Exploration and Absolutism Test
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Mughals - Correct Answer Means "Mongols", leader was a descendant of Timur the Lame
Babur - Correct Answer 11 year old boy who counted both Timur the Lame and Genghis Khan as
ancestors and inherited a kingdom in Central Asia
Sikhs - Correct Answer Major followers of the Sikhism religion, which supported equality
Shah Jahan - Correct Answer Jahangir's son and successor, who secured his throne by assassinating his
possible rivals
Taj Mahal - Correct Answer Memorial for Mumtaz Mahal that Shah Jahan ordered to be "as beautiful as
his beautiful wife"
Aurangzeb - Correct Answer Shah Jahan's third son who ended up taking the throne
Shivaji - Correct Answer An influential warrior king whose government included modern concepts, such
as a cabinet of advisors
Prince Henry - Correct Answer The son of Portugal's King, the nation's most enthusiastic supporter of
exploration
Bartolomeu Dias - Correct Answer Portuguese captain who ventured far down the coast of Africa until
he and his crew reached the tip
Vasco da Gama - Correct Answer Portuguese explorer who began exploring the east African coast
Treaty of Tordesillas - Correct Answer Treaty Spain and Portugal signed in 1494 in which they agreed to
honor the line in the Americas
, Dutch East India Company - Correct Answer Company the Netherlands established to direct trade
throughout Asia
Ming Dynasty - Correct Answer Dynasty in China that became the dominant power in Asia
Hongwu - Correct Answer A peasant's son who commanded the rebel army that drove the Mongols out
of China, and became the first Ming Emperor
Yonglo - Correct Answer Hongwu's son who moved the royal court to Beijing
Zheng He - Correct Answer A Chinese Muslim admiral who led all of the seven voyages
Manchus - Correct Answer The people northeast of the Great Wall lay Manchuria, who invaded China
and the Ming Dynasty collapsed
Qing Dynasty - Correct Answer The new Manchu Dynasty that would rule for more than 260 years and
expanded China's borders
Kangxi - Correct Answer Became emperor and reduced government expenses and lowered taxes
Daimyo - Correct Answer Warrior-chieftains who became lords in a new kind of Japanese feudalism
Oda Nobunaga - Correct Answer A daimyo who defeated his rivals and seized the imperial capital Kyoto
in 1568
Toyotomi Hideyoshi - Correct Answer Nobunaga's best general, who continued his fallen leader's
mission
Tokugawa Shogunate - Correct Answer The military government of Japan which would hold power until
1867
(ANSWERED)
Mughals - Correct Answer Means "Mongols", leader was a descendant of Timur the Lame
Babur - Correct Answer 11 year old boy who counted both Timur the Lame and Genghis Khan as
ancestors and inherited a kingdom in Central Asia
Sikhs - Correct Answer Major followers of the Sikhism religion, which supported equality
Shah Jahan - Correct Answer Jahangir's son and successor, who secured his throne by assassinating his
possible rivals
Taj Mahal - Correct Answer Memorial for Mumtaz Mahal that Shah Jahan ordered to be "as beautiful as
his beautiful wife"
Aurangzeb - Correct Answer Shah Jahan's third son who ended up taking the throne
Shivaji - Correct Answer An influential warrior king whose government included modern concepts, such
as a cabinet of advisors
Prince Henry - Correct Answer The son of Portugal's King, the nation's most enthusiastic supporter of
exploration
Bartolomeu Dias - Correct Answer Portuguese captain who ventured far down the coast of Africa until
he and his crew reached the tip
Vasco da Gama - Correct Answer Portuguese explorer who began exploring the east African coast
Treaty of Tordesillas - Correct Answer Treaty Spain and Portugal signed in 1494 in which they agreed to
honor the line in the Americas
, Dutch East India Company - Correct Answer Company the Netherlands established to direct trade
throughout Asia
Ming Dynasty - Correct Answer Dynasty in China that became the dominant power in Asia
Hongwu - Correct Answer A peasant's son who commanded the rebel army that drove the Mongols out
of China, and became the first Ming Emperor
Yonglo - Correct Answer Hongwu's son who moved the royal court to Beijing
Zheng He - Correct Answer A Chinese Muslim admiral who led all of the seven voyages
Manchus - Correct Answer The people northeast of the Great Wall lay Manchuria, who invaded China
and the Ming Dynasty collapsed
Qing Dynasty - Correct Answer The new Manchu Dynasty that would rule for more than 260 years and
expanded China's borders
Kangxi - Correct Answer Became emperor and reduced government expenses and lowered taxes
Daimyo - Correct Answer Warrior-chieftains who became lords in a new kind of Japanese feudalism
Oda Nobunaga - Correct Answer A daimyo who defeated his rivals and seized the imperial capital Kyoto
in 1568
Toyotomi Hideyoshi - Correct Answer Nobunaga's best general, who continued his fallen leader's
mission
Tokugawa Shogunate - Correct Answer The military government of Japan which would hold power until
1867
