The World in 1750

The World in 1750

By Antonia Blair

Multiple Choice

What was the title given to the ruler of the Ottoman Empire?

• Janissary
• Rajput
• Sultan
• Mansabdar

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What religion did the Ottoman Empire help spread throughout their empire?

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Shintoism

• Islam

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What city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453 putting an end to the Byzantium Empire?

• Rome

• Constantinople

• Athens

• Vienna

Multiple Choice

True or False: The Ottomans required that all the peoples they conquered converted to the Islamic religion or they were executed.

• False
• True

Multiple Choice

____ were an elite guard of Ottoman soldiers.

• sinans

• ulema

• pashas

• janissaries

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Due to its diverse population, the Ottomans were known for

• Forcing its subjects to convert to Islam

• Creating harsh laws against Christians and Jews

• Allowing many non-muslims into the government

• Allowing religious practice for all, at a price

Multiple Choice

Local officials in the Mughal Empire that were given plots of farmland which they rented out. They kept part of the local taxes as their salaries and forwarded the remainder to the central govt.

• Sikhs

• Zamindars

• pasha

• ultimus

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This dynasty ruled most of India and Pakistan in the 16th and 17th centuries. It consolidated Islam in South Asia, and spread Muslim arts and culture as well as the faith. They were Muslims who ruled a country with a large Hindu majority

• Ottomans

• Romans

• Byzantines

• Mughals

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He was known for building gardens, monuments, and forts as the country was suffering. He ordered the construction of the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife.

• Akbar

• Shah Jahan

• Suleiman

• Ismael

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A monotheistic religion that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century. They are a nonviolent group.

• Muslims

• Hindus

• Christians

• Sikhs

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The Mughal Empire was situated in what modern nation?

• Iran

• India

• Saudi Arabia

• Turkey

Multiple Choice

In 1857, ____________ replaced the Mughal dynasty.

• Marathas

• Sikhs

• British Raj

• Afghans

Multiple Choice

During the Edo (Tokugawa) period, which position below held the most power on the social hierarchy?

• Shogun

• Daimyo

• Emperor

• Samurai

Multiple Choice

How did the Tokugawa shoguns exert political control over the daimyo in 17th century Japan?

• They killed the daimyo’s draft animals.
• They kept the daimyo’s family in Edo as hostages.
• They exiled the daimyo to Korea.
• Nothing, the shoguns did not exert political control over the daimyo.

Multiple Choice

Which man completed the unification of Japan and set up a shogunate in Japan to maintain that control?

• Toyotomi Hideyoshi

• Ito Hirohito

• Oda Nobunaga

• Tokugawa Ieyasu

Multiple Choice

What did Edo later become?

• Kyoto

• Hokkaido

• Honshu

• Tokyo

Multiple Choice

Tokugawa Ieyasu used the "alternate attendance policy" to control the

• peasants
• daimyo
• foreign traders
• merchants