history exam 3 fill in the blanks

November ______, Lieutenant __________ _____________ defeated Blackbeard and a battle to the death on the deck of his small sloop, the ________

1718 robert maynard jane

the war of the ____________ __________________, known in the colonies as king ___________'s war, was The war in which the aggressive prussian king _______________ the _________ seized Silesia from queen ________ ___________ of austria.

Austrian succession George Frederic the great Maria Theresa

unlike China, which had many ruling dynasties, Japan had just one: the ______________ dynasty, who's emperors are said to be descended from a sun goddess named _________________. However, samurai warrior chiefs called __________ long ruled Japan in the emperor's names.

Imperial amaterasu shoguns

centuries later, more warlords arose to overthrow the _______ dynasty,. The greatest of these warlords was _____ _____________, who rose to power in southern China. As _____ ____________ approached China's northern capital city, _____________, the last ________ dynasty emperor hangs himself from the guilty _____________ ___________ tree. Next, one of the late emperors generals allowed a manchu army through the great wall of China at _____________ Pass. After this Manchu army defeated _____ ___________, the Manchu-race ________ dynasty seized control of China.

Ming li zicheng li zicheng Beijing ming chinese scholar shanhai li zicheng qing

several European countries were eager to build trading posts in India. In 1498, Portuguese explorer _________ de _________ became the first European to reach India by sailing around south __________.

Vasco de gama Africa

The ottoman empire was an Islamic empire based on the west Asian subcontinent of _______ __________. From 1453 on, the empires capital was _____________________ now called Istanbul.

asia minor constantinople

The __________________ were Scott's who signed the national ______________, a document in which they promised to uphold the reformed faith they learned from John Knox.

covenanters covenant

near the end of his reign, hideyoshi appointed a council of _______ __________ to govern Japan until his son ______________ grew old enough to rule in his own right. After hideyoshi died, this council split into two camps: a western army loyal to ______________, and an eastern army loyal to council member ______________ __________. On October 21, 1600, these two armies for one of the deadliest battles in Japanese history: the battle of _________________. the winner, ______________ __________, received from the emperor the honored title of __________.

five elders hideyori hideyori Tokugawa leyasu sekigahara tokugawa leyasu shogun

the ________ _____________ war was a contest to decide which empire would emerge as the greatest in northern Europe, Russia's or ___________'s.

great northern sweden

when Portuguese traders and Catholic missionaries started showing up in Japan, the Tokugawa worried that too much western influence might ruin their country. To limit the unwanted influence, ____________'s grandson _______________ ___________ announced the defining law of the Tokugawa years: the edict of ___________, which declared Japan off-limits to all Westerners. Under the edict of ____________, Japan would be sealed off against all outside influence for 219 years, from _______-_______.

leyasu tokugawa lemitsu sakoku sakoku 1635-1854

three events signaled the end of ottoman mastery on the ____________________ sea. one was the 1565 siege of _________, in which christian knights of __________ successfully defended their island against the muslims.

mediterranean malta malta

the __________ empire was a Muslim empire that reigned in India for more than 300 years, from ______-______. the second great _________ emperor, ___________, set the pattern that allowed Muslim Emperor's to rule a Hindu majority country: unlike earlier Emperors, _________ set aside strict Islamic law, and showed respect for the Hindu faith. The great __________ emperor, _______________, also followed this pattern, as did the fourth, ________ _________. the fifth, ____________, set this pattern aside to his cost

moghul 1526-1857 moghul akbar akbar moghul jahangi shah jahan alamgir

the best known tsar of the ______________ dynasty is tsar peter I a.k.a. peter the _________

romanov great

in the west, suleiman is best known for the siege of ___________, austria. which last song the _____________ river some 800 miles northwest of his capital.

vienna danube