Question 1

Why were women and children often employed in the manufacture of Persian rugs?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shari'a law banned adult men from such demeaning work. 
B)  The smaller hands of women and children were better at tying tiny knots. 
C)  They were thought to have a superior aesthetic sense. 
D)  Most men were conscripted into the Abbasid military. 
A)  Shari'a law banned adult men from such demeaning work. 
B)  The smaller hands of women and children were better at tying tiny knots. 
C)  They were thought to have a superior aesthetic sense. 
D)  Most men were conscripted into the Abbasid military.

Question 2

Use the following to answer questions :
-sultan

Accepted Answer

A) Ruling house of the Turkish empire that lasted from 1299 to 1922. 
B) An Arabic word originally used by the Ottomans to describe a supreme political and military ruler. 
C) Chief assistants to caliphs. 
D) A process whereby the sultan's agents swept the provinces for Christian youths to be trained as soldiers or civil servants. 
E) Turkish for "recruits"; they formed the elite army corps.
F)A woman who is a recognized spouse but of lower status than a wife.
G)Persian word for "king."
H)The dynasty that ruled all of Persia and other regions from 1501 to 1722; its state religion was Shi'ism.
I)Nomadic Turkish Sufis who supplied the early Safavid state with military troops in exchange for grazing rights.
J)Religious scholars who interpret the Qur'an and the Sunna, the deeds and sayings of Muhammad.
K)A term used to refer to the Muslim empire of India, which was the largest, wealthiest, and most populous of the Islamic empires of the early modern world.
L)The native Indian troops who were trained as infantrymen. 
A) Ruling house of the Turkish empire that lasted from 1299 to 1922. 
B) An Arabic word originally used by the Ottomans to describe a supreme political and military ruler. 
C) Chief assistants to caliphs. 
D) A process whereby the sultan's agents swept the provinces for Christian youths to be trained as soldiers or civil servants. 
E) Turkish for "recruits"; they formed the elite army corps.
F)A woman who is a recognized spouse but of lower status than a wife.
G)Persian word for "king."
H)The dynasty that ruled all of Persia and other regions from 1501 to 1722; its state religion was Shi'ism.
I)Nomadic Turkish Sufis who supplied the early Safavid state with military troops in exchange for grazing rights.
J)Religious scholars who interpret the Qur'an and the Sunna, the deeds and sayings of Muhammad.
K)A term used to refer to the Muslim empire of India, which was the largest, wealthiest, and most populous of the Islamic empires of the early modern world.
L)The native Indian troops who were trained as infantrymen.

Question 3

What practice did Shah Abbas of the Safavids adopt from the Ottomans?

Accepted Answer

A)  He promoted Shi'ism and persecuted the Sunni ulama. 
B)  He refused marriage and had only slave concubines. 
C)  He built an army of slaves. 
D)  He allowed nobles to own their land. 
A)  He promoted Shi'ism and persecuted the Sunni ulama. 
B)  He refused marriage and had only slave concubines. 
C)  He built an army of slaves. 
D)  He allowed nobles to own their land.

Question 4

Which leader extended Ottoman dominion to its widest geographical extent?

Accepted Answer

A)  Suleiman 
B)  Osman 
C)  Mehmet 
D)  Selim 
A)  Suleiman 
B)  Osman 
C)  Mehmet 
D)  Selim

Question 5

How did the Safavid shahs gain the loyalty of the Qizilbash?

Accepted Answer

A)  The shahs gave them vast grazing lands, often on the frontier. 
B)  The shahs alone controlled tax revenue. 
C)  The shahs were their relatives. 
D)  The shahs owned them as slaves. 
A)  The shahs gave them vast grazing lands, often on the frontier. 
B)  The shahs alone controlled tax revenue. 
C)  The shahs were their relatives. 
D)  The shahs owned them as slaves.

Question 6

Why was Akbar more tolerant of other religions than other Islamic leaders? How did he express his tolerance?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Despite th

