Chapter 11 Test - History

Black Death

-A plague in that started around 1346 that spread throughout Afro-Eurasia

-mostly affected the urban poor population

-would reappear every 7ish years for a century

-people started to live differently/turned against the churches

Ottoman Empire

-Sunni Islamic Empire

- expanded from the Moroccan border, the Arabian Peninsula, and East Iraqi peninsula.

-paid their military well

-had Janissaries

-didn't make Christians convert, but made the Christians pay them extra.

-bureaucracy

-Leader was the Sultan

Safavid Empire

-Shiite Islamic Empire

-Located in Persia

-0 tolerance for any other religion (Conversion or Death)

-theocracy/absolute monarchy

-Leader was the Shah

Mughal Empire

-Islamic Empire

-Located in India

-Sikhism, Buddhists, and Hindus as well

-Tolerant of other religions/diverse

-absolute monarchy

Sunni/Shiite

Branches of Islam

Suleiman

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Sultan

A leader that is deeply religious and leads military

Topkapi Palace

Place where the Ottoman Sultans would live and the headquarters for the Ottoman government

Janissaries

Soldiers loyal to the Sultan

Islamic Dynasties Tolerance

How tolerant or intolerant the Islamic Dynasties were tolerant of different religions in their empires.

Christian Church in Europe

The main Christian Church in Europe

Peasant revolts

A rebellion against the government in England

Moors

Muslims that controlled the Iberian Peninsula, Western Sahara, and Northern Africa

Dynastic Marriages

A strategic marriage of two powerful families in order to advance power

Granada

City in Spain

Ferdinand and Isabella

-Monarchs of Spain

-Their marriage extended trading network and brought distant towns under their control

-The expansion took over Muslim territories with their Christian territories leading to the Inquistion

Renaissance

• “rebirth”

-restart of regions after the plague, specifically Italy

-Italy was a great place for the renaissance due to its central location and trade purposes.

(trade→money → time for relaxation, thinking, creativity, etc.

Red Turbans

Rebels in a the Red Turban Movement (movement against the Mongols in China)

Ming Dynasty

Dynasty in China after the Mongols

-lead by Hongwu

Hongwu

-Formally known as Zhu Yuanzhang

-grew up poor

-became the general of the Red turbans

-drove the Mongols out of China and seized the land

-Founded the Ming Dynasty, naming himself emperor

Zheng He

-imperial explorer during the Ming Dynasty