FACT CARDS 1. Take 2 pieces of paper, fold and staple at the top. 2. Write the “Do You Know” topic on the front flap. 3. Write the answers on the back of the flap. 4. Do this for each of the empires. 5. Paste the appropriate map on each card.
Feb 23, 2016
FACT CARDS
1. Take 2 pieces of paper, fold and staple at the top.2. Write the “Do You Know” topic on the front flap.3. Write the answers on the back of the flap.4. Do this for each of the empires.5. Paste the appropriate map on each card.
Empires Fact Cards
• Your Name & Block
China
Do you know?
1. Policy toward trade with Europeans?
2. How it limited trade? (vocab word)
3. Chinese goods wanted in Europe
c. 1500
FRONT
CHINA
1. Control foreign influence & trade2. Foreign Enclaves 3. Silk, tea, porcelain, paper
BACK
Japan
Do you know?
1. Structure of government?
2. Policy toward foreign trade? (vocab word)
c. 1500
FRONT
1. Emperor with no power & ruled by Shogun
2. Isolationism
BACK
Ottoman Empire
Do you know?
1. Original location2. Where it expanded? (3 places)3. Capital4. Religion5. Goods traded
c. 1500
FRONT
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
1. Anatolia (Asia Minor/Tukey)2. Balkan Peninsula, N. Africa & Middle East3. Istanbul (NOT Constantinople)4. Islam unified empire5. Coffee & ceramics
BACK
Mughal Empire
Do you know?
1. Location2. Religion3. Famous Architecture4. Trading Partners5. Goods it traded (influence)
c. 1500
FRONT
MUGHAL EMPIRE
1. North India2. Spread Islam to India3. Taj Mahal4. Europeans (England, Portugal,
Netherlands) – set up trading ports5. Textiles (influenced the British textile
industry)
BACK
Aztec Empire
Do you know?
1. Location2. Capital city3. Best Known For
c. 1500
FRONT
AZTEC EMPIRE
1. Central Mexico & Yucatan Peninsula2. Tenochtitlan (NOT Mexico City)3. Human sacrifice; Gold
BACK
Mayan Empire
Do you know?
1. Location2. Best Known For3. New food for Europeans
c. 1500
FRONT
MAYAN EMPIRE
1. Yucatan Peninsula & Central America2. Pyramids; calendar3. Corn (maize)
BACK
Inca Empire
Do you know?
1. Location2. Best Known For3. New food for Europeans
c. 1500
FRONT
INCA EMPIRE
1. Andes Mountains, South America (Peru & Chile)2. Roads & bridges; terracing3. Potatoes
BACK