Question 7

Use the following to answer questions :
-Safavid

Accepted Answer

A) Ruling house of the Turkish empire that lasted from 1299 to 1922. 
B) An Arabic word originally used by the Ottomans to describe a supreme political and military ruler. 
C) Chief assistants to caliphs. 
D) A process whereby the sultan's agents swept the provinces for Christian youths to be trained as soldiers or civil servants. 
E) Turkish for "recruits"; they formed the elite army corps.
F)A woman who is a recognized spouse but of lower status than a wife.
G)Persian word for "king."
H)The dynasty that ruled all of Persia and other regions from 1501 to 1722; its state religion was Shi'ism.
I)Nomadic Turkish Sufis who supplied the early Safavid state with military troops in exchange for grazing rights.
J)Religious scholars who interpret the Qur'an and the Sunna, the deeds and sayings of Muhammad.
K)A term used to refer to the Muslim empire of India, which was the largest, wealthiest, and most populous of the Islamic empires of the early modern world.
L)The native Indian troops who were trained as infantrymen. 
A) Ruling house of the Turkish empire that lasted from 1299 to 1922. 
B) An Arabic word originally used by the Ottomans to describe a supreme political and military ruler. 
C) Chief assistants to caliphs. 
D) A process whereby the sultan's agents swept the provinces for Christian youths to be trained as soldiers or civil servants. 
E) Turkish for "recruits"; they formed the elite army corps.
F)A woman who is a recognized spouse but of lower status than a wife.
G)Persian word for "king."
H)The dynasty that ruled all of Persia and other regions from 1501 to 1722; its state religion was Shi'ism.
I)Nomadic Turkish Sufis who supplied the early Safavid state with military troops in exchange for grazing rights.
J)Religious scholars who interpret the Qur'an and the Sunna, the deeds and sayings of Muhammad.
K)A term used to refer to the Muslim empire of India, which was the largest, wealthiest, and most populous of the Islamic empires of the early modern world.
L)The native Indian troops who were trained as infantrymen.

Question 8

As illustrated in Map 17.4,"The Muslim World, ca. 1700," Armenian traders traversed a path through the Russian Empire similar to that used by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Magyars 
B)  The Vikings 
C)  The Huns 
D)  The Muslims 
A)  The Magyars 
B)  The Vikings 
C)  The Huns 
D)  The Muslims

Question 9

Which of these did Akbar use to help govern his vast empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  A system of imperial governors called satraps 
B)  A representative legislature 
C)  Four co-equal ministers 
D)  A rotating set of advisers selected by lottery 
A)  A system of imperial governors called satraps 
B)  A representative legislature 
C)  Four co-equal ministers 
D)  A rotating set of advisers selected by lottery

Question 10

Use the following to answer questions :
-viziers

Accepted Answer

A) Ruling house of the Turkish empire that lasted from 1299 to 1922. 
B) An Arabic word originally used by the Ottomans to describe a supreme political and military ruler. 
C) Chief assistants to caliphs. 
D) A process whereby the sultan's agents swept the provinces for Christian youths to be trained as soldiers or civil servants. 
E) Turkish for "recruits"; they formed the elite army corps.
F)A woman who is a recognized spouse but of lower status than a wife.
G)Persian word for "king."
H)The dynasty that ruled all of Persia and other regions from 1501 to 1722; its state religion was Shi'ism.
I)Nomadic Turkish Sufis who supplied the early Safavid state with military troops in exchange for grazing rights.
J)Religious scholars who interpret the Qur'an and the Sunna, the deeds and sayings of Muhammad.
K)A term used to refer to the Muslim empire of India, which was the largest, wealthiest, and most populous of the Islamic empires of the early modern world.
L)The native Indian troops who were trained as infantrymen. 
A) Ruling house of the Turkish empire that lasted from 1299 to 1922. 
B) An Arabic word originally used by the Ottomans to describe a supreme political and military ruler. 
C) Chief assistants to caliphs. 
D) A process whereby the sultan's agents swept the provinces for Christian youths to be trained as soldiers or civil servants. 
E) Turkish for "recruits"; they formed the elite army corps.
F)A woman who is a recognized spouse but of lower status than a wife.
G)Persian word for "king."
H)The dynasty that ruled all of Persia and other regions from 1501 to 1722; its state religion was Shi'ism.
I)Nomadic Turkish Sufis who supplied the early Safavid state with military troops in exchange for grazing rights.
J)Religious scholars who interpret the Qur'an and the Sunna, the deeds and sayings of Muhammad.
K)A term used to refer to the Muslim empire of India, which was the largest, wealthiest, and most populous of the Islamic empires of the early modern world.
L)The native Indian troops who were trained as infantrymen.

Question 11

Who controlled the spice trade in the Indian Ocean throughout the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Portugal 
B)  The Ottoman Empire 
C)  The Mughal Empire 
D)  China 
A)  Portugal 
B)  The Ottoman Empire 
C)  The Mughal Empire 
D)  China

Question 12

What was the Ottoman devshirme?

Accepted Answer

A)  A system for the enslavement of Christian youths 
B)  The various levels within the imperial bureaucracy 
C)  The Ottoman model of a theocratic state 
D)  A legal code that rectified Islamic and secular law 
A)  A system for the enslavement of Christian youths 
B)  The various levels within the imperial bureaucracy 
C)  The Ottoman model of a theocratic state 
D)  A legal code that rectified Islamic and secular law

Question 13

In the Balkans, the Ottomans saw themselves as protectors of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Orthodox Church and Orthodox Christians 
B)  The Holy Roman Empire 
C)  Serbian culture 
D)  Bosnian monasteries 
A)  The Orthodox Church and Orthodox Christians 
B)  The Holy Roman Empire 
C)  Serbian culture 
D)  Bosnian monasteries

Question 14

How extensive was the Indian cloth trade in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Who profited from the trade and how?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Block-prin

