APWH 3.2 Empires: Administration Terms

What unique method did the Ottomans use to govern a diverse empire?

• attempted to create a universal religion

• recruited European Christian boys to become elite warriors

• shared power with the Caliph of the Abbasid caliph

• attempted to merge both Shi'a and Sunni sects of Islam

Who would be responsible for this structure? 

• Ottomans 
• Mughal 
• Safavid 
• Tamerlane 

The Muslim Empire that conquered Constantinople

• Ottoman Turks
• Safavid Persians
• Mughal Indians
• Mongol Chinese

Which of the following statements is true about both the Mughal and Ottoman empires in the sixteenth century?

• In both empires the majority of the people were Muslims
• Both empires had powerful navies that engaged European navies
• Both empires expanded through the use of gunpowder weapons and extensive bureaucracies
• Both empires gave little monetary support to artistic and cultural endeavors

In Tokugawa Japan

• the emperor reigned, but did not rule
• the shoguns lost political power to the sumarai
• Christian missionaries were increasingly welcomed
• social classes were fluid and meritocracy was well established

Under Suleyman

• the Ottoman Empire collapsed
• the Ottomans conquered all of Europe
• Christians and Jews were forced to convert to Islam
• the Ottoman Empire reached its cultural peak or golden age

Which Ottoman leader was known as The Magnificent and The Lawgiver?

• Selim II
• Osman
• Suleyman
• Shah Jahan

What invention had the greatest influence on the spread of ideas in the Northern Renaissance?

• gunpowder
• moveable type
• compass
• rudder

From the latin for "rebirth" this era in European History saw the rediscovery of Greco-Roman knowledge and Humanism following increased interaction with the East brought about by interactions via the Crusades and Pax Mongolica

• Renaissance
• Safavid Era
• Middle Ages
• Enlightenment

The Empire/Dynasty that would expel the Mongols and their Yuan Dynasty from China and tried to recapture the glory of Song Dynasty China.  Emperor Yongle of this empire sent Zheng He out to try and establish Chinese dominance of the Indian Ocean, but upon the death of Yongle, China went back into its isolationism though Chinese merchants continued to trade in the Indian Ocean. 

• Ming
• Songhay
• Mughal 
• Safavid