Land-Based Empires Content Review

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  1. 1. Emperor ________ grew the Chinese Empire by taking over land in Mongolia, Taiwan, Central Asia and (to a degree) Tibet
  2. 7. The Palace at ________________ was used to keep nobles close to the Louis XIV and show his legitimacy through architecture
  3. 11. The _____ right of kings was a common belief the European Middle Ages that the right to rule was given to a king by God
  4. 12. Leader of France who referred to himself as "the Sun King"
  5. 13. Leader of the Mughal empire who formed the Mughal Empire in the 1500s
  6. 16. The equivalent of king or emperor. Used in the Safavid Empire
  7. 17. Muslim group in Xinjiang, China that face prosecution through modern day (spell with a y, not an i)
  8. 18. The most Northeastern area of Russia
  9. 19. The _____________ Empire was able to conquer the Balkans, western areas of the Black Sea, eastern areas of the Mediterranean, and modern-day Syria, Israel, Egypt, Algeria, and Tripoli. They also forced Venice to pay tribute
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  1. 2. Russia, Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires are referred to as ____________ empires
  2. 3. Ottoman leader who renamed Constantinople as Istanbul
  3. 4. The Ottoman leader who brought the Ottoman Empire to it's peak
  4. 5. Empire in modern-day India
  5. 6. "_________ the Terrible"- the Russian leader who retook the land taken by the Golden Horde
  6. 8. The Safavids originally practiced _________
  7. 9. Shah Ismail of the Safavids used ______ Islam to unify the empire
  8. 10. The _______ Dynasty followed the Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty
  9. 14. The idea that an empire or nation should be directed by a single source of power (the king) with complete authority
  10. 15. Another name for "caste": strict social groups that divided Hindus into 5 categories (Bhramins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras, untouchables)