World Cultures Exam Review

Japanese warriors

fear of foreigners

This is a beautiful example of Russia's architecture, created during reign of Ivan the Terrible

The what family took power in Japan and unified the country?

means "brilliant"

This eventual Grand Vizer was taken as a slave at an early age

Under the Qing, most of China's wealth came from the ________

Extreme pride in one's country

Although Japan has never been conquered, it was heavily influenced by _____ civilization

When did the Ottoman Empire dissolve? After _____

Shah Jahan, built _______ as a tomb for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal

slave soldier of the Ottoman Empire

Slave soldiers of the Ottoman empire was called?

payment or respect offered by less powerful state to more powerful

What was significant about the Ottomans occupying Mecca and Medina?

China lost this land as a result of the war with Japan

This family ruled Russia for 300 years

How did Manchus force Chinese to submit to their rule?

a peasant farmer who is tied to the land with no real rights

What happened to Russia in 1917?

Chinese believed themselves as the______, or center of the world

Peter named the new Russian capital

Japanese rulers closed the country after Japanese began converting to?

Japan was a ______ society, just like much of medieval Europe

Tax requiring conquered regions to provide regular allotment of children to serve Sultan

founder of the Mughal Dynasty in India

what are concessions?

feudal lord in Japan

Who were the invaders from the north in 1644 that stormed into China and founded the Qing

In 1453 the Ottomans captured Constantinople, renamed it ___________ and made it their capital

This cold, large area of Russia was taken by the Romanovs

What caused the break up of multi-national empires and created nation-states of same ethnicity?

A political theory calling for government according the fundamental laws

As Sunnis, the Ottomans often persecuted the _______ Muslims

short Japanese verse of 17 syllables

Due to Napoleon invading Russia and the czar's control, what vocab word did the Russians feel?

This emperor ended the "Age of Warring States" in Japan

what were the two most popular religions in India during the Mughal Dynasty?

What does it mean that Japan was a dual state from 1197 to 1867?

The Ottoman ruler who captured Constantinople was _________ the Conquerer

means "pure"

Period of Russian Civil War was called?

The success of the Mughal rule can be attributed to India's vast ___________

This brutal ruler of Russia continued to expand Russia

The state exams were based on what great Chinese work?

Which is NOT a way that Tokugawa rulers reduced powers of the daimyos

military ruler in Feudal Japan

After the Mongols were overthrown, this dynasty was established

Suleyman was known as the "law giver' for his?

What made Japan open up to foreign influence?

this Russian word for ruler comes from 'ceasar'

This other Great ruler was a big supporter of the arts in Russia

style of Japanese theater

This "great" ruler conquered lands for Russia

bureaucracy of government officials in China

Ivan thought that Russia continued what great empire's glory?

Due to weakening of China, what happened to the country?

This person's rule was considered the Golden Age of India

Turkish Leader

The Chinese belief that their power came from heaven

What was Russia's Window to the West

Absolute Ruler

What was the Meiji Restoration?

System in which advancement is based on achievement not on birth right?

This was a major naval battle which was a blow to the Ottoman Empire

In the Ottoman government, the sultan acted as the ___________,

capital city of China

This leader opened Russia up to Western ideas

Japanese emperors claimed to be a descendant from the _____

a call for a strong republican government in China was the

What did Yong Lee to protect China from invaders?