Whap Ch. 28 Mc

Front 1

In their rise of power the Ottomans were aided by the ghazi, who were
A) Mongol mercenaries.
B) Christian captives raised to fight for them.
C) Muslim religious warriors.
D) Anatolian peasants, eager to escape heavy taxes of the Byzantine empire.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Back 1

C) Muslim religious warriors.

Front 2

The Ottoman military made use of
A) gunpowder weapons.
B) siege warfare.
C) specially trained Janissary forces.
D) armored cavalry.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Back 2

E) All of the answers are correct.

Front 3

Which of the following places did not come under the control of the Muslim Ottomans?
A) Albania
B) Anatolia
C) Egypt
D) the Iranian plateau
E) Tunisia

Back 3

D) the Iranian plateau

Front 4

The Janissaries were
A) slave women who lived in the sultan's harem.
B) Christian boys taken from conquered territories and raised as special forces.
C) regional administrators, who were granted autonomy in exchange for loyalty and support.
D) armored, light cavalry.
E) eunuchs in service to the sultan.

Back 4

B) Christian boys taken from conquered territories and raised as special forces.

Front 5

Suleyman the Magnificent
A) captured Belgrade and laid siege to the city of Vienna.
B) conquered Russia.
C) brought the entire Arabian peninsula under Ottoman rule.
D) invaded the island of Sicily.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Back 5

A) captured Belgrade and laid siege to the city of Vienna.

Front 6

In his "Turkish Letters," the Hungarian diplomat Ghislain de Busbecq expresses concerns that
A) the Ottoman Turks are technologically superior to Europeans.
B) Ottoman troops are numerically superior to European forces.
C) Ottoman forces are hardier and more disciplined than European forces.
D) Ottoman forces are better fed than European forces.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Back 6

C) Ottoman forces are hardier and more disciplined than European forces.

Front 7

The Safavid Empire began with the reign of Shah Ismail, who claimed legitimacy to the throne by
A) killing off competitors from the Mughal royal families.
B) seizing the Peacock Throne.
C) tracing his ancestry back to a Sufi religious leader.
D) marrying the daughter of Suleyman the Magnificent.
E) tracing his ancestry back to Tamerlane.

Back 7

C) tracing his ancestry back to a Sufi religious leader.

Front 8

Twelver Shiism was a Muslim sect that claimed that
A) Ismail was the "hidden" imam or even a reincarnation of Allah.
B) Shah Ismail was a direct descendent of the Prophet Muhammad.
C) all ghazi are true spokesmen of Allah.
D) the Safavid were the lost tribe of Israel.
E) the qizilbash, or "red heads," should be purged from the country.

Back 8

A) Ismail was the "hidden" imam or even a reincarnation of Allah.

Front 9

At the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514,
A) the Safavid qizilbash defeated the Ottoman Janissary forces.
B) the Sunni Ottomans defeated the Shiite Safavids.
C) an alliance of Safavids and Ottomans defeated European crusaders.
D) European forces turned back the Ottoman advance into central Europe.
E) None of the answers are correct.

Back 9

the Sunni Ottomans defeated the Shiite Safavids.

Front 10

Shah Abbas revitalized the Safavid regime by all of the following means except
A) increasing the use of gunpowder weapons.
B) making land grants to qizilbash officers.
C) expelling the Portuguese from Hormuz.
D) forging alliances with the Ottomans against Europeans.
E) promoting trade with other lands.

Back 10

D) forging alliances with the Ottomans against Europeans.

Front 11

The Mughal leader Babur originally invaded northern India in order to
A) create a Shiite Muslim state.
B) finance his military campaigns in Central Asia.
C) control the trade routes into Southeast Asia.
D) defeat his longstanding enemy, the sultan of Delhi.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Back 11

B) finance his military campaigns in Central Asia.

Front 12

The reforms of Akbar included all the following except
A) religious toleration for Hindus.
B) a syncretic religion, called "divine faith," which stressed loyalty to the emperor.
C) a centralized administrative structure with ministers appointed to regional provinces.
D) education and basic rights for Indian women.
E) conquest of Gujurat and Bengal.

Back 12

education and basic rights for Indian women.

Front 13

The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb
A) replaced many Hindu temples with mosques.
B) required all nonbelievers to pay a special tax.
C) extended Mughal authority into southern India.
D) faced many rebellions and religious conflicts.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Back 13

E) All of the answers are correct.

Front 14

Politically, all three of the Islamic states began as
A) oligarchies, dominated by the merchant class.
B) constitutional monarchies.
C) military states.
D) feudal aristocracies.
E) tribal councils.

Back 14

C) military states.

Front 15

Foreign trade took hold primarily in
A) the Ottoman and the Mughal empires.
B) the Mughal and the Safavid empires.
C) the Safavid and the Ottoman empires.
D) all three empires.
E) None of the answers are correct.

Back 15

C) the Safavid and the Ottoman empires.

Front 16

One persistent problem within all three empires was
A) A maintaining the loyalty of the military.
B) maintaining control over a vast slave population.
C) communication between the central and provincial administrations.
D) achieving a peaceful succession after the death of the emperor.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Back 16

D) achieving a peaceful succession after the death of the emperor.

Front 17

Major trade commodities sought by European merchants from the Islamic empires included
A) coffee and tobacco.
B) sugar and rum.
C) silks, carpets, and other crafts.
D) wheat, rice, and other food staples.
E) slaves.

Back 17

C) silks, carpets, and other crafts.

Front 18

Which of the following would not be an example of religious toleration under Muslim rule?
A) the millet communities in the Ottoman Empire.
B) the jizya tax imposed by Aurangzeb.
C) the Jesuit mission at the court of Goa.
D) the syncretic "divine faith" of Akbar.
E) Christian monasteries permitted at Isfahan.

Back 18

B) the jizya tax imposed by Aurangzeb.

Front 19

A major reason for the decline in the Islamic Empires was
A) the refusal to accept new ideas and technologies from the West.
B) an abandonment of religious toleration as a state policy.
C) the decline in military leadership.
D) the rigidity of the religious leaders.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Back 19

A) the refusal to accept new ideas and technologies from the West.

Front 20

The Muslim resistance to new ideas and technologies by the eighteenth century is illustrated by
A) the Ottoman ban on the printing press.
B) the purchase of outmoded weapons from Europe.
C) the banning of "impious" telescopes.
D) reluctance of Muslims to travel abroad.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Back 20

E) All of the answers are correct.