Social Studies-Chapter 12 Asian Empires Lesson 1 Empires of Asia
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Agra, India | location of Taj Mahal |
| Pacific Ocean | Asia's eastern border |
| Arctic Ocean | Asia's northern border |
| Indian Ocean | Asia's southern border |
| Europe, the Black Sea, the Greek islands, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Red Sea | Asia's western border |
| Gupta dynasty | dynasty that unified northern INdia |
| Huns and Muslims | people among the invaders who conquered parts of Asia |
| Babur | Asian leader who seized power in parts of northern India and began the Mogul dynasty |
| Akbar | greatest Mogul emperor |
| won the loyalty of his non-Muslim subjects and taxed everyone equal | what Akbar accomplished during his reign |
| most of the Indian subcontinent | who Akbar brought under hir rule |
| Agra | Akbar's capital city |
| generals, governors, administrators, and clerks | what people served as under Akbar |
| Shah Jahan | Akbar's grandson who built the Taj Mahal |
| Mumtaz Mahal | Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in memory of |
| Aurangzeb | grandson of Shah Jahan and was a very harsh ruler in the Mogul empire |
| forced non-Muslims to pay a special tax and destroyed many Hindu temples | what Aurangzeb did to the people in his empire |
| rebelled | what the people of the Mogul empire did because of Aurangzeb |
| Forbidden City | palace complex built for the emperor and his family during the Sui dynasty |
| hight taxes and forced labor | what caused the collapse of the Sui dynasty |
| Tang dynasty | dynasty considered the greatest dynasty |
| Wu Hou | China's first female ruler who ruled the Tang dynasty |
| strengthened civil service exams, literature and fine arts flourished, and trade expanded and contact with our cultures of Western Asia increased | what happened under Wu hou |
| poetry | what Wu Hou required for her exams |
| Song dynasty | dynasty that united warring groups and established a strong central rule |
| trade provided a large source of income for the empire, the iron plow improved agriculture, and iron was used for armor and construction material | what happened under the Song dynasty |
| Temujin | another name for Genghis Khan |
| terror | Genghis Khan's greatest weapon |
| northern China and Persia, southern China and Burma | areas the MOngol dynasty conquered |
| Kublai Khan | Genghis Khan's grandson |
| Mongol dynasty | dynasty ruled by the Khans |
| first non-Chinese ruler, improvements made in conquered lands, assured that water travel was safe | achievements of the Mongol dynasty |
| conflict and natural disasters | how the Mongol dynasty came to an end |
| 100 million | amount of people Ming dynasty ruled at its height |
| strengthened and added onto the Great Wall, built Forbidden City, entered little contact with others, explored | achievements made by Ming dynasty |
| Beijing | where the Forbidden City was located |
| Zheng He | Ming dynasty explorer who led expeditions to the west |
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