Chapter 19

Question 1

Janissaries

Answer 1

a soldier in the elite guard of the Ottoman Turks

Question 2

Successor

Answer 2

One who follows, especially one who takes over a throne, title, or office.

Question 3

Gunpowder empire

Answer 3

an empire formed by outside conquerors who unified the regions that they conquered through thier mastery of firearms

Question 4

Sultan

Answer 4

“holder of power” the military and political head of state under the seljuk turks and the Ottomans

Question 5

Harem

Answer 5

“sacred place”; the private domain of an ottoman sultan where he and his wives resided

Question 6

Grand vizier

Answer 6

the ottoman sultan’s chief minister who carried the main burdens of the state and who led the council of meetings

Question 7

Pasha

Answer 7

an appointed official of the ottoman empire who collected taxes, maintained law and order, and was directly responsible to the sultans court

Question 8

Ulema

Answer 8

a group of religious advisers to the ottoman sultan; this group administered the legal system and schools for educating Muslims

Question 9

what artistically did the ottomans not create

a. Pottery and silks
b. The largest blueprints and architectures
c. Rugs and jewelry
d. armors for the government

Answer 9

B

Question 10

The ottoman empire was centered around what middle eastern country

a. turkey
b. Jordan
c. lebanon
d. Iran

Answer 10

A

Question 11

What is the highest position in the ottoman empire

a. sultan
b. caliphate
c. grand visier
d vice president

Answer 11

A

Question 12

what were the ottomans not known for

a. calligraphy
b. Mosaic Tiling
c. coffee
d. Carpet

Answer 12

B

Question 13

How long did the ottoman empire last

a. 700 years
b. 620 years
c. 600 years
d. 610 years

Answer 13

b

Question 14

Shah

Answer 14

King used in Persia and Iran

Question 15

Administrator

Answer 15

one who manages the affairs of a government or buisiness

Question 16

conform

Answer 16

to adhere to rules or standards to fit in

Question 17

orthodoxy

Answer 17

traditional beliefs, especially in religion

Question 18

anarchy

Answer 18

political disorder, lawlessness

Question 19

Suleyman

Answer 19

Known as the lawgiver

Question 20

Selim II

Answer 20

Suleyman’s only surviving son

Question 21

Shah Esmail

Answer 21

Founded the Safavid Dynasty

Question 22

Shah Abbas

Answer 22

Ruler of the empire

Question 23

Riza-i-Abbasi

Answer 23

most famous artist of this time period

Question 24

what term for king in Persia and Iran

a. buddha
b. Baron
c. Shah
d. Emperor

Answer 24

c

Question 25

How was the economy of the ottomans troubled a inflation b bad trading partners c delcine in tobacco production d all of the above

Answer 25

a

Question 26

How did the ottomans treat non-muslims a they killed them b with no respect c they praised them d with high tolerance

Answer 26

d

Question 27

who founded the safavid empire a selim II b Shah Esmail c Shah Abbas d Riza-i-Abbasi

Answer 27

b

Question 28

Who was the Ottoman sultan's chief minister? a grand vizier b pasha c ulema d janissaries

Answer 28

a

Question 29

Zamindar

Answer 29

a local official in mogul India who received a plot of farmland for temporary use in return for collecting taxes for the central government

Question 30

Suttee

Answer 30

the Hindu custom of cremating a widow on her husbands funeral pyre

Question 31

Suttee

Answer 31

the Hindu custom of cremating a widow on her husbands funeral pyre

Question 32

Babur

Answer 32

the founder of teh mogul empire

Question 33

timur lenk

Answer 33

he was the leader of the mogul empire following babur

Question 34

akbar

Answer 34

the grandson of babur. he took the throne when he was 14 and brought mogul rule to most of india

Question 35

Jahangir

Answer 35

the son of akbar and the successor of teh their dynasty. He continued the strength of their central government and controlled over a vast government

Question 36

Nur jahan

Answer 36

since jahangir started to lose interest he handed most of the power to nur jahan

Question 37

what is a local official in mogul India who received a plot of farmland for temporary use in return for collecting taxes for central government a suttee b zamidar c authority d none of the above

Answer 37

b

Question 38

what was the considered a time of progress during the mogul dynasty a the akbar era b genghis khan c mongolian empire d none of the above

Answer 38

a

Question 39

who brought back Persian and Indian influences a han dynasty b moguls c akbar d alll of the above

Answer 39

b