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Chapter 20: The Muslim Empires Quiz
1)
The Ottomans conquered Constantinople
and ended the Byzantine Empire in
A) 1245 B) 1337
C) 1453 D) 476
2)
The Janissaries were
A) religious leaders under the control of
the Ottoman state.
B) Powerful members of the scholargentry aristocracy within the
Ottoman Empire who dominated
regional administration.
C) Slave troops of the Ottomans forcibly
conscripted as adolescents from
conquered territories.
D) Eunuchs from the royal family
charged with care of the imperial
harem.
3)
4)
What was the chosen language of the
Ottoman court?
A) Greek
B) Arabic
C) Persian
D) Turkish
Why was the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514
so important?
A) The battle established military
supremacy of the Safavids over the
Ottomans and marked the end to
eastern expansion of the Ottoman
Empire.
B) The Safavids were dealt a
devastating defeat that checked the
westward advance of Shia Islam and
decimated the ranks of the Turkish
warriors who had built the Safavid
Empire.
C) The combined armies of the Safavids
and Ottomans defeated the Mughal
armies and ended the policy of
expansion undertaken by the Mughal
emperors of India.
D) The defeat of the Safavids by a
Western army reduced the Islamic
empire to economic dependency on
the West and military inferiority to
the other Muslim empires.
5)
The Safavid Empire reached its greatest
extent under Shah
A) Suleyman
B) Tahmasp I
C) Abbas I
D) Isma’il
6)
The center of the Safavid Empire was the
modern-day state of
A) Syria
B) Iraq
C) Jordan
D) Iran
7)
Women in the Ottoman and Safavid
Empires
A) were secluded and required to wear
veils.
B) Often ran the empires while their
husbands were focused on hunting
and building pleasure palaces.
C) Did not achieve many rights, but did
play an active part in the Janissaries.
D) Could become empresses and legally
administer the empire.
8)
Mehmed II
A) conquered northern India after
losing his own throne in Afghanistan.
B) Conquered the city of Constantinople
for the Ottomans in 1453.
C) Built roads, hospitals, and the capitol
of Isfahan in the Safavid Empire.
D) Was on of Akbar’s weak successors.
9)
The Mughal and Safavid Empires
A) Both avoided contact and influence
from European powers.
B) Both relied on the textile industry to
boost their economy.
C) Both adhered to the Sunni branch of
Islam.
D) Both advocated religious tolerance
more than the Ottomans.
10) Which of the following is NOT true of the
Mughal Emperor Akbar?
A) Akbar encouraged religious
tolerance among his subjects
B) Akbar encouraged the ancient
practice of sati in India
C) Akbar invented a hybrid MuslimHindu religion called Din-i-Ilahi
D) Akbar ended the jizya
11) The Taj Mahal
A) was the greatest architectural
wonder of the Ottoman Empire.
B) Was built in honor of the favorite
lover of the Safavid emperor Abbas
the Great.
C) Was built as a final resting place for
the Mughal Shah Jahan’s favorite
wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
D) Was converted to an Islamic Mosque
by Akbar.
12) Akbar sought to improve women’s status
in India by
A) banning sati.
B) Discouraging child marriages.
C) Encouraging widows to remarry.
D) All of the above.
13) Which of the following is true about the
Ottoman Empire?
A) The Ottomans official language was
Persian
B) The Ottomans practiced Shia Islam
C) The Ottomans were very powerful
and rivaled Europe for dominance in
the Mediterranean Sea and southern
Europe.
D) The Ottomans were very effective in
compromising and making
concessions to their Hindu subjects
in India
14) What was a similarity in the Ottoman and
Safavid rise to power?
A) In both cases, the retreat of the
Mongols from the Middle East
allowed both empires to rise and
gain power.
B) Isma’il and the Red Heads founded
both dynasties.
C) The desire to spread the Sunni
branch of Islam caused both empires
to expand and conquer territory and
convert people.
D) Both empires rose to power at
roughly the same time, and often
worked together to conquer their
enemies.
15) What is a similarity shared by the
Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals?
A) All three empires shared borders
with Europe and constantly warred
with Christian kingdoms.
B) Though all three empires slowly
declined after the 1720s, all three
lasted into the early 20th century.
C) All three empires practiced some
form of Islam.
D) All three empires were able to
effectively implement religious
tolerance laws.
16) Which of the following was a common
factor in the decline of all three of the
Muslim Empires?
A) A series of weak and/or ineffective
rulers
B) Inability to adopt new weapon
technology
C) The spread of Christianity within the
empires caused instability
D) Invasions by the Chinese
17) A factor that led to the eventual decline of
both the Ottoman and Mughal Empires
was
A) clashes with Spanish conquistadors.
B) Imperial overreach.
C) Religious intolerance led to revolts
among Christians and Jews.
D) The Christian slaves that the empires
used finally revolted against the
imperial government in the mid1800s.
18) The Ottomans
A) were Sunni Muslims, but
discriminated against “peoples of the
book” (Christians and Jews).
B) Were Shia Muslims, but
discriminated against “peoples of the
book” (Christians and Jews).
C) Were Sunni Muslims, but tolerated
“peoples of the book” (Christians and
Jews).
D) Were Shia Muslims, but tolerated
“peoples of the book” (Christians and
Jews).
19) Though status for women was low in all
three of the Muslim Empires, women
experienced the most amount of freedom
in
A) The Ottoman Empire
B) Safavid Empire
C) Mughal Empire
D) I didn’t study or listen in class
20) The Ottoman and Mughal Empires both
A) used gunpowder effectively in order
to expand and conquer enemies.
B) Practiced Shia Islam.
C) Allied with European powers in
order to protect their territories
from the Safavids.
D) Had weaker rulers than the Safavid
Empire.