Question 1

What are Gunpowder Empires?

Accepted Answer

Large, multi-ethnic states that relied on firearms to control and conquer territory

(usually in Central and South Asia; e.g., Safavids, Mughals, Ottomans)

Question 2

What is the Gutenberg printing press?

Accepted Answer

An early device for printing papers with ink

(developed in Europe)

Question 3

What did Ivan the Terrible do after he was crowned?

Accepted Answer

Expanded the Russian border eastward, becoming more reliant on the use of gunpowder

Question 4

Why did Ivan the Terrible want to expand Russia further east?

Accepted Answer

Control more of the fur trade

Question 5

What dynasty overthrew the Yuan Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

The Ming Dynasty

(the dynasty that sent Zheng He)

Question 6

What dynasty overthrew the Ming Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

The Qing Dynasty

Question 7

How was the Qing Dynasty formed?

Accepted Answer

The Manchu people from Manchuria seized power from the Ming Dynasty

Question 8

Who was Kangxi?

Accepted Answer

A Chinese Emporer who stably expanded China during the Qing Dynasty

Question 9

Who was Qianlong?

Accepted Answer

A Chinese poet-Emporer that annexed Xinjiang and killed lots of locals, under the Qing Dynasty

(Xinjiang is where Uighurs live)

Question 10

How did the Qing Dynasty get funds?

Accepted Answer

Sold trading privileges to European countries, but confined them to Guangzhou/Canton

Question 11

Why were the Gunpowder Empires initially successful?

Accepted Answer

They had a powerful military, and the nations they conquered were often corrupt

(European countries were fighting against each other, making them easy targets)

Question 12

Who was Tamerlane/Timur?

Accepted Answer

A brilliant Mongol-Turk military leader and strategist that took over large parts of Central Asia, creating the Timurid Empire

(one of the greatest military leaders in history)

Question 13

What is the ghazi ideal?

Accepted Answer

A model for how a warrior should live that was created on the Steppe

Question 14

Why did Tamerlane's empire eventually fall apart?

Accepted Answer

Wars were too expensive for its inefficient government

Question 15

What was the Ottoman Empire?

Accepted Answer

A large and lasting Islamic Empire

(lasted from the 1300s to 1918)

Question 16

Who was Mehmed II?

Accepted Answer

An Ottoman Sultan who attacked Constantinople

Question 17

Who was Suleiman the Magnificant?

Accepted Answer

Longest reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire that greatly expanded the empire

Question 18

What was the Safavid Empire?

Accepted Answer

A powerful Gunpowder Empire in Iran, ruled by the Safavids

Question 19

Who was Ismail?

Accepted Answer

A military hero that founded the Safavid Empire

Question 20

What is a shah?

Accepted Answer

A king/emporer of Iran

Question 21

What were the two issues with the Safavid Empire?

Accepted Answer

Lack of navy; lack of natural defenses

Question 22

How was the Safavid Empire founded?

Accepted Answer

Ismail conquered Persia and Iraq, creating a powerful land-based military

(founded in 1501)

Question 23

Who was Abbas the Great?

Accepted Answer

Shah of the Safavid Empire at its height

Question 24

Why were the Ottomans and Safavids often in conflict?

Accepted Answer

The Safavids only allowed Shia Islam, while the Ottomans had many Sunnis

(also had some conflicts over trade routes; remnants of these conflicts still exist today)

Question 25

What rights did women have in the Safavid Empire?

Accepted Answer

Allowed to participate in their societies, but were still restricted overall

Question 26

Who was Babar?

Accepted Answer

The founder of the Mughal Empire

Question 27

Who was Akbar?

Accepted Answer

The grandson of Babur who made the Mughal Empire rich and well-governed

(one of the best leaders of all time; similar to what Suleiman did in Turkey)

Question 28

How did the Ottoman Empire decline?

Accepted Answer

After Suleiman's death, there were many weak Sultans that worsened the empire

Question 29

How did the Safavid Empire decline?

Accepted Answer

Weak shahs following Abbas spent too much money, weakening the economy

Question 30

How did the Mughal Empire decline?

Accepted Answer

Corruption and a poor economy allowed the British and Maratha empire to take control

3.1 - Expansion of Land-based Empires, AP World History: Modern Flashcards