Chap 16 - Muslim Empire Flashcards
The Ottoman empire is named for
a. Orkhan I
b. Osman
c. Ottomen
d. Ottman
b.Osman
After the military successes of Orkhan I, the Ottoman leader began to claim the title of
a. bey
b. sultan
c. caliph
d. vizier
b.sultan
Who were the Janissaries?
a. Serbians
b. Byzantines
c. Christians
d. Muslims
c.Christians
Who won the Battle of Kosovo?
a. Byzantines
b. Serbs
c. Mongols
d. Turks
d.Turks
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
d.Suleyman I
The residence of the Ottoman sultans was located in
a. Istanbul
b. Adrianople
c. Isfahan
d. Cairo
a.Istanbul
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
b.pay a head tax
Which of these was NOT included the in the socioreligious compounds surrounding Sinan’s mosques?
a. school
b. library
c. bazaars
d. harems
d.harems
Who were the “redheads”?
a. Janissaries
b. Shah Abbas I
c. Safavids
d. Shi’ites
d.Shi’ites
The Safavid dynasty was founded by
a. Akbar the Great
b. Shah Ismail
c. Shah Abbas I
d. Safi al-Din
b.Shah Ismail
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
d.Turkish and Persian
he most famous artist of the Safavid era is
a. Riza-i-Abassi
b. Maydan-i-shah
c. Babur
d. Nur Jahan
a.Riza-i-Abassi
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
b.1498
The founder of the Mughal dynasty was
a. Akbar
b. Babur
c. Humayun
d. Tamerlane
b.Babur
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.Akbar
Define zamindar:
a. Mughal elite guard
b. Hindu law
c. local Mughal official
d. poll tax on non-Muslims
c.local Mughal official
The Taj Mahal was built in honor of
a. Shah Jahan
b. Mumtaz Mahal
c. Nur Jahan
d. Jahangir
b.Mumtaz Mahal
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.All of these answers
Which European country’s force defeated the Mughal-led army at the Battle of Plassey?
a. England
b. Holland
c. Portugal
d. France
a.England
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.Indian and Persian
