Chap 16 - Muslim Empire Flashcards

1
Q

The Ottoman empire is named for

a. Orkhan I
b. Osman
c. Ottomen
d. Ottman

A

b.Osman

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2
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After the military successes of Orkhan I, the Ottoman leader began to claim the title of

a. bey
b. sultan
c. caliph
d. vizier

A

b.sultan

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3
Q

Who were the Janissaries?

a. Serbians
b. Byzantines
c. Christians
d. Muslims

A

c.Christians

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4
Q

Who won the Battle of Kosovo?

a. Byzantines
b. Serbs
c. Mongols
d. Turks

A

d.Turks

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5
Q

Which Ottoman sultan extended Turkish rule into Hungary and Austria during the sixteenth century?

a. Selim I
b. Mehmet II
c. Akbar
d. Suleyman I

A

d.Suleyman I

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6
Q

The residence of the Ottoman sultans was located in

a. Istanbul
b. Adrianople
c. Isfahan
d. Cairo

A

a.Istanbul

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7
Q

Non-Muslims within the Ottoman empire were required to

a. swear an oath of loyalty
b. pay a head tax
c. perform military service
d. convert

A

b.pay a head tax

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8
Q

Which of these was NOT included the in the socioreligious compounds surrounding Sinan’s mosques?

a. school
b. library
c. bazaars
d. harems

A

d.harems

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9
Q

Who were the “redheads”?

a. Janissaries
b. Shah Abbas I
c. Safavids
d. Shi’ites

A

d.Shi’ites

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10
Q

The Safavid dynasty was founded by

a. Akbar the Great
b. Shah Ismail
c. Shah Abbas I
d. Safi al-Din

A

b.Shah Ismail

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11
Q

Safavid rulers were faced with the problem of integrating which two cultures?

a. Turkish and Byzantine
b. Persian and Shi’ite
c. Persian and Iranian
d. Turkish and Persian

A

d.Turkish and Persian

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12
Q

he most famous artist of the Safavid era is

a. Riza-i-Abassi
b. Maydan-i-shah
c. Babur
d. Nur Jahan

A

a.Riza-i-Abassi

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13
Q

he Portuguese fleet led by Vasco da Gama arrived in Calicut in the spring of what year?

a. 1598
b. 1498
c. 1398
d. 1438

A

b.1498

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14
Q

The founder of the Mughal dynasty was

a. Akbar
b. Babur
c. Humayun
d. Tamerlane

A

b.Babur

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15
Q

Who introduced a new form of worship known as the “Divine Faith” to the Indian court?

a. Akbar
b. Babur
c. Jahangir
d. Humayun

A

a.Akbar

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16
Q

Define zamindar:

a. Mughal elite guard
b. Hindu law
c. local Mughal official
d. poll tax on non-Muslims

A

c.local Mughal official

17
Q

The Taj Mahal was built in honor of

a. Shah Jahan
b. Mumtaz Mahal
c. Nur Jahan
d. Jahangir

A

b.Mumtaz Mahal

18
Q

The Mughal ruler Aurangzeb prohibited

a. All of these answers
b. sati
c. new Hindu temples
d. drinking of alcohol
e. castration of eunuchs

A

a.All of these answers

19
Q

Which European country’s force defeated the Mughal-led army at the Battle of Plassey?

a. England
b. Holland
c. Portugal
d. France

A

a.England

20
Q

The “Akbar style” of painting combined which two artistic traditions?

a. Indian and Persian
b. Hindu and Tamil
c. Byzantine and Mughal
d. Ottoman and Mongol

A

a.Indian and Persian