Chapters 19&20

Question 1

What empires were the Islamic empire

Answer 1

Safavid, Mughal, and ottoman

Question 2

What was the name of the ruler in the Ottoman Empire

Answer 2

Sultan

Question 3

Janissarys

Answer 3

Like Christian pic but got paid and grew power

-accepted idea of fighting on foot and using guns

Question 4

Devshrime

Answer 4

Government would pick promising boys in Christian villages and place them with Turkish families to learn language before placing them in the military

• most promising would receive education in instanbul

Question 5

Raya

Answer 5

Paid for sultan taxes and in return the sultan provides him with justice

Question 6

Would military have to pay taxes?

Answer 6

No they were exempted and depended on sultan for well being also got land grant(later went away when govt was weakening)

Question 7

New rules about janissaries

Answer 7

Could now marry and engage in business but took a toll on their military skills

Question 8

True or false: govt wanted to decrease Calvary and increase janissaries

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Why did military go down?

Answer 9

Janissaries would hire substitutes

Question 10

Did sultans have a lot of power towards end

Answer 10

No they had little experience in real world and stayed in palace

Question 11

What empires were in the gunpowder empire

Answer 11

Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal

Question 12

Who founded the Mughal empire

Answer 12

Babur

Question 13

Who was baburs grandson

Answer 13

Akbar

Question 14

What were akbar’s accomplishments while he was empire of the Mughal empire

Answer 14

-conquered all but southern tip of India
-granted land grants to military and govt officials
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Question 15

Did the Mughal empire have a navy?

Answer 15

No

Question 16

Mansabs

Answer 16

Land grants

Question 17

What was Mughals main port

Answer 17

Surat– also served as stopping point for Muslims going to Mecca

Question 18

70% of Mansabdors(officials holding land grants) were Muslim or Hindu

Answer 18

They were Muslim

Question 19

Akbar’s main goal

Answer 19

To make Hindus and Muslims get along- he a married Hindu woman so his descendants would be both

Question 20

Divine faith

Answer 20

Created by Akbar

Incorporated Hindu, Sikh, Christian, and Zoroastrian, and Muslim

Question 21

Most heavy population part of Muslims were in…

Answer 21

Indus River valley and Bengal

Question 22

Mughal empire was ruled by

Answer 22

Sultans

Question 23

Nanak

Answer 23

First guru(spiritual teachers) stressed meditation and enlightenment