1. Exam: Wednesday (May 18th )
Exam Review
Topics: Ming and Qing China, Japan, Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires
Exam: Wednesday (May 18th )

2. Ming China Who was the greatest voyager and explorer? Zheng He
Which European Traders and explorers were among the first to arrive?
Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch

3. Qing China Principal commodities for foreign trade?
Tea, silk, porcelain
What belief system did Qing rulers rely on to strengthen their imperial authority?
Confucianism
Chinese men – forced to wear queues

4. Japan’s Tokugawa Shogunate
Why did it declare a policy of isolationism?
It feared the affects of foreign influences
Where was the capital?
Edo
Who was the Jesuit missionary who traveled widely in Asia?
Francis Xavier

5. The Gunpowder Empires
Ottoman
Safavid
Mughal

6. Ottoman Empire Its greatest military triumph of the 1400’s?
Constantinople
What was the Millet System?
The Ottoman’s method for grouping and governing peoples of various faiths
Who were the Ottoman’s elite gunpowder troops recruited from Christian communities?
Janissaries

7. Ottoman Empire
The citizens predominantly practiced what sect of Islam?
Sunni Muslims
Who is recognized as one of its great rulers?
Suleiman the Magnificent

8. Safavid Empire The citizens practiced what sect of Islam?
Shiite Muslims
Who is recognized as one of its great rulers?
Shah Abbas the Great