Chpt. 18-19 Test Flashcards
Tulip period
- last years of ottoman sultan Ahmed
- 1500-1750
- European styles and attitudes became popular in Istanbul
Janissaries
- Infantry, originally made up with slaves, armed with fire arms
- 1500-1750
- elite of ottoman army
Where would slave children most likely be found working?
In “grass gangs” doing simple, lighter work
In the eighteenth century, West Indian plantations were controlled by a plantocracy,
A small number of rich men who owned the land and slaves
Plantation slaves were motivated to work hard
To escape punishment
Most slaves died of
Disease
Generally, the Atlantic African slave trade was based on partnership between
European and African elites
The majority of African salves in the Islamic world were:
Women for concubines and servents
Which of the following is true regarding the Atlantic slave trade?
Europeans gained far more wealth than Africans
In 1453, the ottoman armies attacked Constantinople and brought and end to
Byzantine rule
Although European accounts discussed the custom of women wearing veils,
Both Islamic men and women covered their hair, arms, and legs
The the Muslim world,
Despite religious disapproval, relationships with boys were not unusual
Iran became closely associated with the manufacture of which item?
Carpets
The founder of the Mughal empire was
Babur
The African state most dependent on the slave trade was
Dahomey
Among Akbar’s cultural accomplishments that did not survive him was
A “divine faith” that incorporated Zoroastrianism, Muslim, and Hindu beliefs
With the fragmentation of Mughal political order, who became president of an independent European stronghold on India’s east coast?
Joseph Francois dupleix
Extensive Islamic expansion into east Africa and Southeast Asia occurred
Because Islam willingly accepted converts as full members
One of the most significant stimuli for European expansion into Southeast Asia in the 17th century was
Joint-stock trade companies
Safavid empire
Influenced Iraq and Iran
1500-1750
Set up empire which caused religious tension
Mughal empire
Descendants of Mongols
1500-1750 United India
