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World Civilizations: The Global Experience AP Edition

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229707017Who founded the Mughal empire?Babur "the Tiger"0
229707018Which Ottoman sultan completed the long-desired conquest of Constantinople in 1453 C.E.?Mehmed II1
229707019What were Janissaries?professional slave soldiers who became a major political power throughout the Ottoman sultanate2
229707020Which masterpiece of Ottoman construction is arguably the greatest achievement of Islamic architecture?the Suleymaniye mosque3
229707021What forces contributed to the slow process of Ottoman decline?-The empire was overstretched to a degree that pre-industrial transportation and communications facilities could not overcome. -Widespread corruption and graft by local officials drained revenues and resources needed to maintain central authority. -Power struggles within the Ottoman military apparatus coincided with the appearance of effective and determined adversaries. -Succession struggles led to a series of weak, poorly educated sultans who lacked knowledge of the empire they ruled.4
229707022The Safavid empire embraced which strain of militant Islam?Shi'a5
229707023The Safavids established their first imperial capital in the city of...Tabriz6
229707024What common characteristics permeated both the Ottoman and Safavid empires?-Both spent enormous sums on public works projects. -Both imposed patriarchal codes and practices that secluded and disadvantaged women. -Both encouraged trade and handicraft production within their empires, and used state revenues to finance production and export of luxury goods such as silk and rugs. -Both were dominated by warrior aristocracies who gradually retreated to their rural estates and weakened imperial authority through persecution of peasants.7
229707025Din-i-Ilahi was......a state religion created by Akbar that blended most of the world's religions in an effort to end sectarian tension and religious intolerance.8
229707026Which commodity produced in Mughal India became one of the most important in the new world economy, particularly in western Europe?textiles, particularly cotton9
229710444What common characteristics linked the Ottoman, Muslim, and Safavid empires?-All three took advantage of the power vacuum left by the breakup of the Mongol empire and the devastation wrought by Timur-i-Lang. -All three, once in power, demonstrated great tolerance for the faiths of their non-Muslim subjects. -All three relied heavily on skilled use of gunpowder weaponry, particularly cannons and muskets. -All three descended from Turkic-speaking nomadic groups originating in central Asia.10
229710445The Ottoman empire was geared toward......warfare and expansion.11
229710446Which elite social groups, powerful during the earlier Arab caliphates, managed to maintain their status within the Ottoman empire?Islamic religious scholars and legal experts12
229710447By the seventeenth century C.E., what language was preferred throughout the Ottoman bureaucracy as well as for literary and poetic expression?Turkish13
229710448What perspective of the Ottoman sultans, inherited from their Arab, Turkic, and Persian predecessors, proved fatal to Ottoman power and vitality?the conviction that nothing important happened in Europe14
229710449Which battle in northern Persia between Sunni and Shi'a forces in 1514 C.E. is arguably the most significant in Islamic history?the Battle of Chaldiran15
229710450Which Safavid shah succeeded in establishing his empire as a major center of international trade and Islamic culture?Abbas I16
229710451What policy direction did Akbar undertake with Hindu princes and the Hindu majority of his realm?reconciliation and cooperation17
229710452What social and cultural practices did Akbar attempt to eliminate or alleviate during his reign?-alcoholism -child marriage -urban poverty -patriarchal practices such as sati and purdah18
229710453Mughal architecture blends which two architectural traditions into a beautiful synthesis?Persian and Hindu19
229716309At the battle of Khanua, Babur copied techniques of the......Turks.20
229716310Mehmed II conquered Constantinople in......1453.21
229716311Janissaries were legally......slaves.22
229716312For what did all successive rulers after Mehmed seek to be remembered?efforts to beautify the capital23
229716313Which of the following played a pivotal role in the cultural life of Constantinople?coffeehouses24
229716314The Ottoman state was built upon......war and territorial expansion.25
229716315The Ottomans were defeated by _________ during the battle of Lepanto.Spain and Venice26
229716316Which of the following, introduced by Europeans, resulted in devastating losses on the battlefield for the Ottomans?light field artillery27
229716317Red Heads refers to _________ followers.Safavid28
229716318Who made the greatest use of Russian youth, captured and converted to Islam?Abbas I29
229716319A ________ is a local mosque official and prayer leader.mullah30
229716320Who encouraged trade with Western powers in addition to merchants in the east?Abbas I31
229716321Isfahan was besieged in...172232
229716322Which of the following rulers had a taste for art and music?Babur33
229723593The vizier is the overall head of the imperial administration.true34
229723594Akbar sought to unite India under his rule.true35
229723595Akbar made no effort to improve the position of women in his empire.false36
229723596During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Ottoman empire was viewed at the "sick man" of Europetrue37
229723597Jahangir and Shah Jahan are best known for having the Taj Mahal built.true38
229723598By the seventeenth century, Persian was the preferred language of the Ottoman court.false39
229723599The battle at Chaldiran was a clash over Ottoman expansion into the Middle East.false40
229723600Within the Ottoman courts, wives and concubines of rulers exerted very little power.false41
229723601The Safavid dynasty had its origins in Sufi mysticism.true42
229723602The Ottomans became a strong naval power in the Red Sea.false43
229723603Which of the following helps explain the widespread rise of the three new Muslim empires during the early modern period?their use of gunpowder weapons44
229723604The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires shared these characteristics...-they originated in Turkish nomadic cultures of the steppe. -they all ruled predominantly Muslim populations. -they were based on conquest and the use of military technologies.45
229723605In order to supply its elite Janissaries and palace with soldiers, the Ottoman rulers......conscripted Balkan Christian boys and converted them to Islam.46
229723606During their reign, Safavid policies in Persia......fostered a sense of Persian religious culture and social unity.47
229723607Although the Ottomans and the Safavids were bitter political and religious rivals, which of the following is an accurate description of a similarity between them?They patronized the arts and encouraged foreign and domestic trade.48
229723608The decline of the Ottomans can be traced to all the following...-the oversight of the empire hindered by poor communications and corruption. -the weakening of the Sultan's power to due to succession disputes. -the battle of Chaldiran which marked the end of Ottoman military supremacy.49
229723609Akbar envisioned reforming India by attempting to implement all of the following policies...-reforming military and administrative training procedures. -the creation of a universalist religion. -child marriage and widowhood traditions.50

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