

The Ming Dynasty

2.

He was a Buddhist monk before he became the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty...

a)

Yong Le

b)

Zheng He

c)

Jackie Chan

d)

Ming Hong Wu

3.

This is a policy of closing oneself off from the outside world.

a)

Isolationism

b)

Absolute Monarchy

c)

Islam

d)

Communism

4.

He was a leader from the Ottoman Empire.

a)

Shah Jahan

b)

Akbar

c)

Suleyman I

d)

Ming Hong Wu

5.

This empire was located around modern-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Mughal Empire

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

The Russian Empire

6.

This empire was centered around the modern-day country of Turkey and north Africa.

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Mughal Empire

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Russian Empire

7.

This empire was based around the modern-day country of China.

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Mughal Empire

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

The Russian Empire

8.

He was the shogun of Edo Japan.

a)

Shah Jahan

b)

Tokugawa Ieyasu

c)

Hong Ming Wu

d)

Suleyman I

9.

The name for the leader in the Russian Empire was...

a)

Tsar

b)

Shogun

c)

Sultan

d)

Maharaja

10.

These people were at the bottom of the social structure in the Russian Empire.

a)

Adavasi

b)

Bourgeoisie

c)

Serfs

d)

Nobility

11.

This was the dominant religion of both the Mughal and Ottoman Empires.

a)

Judaism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Catholic Christianity

d)

Islam

12.

This was the dominant religion of the Russian Empire.

a)

Eastern Orthodox Christianity

b)

Roman Catholic Christianity

c)

Protestant Christianity

d)

Islam

13.

The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan under this empire...

a)

Mughal Empire

b)

Ottoman Empire

c)

Edo Japan

d)

Ming Dynasty

14.

This empire became rich from the trade of porcelain, silk and tea.

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Mughal Empire

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Russian Empire

15.

Two of its major cities included Moscow and St. Petersburg.

a)

Mughal Empire

b)

Ottoman Empire

c)

Russian Empire

d)

Ming Dynasty

16.

This is the flag of which empire?

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Mughal Empire

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Russian Empire

17.

In which year was the Forbidden City built?

a)

1402

b)

1421

c)

1412

d)

2014

18.

This famous explorer from the Ming Dynasty sailed as far as the East coast of Africa.

a)

Hong Ming Wu

b)

Zheng He

c)

Yong Le

d)

Chiang Kai Shek

19.

The Ural Mountains formed a natural boundary between the Asian and European parts of this empire.

a)

Russian Empire

b)

Mughal Empire

c)

Ottoman Empire

d)

Edo Japan

20.

After 1637, this Empire banned visits by Christian Missionaries.

a)

Ming Dynasty

b)

Ottoman Empire

c)

Mughal Empire

d)

Edo Japan

21.

This empire contributed to the invention of several surgical tools like forceps, scalpels and catheters.

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Mughal Empire

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Edo Japan

22.

This Empire was often viewed as backwards by European standards and was overthrown in 1917.

a)

Mughal Empire

b)

Russian Empire

c)

Edo Japan

d)

Ming Dynasty

23.

The military dictator in charge of Edo Japan was known as a...

a)

samurai

b)

daimyo

c)

shogun

d)

tsar

24.

What is the best synonym for toleration.

a)

allowance

b)

persecution

c)

rejection

d)

oppression

25.

The capital of this empire was moved from Nanjing to Beijing in 1421.

a)

Edo Japan

b)

Ming Dynasty

c)

Ottoman Empire

d)

Mughal Empire