Question 15

Where did the Turks originate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anatolia 
B)  Mongolia 
C)  Persia 
D)  Siberia 
A)  Anatolia 
B)  Mongolia 
C)  Persia 
D)  Siberia

Question 16

According to Map 17.1, "The Ottoman Empire at Its Height, 1566," the far eastern portion of the Ottoman Empire occupied territory that was once part of which ancient civilization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Egypt 
B)  Mauryan 
C)  Mesopotamia 
D)  Etruscan 
A)  Egypt 
B)  Mauryan 
C)  Mesopotamia 
D)  Etruscan

Question 17

Use the following to answer questions :
-janissaries

Accepted Answer

A) Ruling house of the Turkish empire that lasted from 1299 to 1922. 
B) An Arabic word originally used by the Ottomans to describe a supreme political and military ruler. 
C) Chief assistants to caliphs. 
D) A process whereby the sultan's agents swept the provinces for Christian youths to be trained as soldiers or civil servants. 
E) Turkish for "recruits"; they formed the elite army corps.
F)A woman who is a recognized spouse but of lower status than a wife.
G)Persian word for "king."
H)The dynasty that ruled all of Persia and other regions from 1501 to 1722; its state religion was Shi'ism.
I)Nomadic Turkish Sufis who supplied the early Safavid state with military troops in exchange for grazing rights.
J)Religious scholars who interpret the Qur'an and the Sunna, the deeds and sayings of Muhammad.
K)A term used to refer to the Muslim empire of India, which was the largest, wealthiest, and most populous of the Islamic empires of the early modern world.
L)The native Indian troops who were trained as infantrymen. 
A) Ruling house of the Turkish empire that lasted from 1299 to 1922. 
B) An Arabic word originally used by the Ottomans to describe a supreme political and military ruler. 
C) Chief assistants to caliphs. 
D) A process whereby the sultan's agents swept the provinces for Christian youths to be trained as soldiers or civil servants. 
E) Turkish for "recruits"; they formed the elite army corps.
F)A woman who is a recognized spouse but of lower status than a wife.
G)Persian word for "king."
H)The dynasty that ruled all of Persia and other regions from 1501 to 1722; its state religion was Shi'ism.
I)Nomadic Turkish Sufis who supplied the early Safavid state with military troops in exchange for grazing rights.
J)Religious scholars who interpret the Qur'an and the Sunna, the deeds and sayings of Muhammad.
K)A term used to refer to the Muslim empire of India, which was the largest, wealthiest, and most populous of the Islamic empires of the early modern world.
L)The native Indian troops who were trained as infantrymen.

Question 18

How did Hastings, Cornwallis, and Wellesley extend British rule in India?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Warren Has

Question 19

What was the actual purpose of the Dutch East India Company?

Accepted Answer

A)  To colonize the Indian subcontinent 
B)  To take over the spice trade from Portugal 
C)  To convert the Indians to Christianity 
D)  To open the Indian market to Dutch exports such as wine and oil 
A)  To colonize the Indian subcontinent 
B)  To take over the spice trade from Portugal 
C)  To convert the Indians to Christianity 
D)  To open the Indian market to Dutch exports such as wine and oil

Question 20

What was the main reason for the fall of the Safavid Empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Insufficient trade with foreigners 
B)  A lack of religious unity 
C)  A weak military 
D)  The aggressive Mughals 
A)  Insufficient trade with foreigners 
B)  A lack of religious unity 
C)  A weak military 
D)  The aggressive Mughals

Exam 17: The Islamic World Powers, 1300-1800

Why were women and children often employed in the manufacture of Persian rugs?

Use the following to answer questions : -sultan

What practice did Shah Abbas of the Safavids adopt from the Ottomans?

Which leader extended Ottoman dominion to its widest geographical extent?

How did the Safavid shahs gain the loyalty of the Qizilbash?

Why was Akbar more tolerant of other religions than other Islamic leaders? How did he express his tolerance?

Use the following to answer questions : -Safavid

As illustrated in Map 17.4,"The Muslim World, ca. 1700," Armenian traders traversed a path through the Russian Empire similar to that used by which of the following?

Which of these did Akbar use to help govern his vast empire?

Use the following to answer questions : -viziers

Who controlled the spice trade in the Indian Ocean throughout the sixteenth century?

What was the Ottoman devshirme?

In the Balkans, the Ottomans saw themselves as protectors of which of the following?

How extensive was the Indian cloth trade in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Who profited from the trade and how?

Where did the Turks originate?

According to Map 17.1, "The Ottoman Empire at Its Height, 1566," the far eastern portion of the Ottoman Empire occupied territory that was once part of which ancient civilization?

Use the following to answer questions : -janissaries

How did Hastings, Cornwallis, and Wellesley extend British rule in India?

What was the actual purpose of the Dutch East India Company?

What was the main reason for the fall of the Safavid Empire?

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