Question 1

In the Ottoman Empire, ghazis were

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A)   spiritual leaders.
B)   religious gatherings.
C)   frontier warriors.
D)   enemies of the state.
E)   the unconverted.

Question 2

The most outstanding of the Ottoman sultans, under whom the empire reached its peak, was ____________________ the ____________________.

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Suleiman; ...

Question 3

In 1453, ____________________ the ____________________ captured Constantinople, and its name was changed to ____________________.

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Mehmed; Conqueror; Istanbul

Question 4

Which of these was not an accomplishment of Suleiman?

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A)   the seizure of Iraq
B)   taking control of the arrangements for the pilgrimage to Mecca
C)   the remodeling of Muhammad's tomb
D)   remodeling of the Dome of the Rock
E)   defeat of the Abbasids

Question 5

In the Balkans after the 17th century, relations between Ottoman rulers and their Balkan Christian subjects

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A)   steadily improved.
B)   improved dramatically.
C)   deteriorated.
D)   remained much the same.
E)   improved slightly. C

Question 6

Under Turkish domination, the majority of the Balkan population became/remained

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A)   Muslim.
B)   Orthodox Christian.
C)   Protestant.
D)   Catholic.
E)   Jewish.

Question 7

Which of these took place during the 1500s?

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A)   An Afghan leader, Babur, established the Mughal Muslim Indian dynasty.
B)   The Turks established the Delhi Sultanate.
C)   Religious wars between the Hindus and Muslims decimated the Indian subcontinent.
D)   Akbar forced Jews and Christians within his empire to convert to Islam.
E)   The Mughal Empire lost control of central India.

Question 8

Shi'ites reject all of Muhammad's successors who are not related to him by ____________________ or ____________________.

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Question 9

Safavid power reached its height during the reign of ____________________ ____________________.

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The answer of Safavid power reached its height during the...

Question 10

By the 1450s, all of the Balkans south of Hungary had been absorbed into the Ottoman Empire except for

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A)   Ain Jalut.
B)   Baghdad.
C)   Manzihert.
D)   Constantinople.
E)   Budapest. D

Question 11

Which do you think was more significant in world history, the Battle of Manzihert or the Treaty of Karlowitz? Defend your answer.

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In world history, the Treaty of Karlowit...

Question 12

The Ottoman Empire under Orhan was decidedly

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A)   feudalistic.
B)   tolerant.
C)   wealthy.
D)   cosmopolitan.
E)   modern.

Question 13

The main purpose of Osman's early state was to

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A)   become economically viable.
B)   convert captured peoples to Islam.
C)   wage holy war against the Byzantine Christians.
D)   bring peace to Asia Minor.
E)   gain territory.

Question 14

A popular move of Akbar's was eliminating the high ____________________ tax on non-Muslim subjects.

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The answer of A popular move of Akbar's was eliminating...

Question 15

The janissaries were an elite Ottoman military corps made up of ____________________ youth captured in the ____________________.

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The answer of The janissaries were an elite Ottoman military...

Question 16

It would be most accurate to say that under the Ottoman Sublime Porte

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A)   religion and civilian authority shared equal status.
B)   the Ottoman army was controlled by the secular bureaucracy.
C)   the Shaykh al-Islam, appointed by the sultan, lent his moral authority to the civil bureaucracy.
D)   the grand vizier deferred to the Shaykh al-Islam.
E)   converts to Islam could not serve as officials in the civil government.

Question 17

Compare and contrast the leadership of Mehmed the Conqueror and Suleiman the Magnificent. What about each man made him "the right person at the right time" for his people?

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Mehmed the Conqueror and Suleiman the Ma...

Question 18

The battle of Ain Jalut

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A)   brought much needed peace to Spain.
B)   kept Turkey free of Mongol rule.
C)   led to the death of the Islamic caliph in 1250.
D)   gave the Turks direct access to Asia Minor for the first time.
E)   led to the establishment of the Rum Sultanate in eastern Asia Minor.

Question 19

After the murder of his favorite son, Suleiman

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A)   broke apart his harem so that nothing like that could happen again, and had his favorite wife, instigator of the plot, executed.
B)   began once again to take part in the annual jihads, during one of which he was killed.
C)   began to defer to his viziers and military officials, resulting in Ottoman defeat by the Europeans.
D)   threw himself into the day-to-day affairs of his empire to assuage his grief.
E)   turned the empire over to his royal council, the divan , and retired from public life.

Question 20

The most outstanding of the Mughal Emperors was

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A)   Jahangir.
B)   Shah Jahan.
C)   Akbar.
D)   Babur.
E)   Aurangzeb.

Exam 24: The Rise and Fall of the Muslim Empires

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The most outstanding of the Ottoman sultans, under whom the empire reached its peak, was ____________________ the ____________________.

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In 1453, ____________________ the ____________________ captured Constantinople, and its name was changed to ____________________.

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Which of these was not an accomplishment of Suleiman?

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In the Balkans after the 17th century, relations between Ottoman rulers and their Balkan Christian subjects

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Which of these took place during the 1500s?

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Shi'ites reject all of Muhammad's successors who are not related to him by ____________________ or ____________________.

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Safavid power reached its height during the reign of ____________________ ____________________.

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By the 1450s, all of the Balkans south of Hungary had been absorbed into the Ottoman Empire except for

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Which do you think was more significant in world history, the Battle of Manzihert or the Treaty of Karlowitz? Defend your answer.

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The Ottoman Empire under Orhan was decidedly

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A popular move of Akbar's was eliminating the high ____________________ tax on non-Muslim subjects.

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The janissaries were an elite Ottoman military corps made up of ____________________ youth captured in the ____________________.

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It would be most accurate to say that under the Ottoman Sublime Porte

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