Gunpowder Empires

Which one was not considered a gunpowder empire?

• Mughal

• Safavid

• Portugese

• Ottoman

• Russian

What primarily led to the decline of the Ottoman and Safavid Empires?

• massive droughts

• incompetent leadership

• invading armies

• religious wars

The Ottomans and Safavids were the first to use this military invention throught their empire:

• Ships

• Telescopes

• Gunpowder

• Bows and Arrows

Where is the Mughal Empire?

• A

• B

• C

The Ottomans controlled trade because:

• They owned major port and land trade routes

• They were technologically advanced

• They conquered anyone who opposed them

• Suleiman the Magnificent was loved by many people

Ottoman society was divided into classes. The "men of the pen" were the class of people who were...

• soldiers and guards of the sultan

• farmers and animal herders

• merchants and tax collectors

• scientists and teachers

The Janissaries were an elite military unit composed of :

• top Muslim officers in the Ottoman empire

• captured and converted Christians

• Former Roman and Mongol soldiers

• Former Crusaders from the Byzantine Empire

By the 1700s, the Shiite Safavids in old Persia lost their empire to Sunni Muslim rebels, Persia became a new country known today as:

• Turkey

• India

• Iran

• China

_____ were an elite guard of Ottoman soldiers

• janissaries

• ulema

• pashas

• sinans

Mehmed II changed the name of this great Byzantine city to Istanbul

• Medina

• Jerusalem

• Constantinople

• Delhi