| A | B |
|---|
| grand vizier | Ottoman Empire's Prime Minister |
| millet | non-Muslim community |
| haiku | 17 syllable poem |
| geisha | female entertainer |
| shogun | Japanese emperor's supreme general |
| janissary | elite Ottoman soldier |
| animism | worship of spirits in nature |
| queue | braid worn by Chinese |
| sankin-kotai | daimyo rotation at shogun's court |
| Hormuz | strategic port in Safavid Persia |
| sultan | non-religious leader of Ottomans |
| Suleiman I | AKA the Lawgiver & the Magnificient |
| Francis Xavier | Jesuit priest who Christianized Japan |
| the Netherlands | only European nation allowed to trade with Japan |
| Shah Jahan | built Taj Mahal |
| Akbar | nicknamed the Great; practiced religous tolerance in Mogul India |
| Nanak | Guru who created Sikhism |
| Toyotomi Hideyoshi | nicknamed the Bald Rat; created the Sword Hunt |
