8366340897 | Describe the importance of silk, porcelain, and tea to the Europeans. | Chinese porcelains were regarded as objects of great rarity and luxury which is why to make it so appealing to Europeans. | 0 | |
8366391349 | What did China import from Europe? | Silver | 1 | |
8366408656 | What was China's last dynasty, and who was it ruled by? | Qing Dynasty, ruled by the Manchus | 2 | |
8366423779 | What were some Manchu policies toward the Chinese? | The Manchus made Chinese men grow long queues on the back of their heads as a sign of submission to the Manchurians | 3 | |
8366443592 | Describe an important continuity in China that had to do with Neoconfucianism. | Neoconfucian exams | 4 | |
8366539705 | Describe the expansion of the Qing empire. | The Qing replaced the Ming; this Ming empire became larger than previous dynasties. This expansion helped the spread of many trade products | 5 | |
8366561464 | What was the Qing capital? | Beijing | 6 | |
8366570889 | What did the Tokugawa shogunate do for Japan? | It unified Japan after a long civil war at the end of the Ashikaga period. The expansion came with the help of new army forces | 7 | |
8366622103 | Describe the Tokugawa social class system. | -Figurehead and nominal ruling court -Military leader and actual ruling class | 8 | |
8366732027 | Describe Neoconfician policies of the government. | -Neoconfucian was the main ideology of the Tokogawa government -A caste system locked in place the social classes; couldn't change caste | 9 | |
8366751294 | Why is Japan know for Isolationism? | The Tokagawa shogunte didn't want Europeans in Japan-especially Japanese missionaries. Only the Dutch were allowed. | 10 | |
8366811609 | Who were the daimyo, and what restrictions were placed on them? | The daimyo were the largest and most powerful landholders. They had to serve the shogun, and keep two residences (alternate attendance system), including the one in Edo and on in there local region. Their family members were "captive" in Edo to discourage rebellion. | 11 | |
8366853883 | What are the differences between the shogun and the emperor? | The Shogun was a military dictator of Japan, the rulers of the country during the Tokugawa era. The emperor was like a mascot | 12 | |
8366915385 | What was the Shmabara Rebellion? | A Christian rebellion in a neighborhood of Nagasaki , but was quickly put down by the shogun. It effectively eliminated Christianity from Japan. | 13 | |
8366981004 | What were the three major Muslim empires? | Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal | 14 | |
8366989018 | Describe the characteristics of the Ottoman empire. | -Inspired and sustained by Sunni Islam -Replaced Byzantine Empire -Brought down the Byzantine empire | 15 | |
8367030765 | Describe the characteristics of the Safavid empire. | -Persia -Safavid shahs ruled over one of the gunpowder empires -First significant Shia/Shi'ite led empire -Ruled to the east of the Ottomans | 16 | |
8367069836 | Where was the Mughal territory? | India; nearly all of the Indian subcontinent and large parts of Afghanistan | 17 | |
8367080516 | What are the geographic regions of the Ottoman empire? | Middle East; Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, former Byzantine lands | 18 | |
8367100264 | Which Ottoman leader went on the Conquest of Constantinople? | Mehmed II | 19 | |
8367119123 | Describe the rivalry between the Sunni and Shi'ites. | Fought over territorial and religious differences | 20 | |
8367132483 | Describe the development of Sikhism in India. | -Was born in South Asia -Guru Nanak taught a syncretic blend of Hinduism and Islam -Monotheistic, but ideas of karma and reincarnation | 21 | |
8367167335 | What is jizya? | a tax on people who were not Muslim | 22 | |
8367170610 | What were Janissaries? | elite units that made up the Ottoman Sultan's household troops, bodyguards, and the first modern standing army Europe | 23 | |
8367188516 | What were the Devshirme? | Christian boys who were recruited by force to serve the Ottoman government. Usually, the boys were converted to Islam. They took many exams in order to test their intelligence and capabilities | 24 | |
8367207518 | How did the treatment of non-Muslims change with the ruler Aurangzeb? | He hated heretical Muslims as well as other religious practitioners and began making their lives a living nightmare -He restored the non-Muslim poll tax -Led to tensions in later Mughal empire between Muslim ruler's subjects vs. Sikhs and Hindus | 25 | |
8367244698 | What was the Taj Mahal? | An ivory-white mausoleum built to house the body of the Sultan's wife, which showed power of the state and the Mughal sultan. | 26 |
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