Chapter 21: The Muslim Empires Flashcards
Which of the following helps explain the widespread rise of the three new Muslim empires during the early modern period?
a) their use of gunpowder weapons
b) European conquests in East Asia
c) Japanese and Western Expansion
d) the decline of religious divisions
e) the introduction of new global communication technology
a) their use of gunpowder weapons
The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires shared all of these characteristics EXCEPT
a) they were based on conquest and the use of military technologies.
b) they were Muslim led.
c) they all ruled predominantly Muslim populations.
d) they originated in Turkish nomadic cultures of the steppe.
b) they were Muslim led.
In order to supply its elite Janissaries and palace with soldiers, the Ottoman rulers
a) Imported and paid trained foreigners and mercenaries.
b) used labor taxes.
c) relied on Muslim noble families.
d) conscripted Balkan Christian boys and converted them to Islam.
d) conscripted Balkan Christian boys and converted them to Islam.
During their reign, Safavid policies in Persia
a) favored agriculture over trade and manufacturing.
b) favored Turkish traditions and customs.
c) favored the Arabic language and Arab bureaucracies.
d) fostered a sense of Persian religious culture and social unity.
d) fostered a sense of Persian religious culture and social unity.
Although the Ottomans and the Safavids were bitter political and religious rivals, which of the following is an accurate description of a similarity between them?
a) They took care to support the peasantry’s demands against harsh landlords.
b) They allowed women greater social and economic freedoms than did the Mughals.
c) They patronized the arts and encouraged foreign and domestic trade.
d) They both encouraged Shi’a theology.
c) They patronized the arts and encouraged foreign and domestic trade.
The decline of the Ottomans can be traced to all the following EXCEPT
a) the oversight of the empire hindered by poor communications and corruption.
b) the introduction of Latin American silver which led to crippling inflation.
c) the battle of Chaldiran which marked the end of Ottoman military supremacy.
d) the weakening of the Sultan’s power to due to succession disputes.
b) the introduction of Latin American silver which led to crippling inflation.
Akbar envisioned reforming India by attempting to implement all of the following policies EXCEPT
a) child marriage and widowhood traditions.
b) hiring of foreign intellectuals to start new universities.
c) reforming military and administrative training procedures.
d) the creation of a universalist religion.
b) hiring of foreign intellectuals to start new universities.
