Deck 16: The Muslim Empires

Question 1

Discuss the European impact on the Indian subcontinent during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.How did this impact alter conditions in ways that significantly changed the power balance there?

Answer 1

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Question 2

What were the significant cultural contributions of Ottoman art?

Answer 2

Answer not provided.

Question 3

Compare and contrast the origins of the Safavid Empire with those of the Ottoman Empire? What were the similarities and what were the differences?

Answer 3

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Question 4

Evaluate the varied roles and positions of women in the Muslim empires discussed in this chapter.Do you think women in Muslim cultures had better or worse lives than those in Christian cultures during the same time? Use specific examples to illustrate your arguments.

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
sultan

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Bosporus and Dardanelles

Question 7

The harems of Turkish sultans have been described as symbols of Islamic misogyny,as well as institutions akin to Christian nunneries.Which of these descriptions do you think is more fitting and why?

Question 8

What factors can explain the success of the Mughals in unifying much of the Indian subcontinent,something that had not been done since the Mauryas and the Guptas?

Question 9

What were the major cultural contributions of Mughal India? Of Safavid Persia?

Question 10

Explain,using specific examples,how technological inventions have altered the nature of warfare on the Eurasian supercontinent and allowed specific cultures to dominate others..

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Osman Turks

Question 12

What factors explain how and why the Osmanli Turks were able to replace the Seljuk Turks and conquer the Byzantine Empire between the mid-thirteenth and fifteenth centuries?

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
yeni cheri/Janissaries

Question 14

Compare and contrast the reasons underlying the nature,extent,and timing of the declines of the Mughal,Safavid and Ottoman Empires by the end of the eighteenth century.Why did they decline while European powers extended their "gunpowder" diplomacy and trade?

Question 15

Explain what elements aided,and limited,the spread of Ottoman power into adjacent territories in Europe,Asia and Africa.Was the Ottoman system of rule a significant factor in determining the success of Ottoman imperialism? Why or why not?

Question 16

Were the personal qualities of Mughal leaders or were the particular circumstances of a period more influential in determining the success or failure of particular reigns before 1707?

Question 17

Discuss the successes and failures of the Mughal dynasty in ruling India.Compare those successes and failures to Ottoman rule.Which dynasty was most successful,and why?

Question 18

What make Akbar "great"? Compare and contrast Akbar to England's Elizabeth and China's Kangxi.Which of the three was most successful in the short term? In the long term?

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
beg/beys

Question 20

Discuss,with examples,the role of gunpowder in both the successes and failures of the Ottoman,Safavid,and Mughal empires.

Question 21

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Sublime Porte

Question 22

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pashas

Question 23

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Safavid

Question 24

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Suleyman I the Magnificent

Question 25

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Shah Abbas I the Great

Question 26

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Blue Mosque

Question 27

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devshirme

Question 28

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Shari'a

Question 29

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Battles of Mohács and Vienna

Question 30

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Golden Horn

Question 31

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Safi al-Din and Shah Ismail

Question 32

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Serbs

Question 33

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vezier/wazir

Question 34

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caliph

Question 35

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Battle of Carlowitz

Question 36

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millet

Question 37

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Murad and the Battle of Kosovo

Question 38

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sipahis

Question 39

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Mehmet II,1453,and Istanbul

Question 40

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Topkapi and harem

Question 41

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Aurangzeb

Question 42

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the Red Fort

Question 43

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Shi'ite and Sunni

Question 44

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Joseph Francis Dupleix and Sir Robert Clive

Question 45

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sati

Question 46

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the Dharmashastra

Question 47

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Babur

Question 48

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Peacock Throne

Question 49

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Fort William and Madras

Question 50

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Black Hole of Calcutta

Question 51

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"red heads"

Question 52

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East India Company

Question 53

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Akbar

Question 54

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Royal Academy of Isfahan

Question 55

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Nur Jahan

Question 56

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Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal

Question 57

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Azerbaijan

Question 58

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Din-i-Ilahi

Question 59

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zamindars

Question 60

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Riza-i-Abbasi

Question 61

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
"gunpowder empires"

Question 62

Which of the following is not correct regarding members of the harems of Turkish sultans?

A)They were invariably daughters of the Muslim upper class.
B)They were of slave origins only.
C)They were always non-Muslims.
D)They were sometimes permitted to leave the harem to marry state officials.
E)They were trained and educated.

Question 63

The power structure of the Ottoman Empire

A)was highly structured,with the ruler's oldest son always succeeding to power.
B)was not hereditary,and the sultan was succeeded by his highest-ranking military subordinate.
C)was physically centered in the Topkapi.
D)divided power between the vezir,"the sultanate of women," and devshirme scholars.
E)lacked an imperial bureaucracy,a serious weakness in an empire of that size.

