World Civ II Unit 2 Study Guide: Ming-Qing China and the Indian Mughal Dynasty

A system of administration consisting of two equal or parallel parts is the definition for _______________.

Dyarchy

Akbar's contemporary on the the throne in England was _________________________.

Elizabeth I

The growing domination of the world's seas and continents by ___________________ allowed them to contain or bypass major Islamic lands contributing to the decline of the Islamic Empires.

Europeans

Starting with the emperor Yongzheng in 1733 the __________ ___________ became the supreme inner advisory group to the emperor.

Grans Council

Scholars often refer to the states of the Mughals, Persians, and Ottomans as the _________________ ________________.

Gunpowder Empires

The predominant religion in Mughal India was ________________.

Hinduism

The cultural center of the Muslim world in the 16th century was a. Persia, within the Safavid Empire b. Found in the Otto c. The Mongolian steppe. d. The Mughul Empire of India

a

In Ming-Qing times, government was characterized by an increasingly well-funded and extensive _________________.

bureaucracy

Daru'l-harb is an Islamic term for non-Islamicized countries that means ___________ _______ ____________.

House of War

Aided by the ease of travel within the Mongol Empire, ______________ had by the fourteenth century become the dominant religion among the central Asian Turkic peoples.

Islam

The huge commitment of Chinese troops in ___________ against the forces of the Japanese was one reason for the weakening of the Ming dynasty.

Korea

Awrangezeb's persecution of non-Muslims would contribute to the ___________________ Rebellion

Maranatha

The first Jesuit missionary in China was ___________ ___________.

Matteo Ricci

In 1793 the British government sent the _________________ mission to China to negotiate the opening of ports among other issues.

McCartney

The Manchus succeeded the ___________ dynasty.

Ming

The etymology of the word "Mughal" comes from ______________.

Mongol

Babur was the founder of the ________________ Dynasty in India.

Mughal

The period from 1500 to the mid-nineteenth century saw China as the driving force in the world market's demand the Chinese ___________________ (product).

porcelain

As a sign of submission to the Manchus, Chinese had to wear their hair in _______________.

queues

The setting up of a guardianship for an underage monarch to rule in his or her stead is called a ____________.

regency

The voyages of Zheng He to Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and Africa were conducted between the years _______ - ______.

1405-1453

By 1557 Europeans (Portuguese) had wrested the first European colony from China at Macau. This colony remained under Portuguese control until the year _________.

1999

The mughal ruler _______________ developed his "Divine Faith" which was one example of the great religious toleration of his regime.

Akbar

The son of Shah Jahan, who killed his brother, imprisoned his father, and then assumed the throne himself, was __________________.

Awrangzeb

The main fighting force of the Manchus was the ___________________.

Bannermans

By the nineteenth century, the most highly commercialized non-industrialized society in the world was that of ____________.

China

In 1727 the Qing established a protectorate over Tibet with the __________ __________ ruling as the approved temporal and religious leader.

Dalai Lama

The boundary dispute between the Russian war and the Qing was settled by the Treaty of ________________.

Nerchinsk

Babur won a victory over a much larger force at the battle of ______________________ in 1526 allowing him to consolidate his new Indian territories.

Paniphat

The Persians sent an expeditionary force that sacked Delhi in 1739 and carried of Shah Jahan's fabled ________________ ________________.

Peacock Throne

British denomination of Bengal and, in time, much of northern India begins with the victory of French forces at the Battle of _________________.

Plassey

The Manchu Dynasty in the 18th Century benefited from the long, competent reigns of the emperors ____________ and ______________.

Qianlong; Kahgxi

The Manchus founded the _____________ Dynasty.

Qing

The Mughals constantly jockeyed for position and often resorted to war with their western neighbor ____________________ ____________________.

Safavid Dynasty

The cultural center of the Islamic world in the 16th Century was _________________ _______________.

Safavid Empire

In order to gain Persian support, Humayun had to convert go ___________ ___________.

Shia Islam

The two predominant sects of Islam are __________________ and _____________________.

Sunni; Shiite

Shah Jahan built the beautiful ______________ ______________ as a tomb for his consort, Mumatz.

Taj Mahal

The desire for a new Mongol Empire, coupled with Islam, led to the rise of ____________________ who came close to matching the conquest of Genghis Khan.

Temur Gurgun

The first Portuguese explorer to reach India by the sea was __________ _____ ______________.

Vasco de Gama

Emperor ___________ ______ ordered China's first and last great naval expeditions.

Yung Lo

Long exposure to Chinese culture and Confucian administrative practices provided _____________ for the Manchu leadership in governing China.

continuity

The new world crops of _________ and __________ accounted for a considerable increase in the arable land within China and aided in China's population growth.

corn; potatoes

Confucianism in imperial China advocated the idea that the state is identified with the _____________ _______ ____________.

family rit large

The Mughals were aided in their conquest of India by the new military technology of ____________.

firearms

Since small feet were considered the epitome of female beauty, Chinese mothers practiced __________ ___________ on their daughters to make them more marriageable.

foot binding

Financially strapped rural families often practiced female ______________.

infanticide

The differences between Jesuits and Dominican missionaries in China would become known as the __________ ________________.

rites controversy

In his Edict to King George III of England (Document, 576), the Chinese emperor Qianlong justified restrictions on trade with England by emphasizing Chinese __________ ___________.

self-efficiency

The eighteenth century saw the Chinese products of _________ and __________ challenge porcelain for trade supremacy.

silk; tea

Humayun's vices of __________ and ___________ were not conducive to responsible leadership.

wine; opium