Chapter 2

Question 1

Warriors for Islam

Answer 1

Ghazis

Question 2

Most successful Ghazis

Answer 2

Osman

Question 3

Rebellious warrior and conqueror from Samarkand in Central Asia

Answer 3

Timor the Lane

Question 4

Achieved the most dramatic feat in Ottoman history

Answer 4

Mehmet II

Question 5

Elite force of 30,000

Answer 5

Janissaries

Question 6

Sultan’s army took boys from their families and trained them to be soldiers

Answer 6

Devshrine

Question 7

Why were the Ottomans such successful conquerors?

Answer 7

Success largely based on gunpowder, replaced archers on horseback with musket-carrying soldiers, and among first people to use cannons as offensive weapons

Question 8

Why did Mehmet the Conqueror show his tolerance of other cultures?

Answer 8

He opened Constantinople to many other cultures

Question 9

Why was Selim he Grim’s capture of Mecca, Medina, and Cairo so significant?

Answer 9

Mecca and Medina were the holy cities and Cairo was the intellectual city

Question 10

What role did slaves in Ottoman society?

Answer 10

They took boys from their homes and then trained them to Benin the army and then they could work themselves up to high government posts. They also took non-Muslim girls to become slaves to the wealthy.

Question 11

Member of Shi’a Muslim dynasty

Answer 11

Safavid

Question 12

Abbas the Great

Answer 12

Abbas rebuilt capital city

Question 13

14 year old leader of the Safavid military

Answer 13

Isma’il

Question 14

What ideas did Shah Abbas borrow from his enemies, the Ottomans?

Answer 14

Created a slave system much like the janissaries, equipped army with modern artillery, reformed government, and installed capable leaders

Question 15

In what others ways did the Safavids interweave foreign ideas into their culture?

Answer 15

Established relations with Europe and brought Chinese artists and to the Safavid empire

Question 16

People who invaded India

Answer 16

Mughals

Question 17

11 year olds boy who inherited the kingdom of what is now Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

Answer 17

Babur

Question 18

Babur’ grandson

Answer 18

Akbar

Question 19

Akbar’s grandson

Answer 19

Jahangir

Question 20

Persian princess/ Jahangir’s wife

Answer 20

Nor Jahan

Question 21

Nonviolent religious group whose doctrines blended Buddhism

Answer 21

Sikhs

Question 22

Cultured man/couldn’t tolerate competition

Answer 22

Shah Jahan

Question 23

Famous tomb made by 2,000 workers

Answer 23

Taj Mahel

Question 24

Shah Jahan’s third son who fought and won the throne after Shah Jahan died

Answer 24

Aurangzeb

Question 25

What deeds-both positive and negative- contributed to Ismailis fame?

Answer 25

Negative-after he took these areas he opposed Shi'ism and those who didn't practice Shi'ism got executed Positive- brilliant warrior

Question 26

What opposition did the Mughals face when they invaded India?

Answer 26

Timor the Lane had already destroyed Delhi so they struggled to find a leader fit to rule India

Question 27

In what ways did Akbar defend religious freedom during his reign?

Answer 27

Tolerance of marriage, practiced religious rituals in palace, and abolished religious oriented taxes

Question 28

How did Akbar's successors promote religious conflict in the empire?

Answer 28

They rejected religious tolerance by bringing back the tax on non-Muslims and dismissed Hindus from high positions in the government