Question 1

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Tulsidas' Ramcaritimanas

Accepted Answer

Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas is a Hindu epic

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
the Taj Mahal

Accepted Answer

The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleu

Question 3

The majority of Shah Jahan's subjects lived in dire poverty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Vasco da Gama

Accepted Answer

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer

Question 5

The British presence in India significantly began in 1616 when they

Accepted Answer

A)  successfully attacked Puna. 
B)  established their first factory at Delhi. 
C)  were granted the right to have a representative at the court in Agra. 
D)  forced the Mughals to provide them with light-weight textiles. 
E)  seized the Portuguese outpost of Goa. 
A)  successfully attacked Puna. 
B)  established their first factory at Delhi. 
C)  were granted the right to have a representative at the court in Agra. 
D)  forced the Mughals to provide them with light-weight textiles. 
E)  seized the Portuguese outpost of Goa.

Question 6

How did the Mughals mix Indian and Persian traditions in their architecture?

Accepted Answer

The Mughals mixed Indian and Persian tra

Question 7

Before 1858, British India was in the hands of the

Accepted Answer

A)  VOC. 
B)  British East India Company. 
C)  British crown. 
D)  forces of the Marquess of Wellesley. 
E)  Hindu Marathas. 
A)  VOC. 
B)  British East India Company. 
C)  British crown. 
D)  forces of the Marquess of Wellesley. 
E)  Hindu Marathas.

Question 8

Akbar forbid the discussion of Christianity within his realm.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Where did coffee originate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Turkey 
B)  China 
C)  Arabia 
D)  Central Africa 
E)  Austria 
A)  Turkey 
B)  China 
C)  Arabia 
D)  Central Africa 
E)  Austria

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Shari'a

Accepted Answer

Shari'a, also known as Islamic law, is a

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
millet

Accepted Answer

Millet refers to a type of grain that ha

Question 12

What were the key institutions of the Ottoman state? How were the Ottomans influenced by Byzantine political traditions?

Accepted Answer

The key institutions of the Ottoman stat

Question 13

Unlike the Ottoman Empire, the Safavid Empire embraced Sunni Islam.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Why was the capture of Constantinople such an important turning point in the expansion of the Ottoman Turks?

Accepted Answer

The capture of Constantinople was such a

Question 15

What were the major social groups in Ottoman society? What was expected of each group?

Accepted Answer

The major social groups in Ottoman socie

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Janissaries

Accepted Answer

The Janissaries were an elite infantry u

Question 17

What impact did the arrival of Europeans have on the Mughal state? On the Mughal economy?

Accepted Answer

The arrival of Europeans had a significa

Question 18

Who built the famous Taj Mahal?

Accepted Answer

A)  A Mughal emperor as tomb to glorify the memory of his wife 
B)  An Ottoman emperor as a summer residence 
C)  A Seljuk Turkish sultan as his main palace and seat of power 
D)  The Safavids to house the remains of members of their ruling dynasty 
E)  The British 
A)  A Mughal emperor as tomb to glorify the memory of his wife 
B)  An Ottoman emperor as a summer residence 
C)  A Seljuk Turkish sultan as his main palace and seat of power 
D)  The Safavids to house the remains of members of their ruling dynasty 
E)  The British

Question 19

Under the Safavids, ____ was declared the state religion.

Accepted Answer

A)  Buddhism 
B)  Coptic Christianity 
C)  Zoroastrianism 
D)  Sunni Islam 
E)  Shi'ism 
A)  Buddhism 
B)  Coptic Christianity 
C)  Zoroastrianism 
D)  Sunni Islam 
E)  Shi'ism

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Akbar

Accepted Answer

Akbar was the third Mughal emperor who r

Exam 16: The Muslim Empires

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Tulsidas' Ramcaritimanas

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. the Taj Mahal

The majority of Shah Jahan's subjects lived in dire poverty.

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Vasco da Gama

The British presence in India significantly began in 1616 when they

How did the Mughals mix Indian and Persian traditions in their architecture?

Before 1858, British India was in the hands of the

Akbar forbid the discussion of Christianity within his realm.

Where did coffee originate?

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Shari'a

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. millet

What were the key institutions of the Ottoman state? How were the Ottomans influenced by Byzantine political traditions?

Unlike the Ottoman Empire, the Safavid Empire embraced Sunni Islam.

Why was the capture of Constantinople such an important turning point in the expansion of the Ottoman Turks?

What were the major social groups in Ottoman society? What was expected of each group?

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Janissaries

What impact did the arrival of Europeans have on the Mughal state? On the Mughal economy?

Who built the famous Taj Mahal?

Under the Safavids, ____ was declared the state religion.

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Akbar

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