Big Picture Ideas: The Manchu (Qing) Empire

Download as pdf or txt
Download as pdf or txt
You are on page 1of 3

\

BIG PICTURE IDEAS


#1. The major land based empires from 1450-1750 were the in East Asia, the ..
in the Middle East, and the in South Asia.
#2. was a transformative military technology that fueled the rise of the land based empires in this period.
#3. Land based empires legitimized their power by constructing and staffed their bureaucracies by
recruiting . Land based empires financed their empires by using .. .
#4. Growth in power and size led empires into religious and political rivalries that often ended in military .
#5. both unified and divided empires. In the Mughal Empire, a new syncretic religion developed called
. In Europe, the formerly unified Catholic world fractured during the .

KEY VOCAB Divine Right of Kings Sunni/Shi’a Split B MAIN CHARACTERS Kangxi (Manchu)
Taj Mahal Sikhism Suleiman (Ottoman)
Tax Farming Devshirme Akbar (Mughal)
Bannermen Millets Shah Ismail (Safavid)
Alhambra Decree Zamindars Guru Nanak (Sikhism)

THE MANCHU (QING) EMPIRE


1. The Manchu Empire was the final empire in the Chinese Dynastic Cycle after defeating the Dynasty.
2. Describe one similarity and one difference between the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the empire they conquered.
Similarity Difference

3. Describe the Manchu Banner System.

4. One unique way the Manchus enforced their rule of China was via the hairstyle known as .
5. How did the arrival of the Manchu Qing Empire affect the policy regarding Neo-Confucianism in China?

6. Explain how the Manchus staffed bureaucratic positions to help maintain their power in China.

THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE


7. The Ottomans were able to take down the walls of Constantinople by utilizing . The Ottomans then
changed the name of their capital from Constantinople to .
8. What role did this monumental architecture play in the transfer of power from the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Empire after 1453.

9. List two administrative positions made available to the people who trained in the Devshirme system.

© UltimateReviewPacket.com- Annual license required. Do not share or post online. Page 1 of 3


Advanced Placement® and AP® are registered trademarks of the College Board.
\

THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (continued)


10. Describe two benefits of the Janissaries in the Ottoman Empire.

11. List one political cause and one religious cause that culminated in the Battle of Chaldiran (1514).

12. The Ottoman Empire streamlined the bureaucracy by collecting their revenue using .
13. Following the Spanish Empire’s Alhambra Decree in 1492, the Ottoman policy toward tolerance saw large
numbers of immigrating into the Ottoman Empire.

THE SAFAVID EMPIRE


14. Describe two similarities and one difference between the Safavid Empire and the Ottoman Empire
Similarities Difference

15. The two Land Based Empires that the Safavids had a religious and political conflict with was the to their
west and to their east.

THE MUGHAL EMPIRE


16. The Mughals came to power by defeating at the Battle of Panipat in 1526.
17. The founder of the Mughal Empire was . He claimed descendancy from .
18. Describe one similarity and one difference between Mughal Akbar the Great’s religious policy and Safafavid Shah Ismail
Similarity Difference

19. Sikhism emerged in the Mughal Empire as a Syncretic belief system merging beliefs from and
with the teachings of Guru Nanak.
20. Describe the conflict that emerged at the end of this period between the Mughal Empire and the Marathas.

21. Describe the role that Zamindars played in the administration of the Mughal Empire.

ART AND ARCHITECTURE


22. How did the Manchus of the Qing Empire use imperial portraits to legitimize their rule?

23. How did Louis XIV utilize this palace in centralizing his Absolute rule of France?

© UltimateReviewPacket.com- Annual license required. Do not share or post online. Page 2 of 3


Advanced Placement® and AP® are registered trademarks of the College Board.
\

ART AND ARCHITECTURE (continued)


24. Identify the monumental architecture associated with each of the following descriptions.
. This royal residence in Be ing was reserved only for the Emperor, his family, and staff.

. The largest building in Europe for 1000 years before being converted to a Mosque after 1453

. Built by Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife in 1631.

25. The same people building massive mosques and palaces sponsored smaller art in book illustrations known as .

BELIEF SYSTEMS
26. Describe one major doctrinal (beliefs) difference in these religious schisms:
Sunni vs.
Shi’a

Protestant vs.
Catholics

27. How did the Mexica (Aztecs) utilize their religious beliefs to legitimize their power?

28. How did many European monarchs use the religious idea of Divine Right to legitimize their power?

29. emerged as a syncretic belief system from the interactions of Islam and Hinduism in the Mughal Empire.
30. Describe the difference in the treatment of the Hindus in the Mughal empire by the following:
Akbar the Great Aurangzeb

RUNNING AN EMPIRE
31. Describe one innovative tax collection system utilized by a land based empire.

32. Identify each bureaucratic practice given the following descriptions.


. Hindu nobility used by the Mughals to collect taxes.

. Former warriors converted in peacetime into government bureaucrats.

. Leaders from the different ethnic groups within the Qing Empire

. Top governmental positions in the Chinese Dynastic system were derived based on an exam.

Eastern European children taken as a “blood tax” into a system to convert and train them in
.
administrative, religious, or military careers.
© UltimateReviewPacket.com- Annual license required. Do not share or post online. Page 3 of 3
Advanced Placement® and AP® are registered trademarks of the College Board.

You might also like