Download Jeopardy on 16th-19th Century Asia

Jeopardy on 16th-19th Century Asia
Qing Dynasty
1. Long hair tail worn by Chinese men to show submission (queue).
2. Rulers came from these tribes (Manchu)
3. Revolt of Buddhists over high taxes and government inefficiency (White Lotus
Rebellion)
4. Qing emperor who expanded territory and economy (Hsüan-yeh)
5. Rebellion of Hong Xiuquan who claimed to be the brother of Jesus sent to establish a
new dynasty (Taiping Rebellion)
China and Europeans
1. British subjects in China followed British not Chinese law (extraterritoriality)
2. British supported all Chinese ports opening to all British traders (free trade)
3. Portuguese brought these religious missionaries (Jesuits)
4. Repressed by the Chinese because of fear of their influence and allegiance (Catholics)
5. Major concessions to Britain by China (Hong Kong Islands and mainland territory;
opening of ports; extraterritoriality; low, fixed tariffs; missionaries return; open
embassy)
China in Decline
1. 2 major wars fought with the British over this (Opium)
2. Initial trade items for British and Portuguese (tea, spices, silk, porcelain)
3. Controlled British early trade (British East India Company)
4. Intervened in China after British weakened it (Russia)
5. Reasons for Decline (population explosion, government corruption, high taxes, farms
too small, floods and famine)
Japan
1. Japanese warrior class (samurai)
2. Invaded by Toyokotomi Hideyoshi; failed because of his death (Korea)
3. Powerful local lords (daimyo)
4. Type of government Tokugawa Shogunate (feudal monarchy)
5. After opening to western trade, Japan experienced this between traditionalists and
those who wanted change (civil war)
Ottoman Empire
1. Supreme rulers (sultans)
2. Christian youth, converted to Islam and highly trained as soldiers (Janissaries)
3. Organize different religious groups into separate communities (millet system)
4. Emperor who expanded territory into Hungary; administration based on ability and
motivation (Suleyman the Magnificant)
5. Ottoman ruler who sacked Constantinople (Mehmed II)
Wild Card
1. Most important culturally in Qing China (tradition: family and Confucian ethics)
2. Treaty that opened Japan to US trade (Treaty of Kanagawa)
3. Treaty between Britain and China after 1st Opium War (Treaty of Nanjing)
4. US naval commander who opened Japan to trade (Matthew Perry)
5. Japan had early contact with these foreign countries (China, Korea, Dutch)
Round 2
More Ottoman Empire
2. Emperor who drove out the last Christian Crusaders (Murad II)
4. 1683 Defeated Ottomans ending the siege of Vienna (King John III Sobieski of
Poland)
6. Treatment of religious minorities; i.e. non-Muslims (pay tax; people of the book
protected)
8. His attacks into Anatolia threatened the early Ottoman Empire (Timur)
10. Reasons for Decline (corruption, bureaucracy, economy weakened; lack of
modernization of the military, agriculture, or industry)
Safavid Empire
2. Established the Safavid empire; ruled as Shah (Esmail)
4. Built a new capital at Esfahan and brought economic prosperity to Persia (Abbas the
Great)
6. Primary economy items (carpets, silk, tile, ceramics)
8. Modern country of ? is where Persia is (Iran)
10. Why did the Persians clash with the Ottoman Turks? (Shi’ia Muslim not Sunni)
Mughal Empire
2. Emperor who failed to build an empire in central Asia (Babur)
4. Emperor who instituted strict Muslim law (Aurangzeb)
6. Mosque built by Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife (Taj Mahal)
8. Emperor who greatly respected Persian culture; new tax system; religious toleration;
arts (Akbar)
10. Why did it decline (too large for 1 person to rule; rebellions because of religious
repression)
World Religions
2. Muslim Holy book (Koran)
4. Two major divisions of Islam (Shi’ia and Sunni)
6. 5 pillars of Islam (No God but God and Mohammed is his prophet; 5 daily prayers;
alms to poor; fast during Ramadan; pilgrimage to Mecca)
8. What is henotheism (TYPE of religion that appears to have many gods, but each
community/family worships only one; all gods are manifestations of the one
supreme God)
10. Historic center of Sikhism (The Golden Temple: Harmiandir Sahib)
More World Religions
2. House of worship for Muslims (Mosque)
4. New religion of the Punjab in the 1500s (Sikhism)
6. Oldest organized religion in the world (Hinduism)
8. Major texts of Hinduism (4 Vedas; Upanishadas; Mahabharata)
10. Hindu worship practices (vegetarianism, chanting of prayers, music, meditation,
yoga, daily devotions and public rituals)
Wild Card
2. Leader whose name originated the Ottoman Empire (Osman)
4. Sacred to Hindus; connected to Mother, source of food (Cows)
6. Belief that you accumulate your good and bad deeds in this life determining how you
will live your next life (reincarnation)
8. Sikhism combines elements of what 2 major religions (Islam and Hinduism)
10. Physical articles of Sikh faith (long, uncut hair often worn in a turban; comb; steel
bracelet; ceremonial sword; and, white shorts)