1. 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.

2. Empires Fact Cards Your Name & Block

3. 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

4. 1.Control foreign influence & trade 2.Foreign Enclaves 3.Silk, tea, porcelain, paper BACK

5. Japan Do you know? 1.Structure of government? 2.Policy toward foreign trade? (vocab word) c. 1500 FRONT

6. 1.Emperor with no power & ruled by Shogun 2.Isolationism BACK

7. Ottoman Empire Do you know? 1.Original location 2.Where it expanded? (3 places) 3.Capital 4.Religion 5.Goods traded c. 1500 FRONT OTTOMAN EMPIRE

8. 1.Anatolia (Asia Minor/Tukey) 2.Balkan Peninsula, N. Africa & Middle East 3.Istanbul (NOT Constantinople) 4.Islam unified empire 5.Coffee & ceramics BACK

9. Mughal Empire Do you know? 1.Location 2.Religion 3.Famous Architecture 4.Trading Partners 5.Goods it traded (influence) c. 1500 FRONT MUGHAL EMPIRE

10. 1.North India 2.Spread Islam to India 3.Taj Mahal 4.Europeans (England, Portugal, Netherlands) – set up trading ports 5.Textiles (influenced the British textile industry) BACK

11. Aztec Empire Do you know? 1.Location 2.Capital city 3.Best Known For c. 1500 FRONT AZTEC EMPIRE

12. 1.Central Mexico & Yucatan Peninsula 2.Tenochtitlan (NOT Mexico City) 3.Human sacrifice; Gold BACK

13. Mayan Empire Do you know? 1.Location 2.Best Known For 3.New food for Europeans c. 1500 FRONT MAYAN EMPIRE

14. 1.Yucatan Peninsula & Central America 2.Pyramids; calendar 3.Corn (maize) BACK

15. Inca Empire Do you know? 1.Location 2.Best Known For 3.New food for Europeans c. 1500 FRONT INCA EMPIRE

16. 1.Andes Mountains, South America (Peru & Chile) 2.Roads & bridges; terracing 3.Potatoes BACK