Multiple Choice Quiz


1
All of the following EXCEPT __________ were "gunpowder" empires.
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2
Even though many of the Muslim states were at odds politically, they were held together by
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3
The founder of the Ottoman line of rulers was
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4
Timur the Lame did all EXCEPT which one of the following?
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5
__________ play(s) an important role in Middle Eastern literature.
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6
The conquests of __________ terrorized European Christendom and brought the Ottoman state considerable wealth and prestige.
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7
The Egyptian and Arabian conquests of __________, a powerful Ottoman leader, brought with them the claim to the title, Custodian of the Holy Cities.
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8
Under Suleiman, the Ottoman Turks extended their empire into Hungary, following an overwhelming victory over the Hungarians at
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9
All were ethnic groups found within the vast empire of Suleiman EXCEPT the
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10
Pastas were __________ within the far-flung Ottoman empire.
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11
Under the Ottoman Empire, absolute power resided in the person of
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12
The most feared ruler of the sixteenth century was
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13
The Ottoman government could be characterized as a
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14
The __________ system represented an unusual category of slaves who controlled much of the wealth and power in Ottoman society.
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15
Non-Muslim residents of the Ottoman Empire were
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16
The Sultan's main support in the Ottoman army was the slave-staffed
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17
The Ottoman Empire went into a precipitous decline after 1566 and
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18
Even though Europe became stronger in the sixteenth century, the __________ remained the most powerful threat to the Turks.
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19
The Safavid dynasty of Persia adhered to the
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20
Abbas the Great of Persia was
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21
Abbas the Great
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22
Abbas the Great gave his country all EXCEPT which one of the following?
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23
Akbar's "Divine Faith"
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24
___________ laid the foundations for a Mughul empire that would dominate most of India into the eighteenth century.
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25
Akbar was responsible for all of the following EXCEPT
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26
The mansahdar system of India's Mughual rulers was designed to
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27
In the early seventeenth century, the Mughul Empire was the wealthiest state in the world with revenues __________ times greater than those of France, another wealthy nation.
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28
From its capital city of Agra, the Mughul Empire in the early 1600s was
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29
By the seventeenth century, the __________ empire was the wealthiest state in the world
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30
The early Mughul period witnessed a rich __________ cultural synthesis.
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31
A Mughul gift to the world is the
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32
One of the most famous buildings in the world, the Taj Mahal was built by
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33
The Mughul school of painters during the reign of Akbar's son Jahangir produced all of the following EXCEPT
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34
The effort of __________ to found a middle ground between Islam and Hinduism provoked a violent response from the empire's Muslims and from his brother, Aurangzeb.
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35
The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughul empires derived most of their income from
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36
The famed, elite Ottoman infantry corps were known as
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Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.

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