Essay 1: Discuss the rise and decline of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires. What are the main characteristics of the Muslim Empires? What ways are they different?
Essay 2: Discuss the exploration and expansion of Europe into the rest of the world. What effect did this have on Africa, North and South America, and Asia? What were the main features of the slave trade, and what was its impact on Africa?
Identifications (30 points)
Identify and explain the historical significance of the following terms. (Items on the exams will be chosen from these terms.)
Tenochtitlan
Babur
Quipu
Ottomans
Hernan Cortes
Mughals
Osman
Vasco da Gama
Safavids
Prince Henry the Navigator