Quiz 15 Flashcards
Which of the following did NOT apply to non-Muslims in the Ottoman system?
They were allowed to practice their religion.
In some areas, large numbers converted to the Islamic faith.
They had to convert to Islam.
They had to pay a tax.
They had to convert to Islam.
A soldier in the elite guard of the Ottoman Turks was a(n) _______________.
zamindar ulema janissary sultan harem pasha shah
janissary
Which was NOT a reason why the Moguls were able to expand their rule to almost all of India?
They used advanced weapons.
They had large military forces.
They were successful negotiators.
They were effective in their use of military tactics.
They had large military forces.
The Safavids used their Shiite faith to unify __________
Sunnis and Shiites.
Ottomans and Safavids.
Persians and Turkish peoples.
Afghans and Persians.
Persians and Turkish peoples.
The decline of the Mogul Empire was hastened by the arrival of __________ traders in India.
Persian
French
British
Turkish
British
During the reign of Shah Abbas, the Safavid dynasty __________
lost Azerbaijan to the Ottoman Turks.
began to decline.
reached its height.
relied heavily on relatives to administer the empire.
reached its height.
A group of religious advisers to the Ottoman sultan; this group administered the legal system and schools for educating Muslims was the ________________.
harem zamindar council janissary pasha ulema shah
Ulema
An appointed official in the Ottoman Empire who collected taxes, maintained law and order, and was directly responsible to the sultan’s court was a(n) _________________.
pasha sultan harem janissary ulema shah zamindar
Pasha
A local official in Mogul, India who received a plot of farmland for temporary use in return for collecting taxes for the central government was a(n) _________________________.
sultan janissary ulema harem pasha zamindar shah
zamindar
The greatest contribution of the Ottoman Empire to world art was in __________
textiles.
pottery.
architecture.
jewelry.
architecture
Why did problems begin to occur after the Ottoman Empire reached its high point under Süleyman?
Sultans became less involved in government.
all of these answers
The central bureaucracy lost its links with rural areas.
Süleyman killed his two most able sons.
All of these answers
In Safavid Persia, trade with Europe was limited because of __________
all of these answers.
the Ottomans to the west.
conflict between Shiites and Sunnis.
frequent wars.
the Ottomans to the west
Aurangzeb, one of the most controversial rulers in the history of India, did all EXCEPT __________
forcing Hindus to convert to Islam.
continuing a policy of religious tolerance.
forbidding the Hindu custom of suttee.
forbidding the levying of illegal taxes.
continuing a policy of religious tolerance.
Another name for a king (used in Persia and Iran) is __________.
zamindar ulema shah pasha sultan harem janissary
Shah
After the Ottoman Turks conquered a new region, they usually __________
sent administrators from Constantinople.
administered it through a local ruler who was responsible to the sultan’s court in Constantinople.
left military officers in charge.
left the administration to the discretion of local rulers.
administered it through a local ruler who was responsible to the sultan’s court in Constantinople.