Question 64

All of the following were true about the expansion of the Ottoman Empire except

A)under Selim I,the Ottomans controlled the Middle East and North Africa.
B)by the early sixteenth century,Ottoman power allowed Murad to conquer African Ethiopia.
C)the Ottomans gained control over Mecca and Medina.
D)by the early eighteenth century,Ottoman control in North Africa had become weaker.
E)the Ottomans were twice repulsed on the outskirts of Vienna.

Question 65

Constantinople was captured by the

A)Seljuk Turks,led by Suleyman the Magnificent.
B)Ottoman Turks,led by Tamerlane.
C)Safavids,under Shah Ismail.
D)Ottoman Turks,headed by Mehmet II.
E)Mongols,led by Akbar.

Question 66

It is accurate to state that the

A)Osmanli Turks first consolidated their control of the southeastern part of the Balkans,given to them by the Seljuks.
B)Ottoman Turks gained control of much of the Balkans before they took Constantinople.
C)Yeni Cheri were a renowned group of Sufi mystics.
D)Seljuk Turks conquered the Ottoman Turks.
E)Fourth Crusade captured Constantinople from the Ottoman Turks.

Question 67

All of the following are correct about the Janissaries except

A)they were recruited from the Christian population of the Balkans.
B)they fought as on horseback as cavalry warriors.
C)they were converted to Islam.
D)they were infantry troops.
E)they used muskets.

Question 68

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
the Taj Mahal

Question 69

Before the Turkish capture of Constantinople,

A)Murad I defeated the Serbs at the Battle of Kosovo.
B)the Balkan population refused to assist Ottoman efforts in any way.
C)Morocco was the only Mediterranean area controlled by the Spanish conquistadors.
D)the last Byzantine emperor became a Lutheran in a bid for European support.
E)Pope Innocent XII personally led a crusade to save the city for Chritendom.

Question 70

Which of the following statements is not true about Ottoman power in Europe?

A)It came to be accepted by the leadership of the non-Turkish European states.
B)It was aggressively extended into central Europe.
C)It destroyed a European coalition of Austrian,Polish,Bavarian,and Saxon forces at Vienna in 1683 and held the city for ten years.
D)It was ultimately forced out of Hungary by an alliance of allied European armies.
E)It threatened to take naval control of the Mediterranean until the Battle of Lepanto.

Question 71

At the 1389 Battle of Kosovo,

A)the Serbs defeated the Ottoman armies at Osman.
B)Orkhan was able to defeat the Serbs and gain control of the Balkans.
C)Murad's Janissaries defeated the Serbs,ending Serbian domination of the Balkans.
D)the Serbian defeat created Ottoman hegemony over Abu Dhabi.
E)the Serbs defeated the Bosnians at the Battle of Constance.

Question 72

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Tulsidas' Ramcaritimanas

Question 73

The technological invention that allowed the Mongols to devastate many civilizations on the Eurasian continent was

A)siege weapons
B)explosives
C)firearms
D)stirrups
E)spears

Question 74

All of the following statements about Ottoman expansion are true except

A)their geographical location gave them a definite advantage for expansion.
B)after taking advantage of Byzantine weakness,they established a base at Gallipoli,and then allied with the Serbs and Bulgars to continue fighting the Byzantine Empire.
C)after the Kurdish seizure of Constantinople in 1521,Ottoman support of the new Kurdish ruler gave them greater control over Asia Minor.
D)as they established European settlements,Turkish beys replaced local landlords,and became the only recipients of taxes collected from the Slavic peasant population.
E)they besieged Vienna,unsuccessfully,in 1529 and 1683.

Question 75

Which of the following is not true about the reign of Suleyman I the Magnificent?

A)The Ottomans first captured the Slavic regions of Poland.
B)The Ottomans invaded Hungary.
C)The Ottomans advance into Austria was finally stopped at Vienna.
D)The Ottomans were increasing their control over the western Mediterranean area.
E)The Ottomans were treated as a major power by the principal European states.

Question 76

Ottoman expansion

A)was achieved without any change in military organization or technology between 1400-1700.
B)relied heavily on the development of the Janissaries and new artillery weapons and tactics in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
C)absorbed Persia and Samarkand during the 1570s.
D)seized Ukraine during the late 1600s,but it was lost again in the early 1700s.
E)saw the use of slaves as conscript soldiers.

Question 77

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Siege weapons

Question 78

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
purdah

Question 79

Which of the following statements is not an accurate characterization of the nature of Ottoman governmental processes?

A)Originally,Ottoman rule was dominated by tribal law and augmented by Muslim law.
B)The Ottoman Empire was influenced by Byzantine and Persian rule.
C)The sultan ruled from the Topkapi with the assistance of the Grand Vezirs,who were primarily the products of the devshirme process.
D)The government was located in Istanbul,the former Constantinople.
E)The government refused to allow any religion to be practiced in the empire except for Islam.

Question 80

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
"Akhbar style"