History Chapter 19 Quiz

Local officials in the Mogul dynasty were called zamindars.

• True

• False

Gunpowder empires were empires united by internal rulers through religion.

• True

• False

The pasha was the Ottoman sultan's chief minister who led council meetings and carried the main burdens of the state.

• True

• False

When the Safavid Empire reached its high point, Shah 'Abbas was its leader.

• True

• False

Under the leadership of Suleyman 1, the Ottomans conquered Constantinople and gained dominance over the Balkans and the Anatolian Peninsula

• True

• False

After the Safavid ruling family retreated to their original homeland, Persia sank into political and social anarchy.

• True

• False

By the late eighteenth century, Mogul prosperity was shaken by the rise of the Safavids.

• True

• False

During his reign, Suleyman...

• encouraged the development of Persia art

• reorganized the government and regulated its laws

• introduced Western ideas to the Ottoman Empire

• pressured people to conform to traditional religious beliefs

When the Ottomans gained control of the trade crossroads of COnstantinople, Europeans...

• stopped attempts to trade with the East

• looked to the seas for new trade routes

• established their own trade routes through the city

• attacked the city

By the late eighteenth century, Mogul prosperity was shaken by which of the following?

• the rise of women

• the arrival of the British

• new architectural ideas

• Shah Jahan