WORLD HISTORY CHAPTER 19 PRACTICE

In general, the Akbar era of the Mogul dynasty was a period of

• economic hardship.

• peace and stability.

• religious persecution.

• cultural decline.

Ottoman expansion in the fourteenth century eventually led to the empire’s control over

• the Danube Valley.

• the Bosporus and the Dardanelles.

• Italy.

• the Hungarian plain.

The hereditary nature of the position of sultan

• stabilized the Egyptian empire.

• encouraged strife among the peasants.

• led to struggles over succession.

• formed the basis of democracy in the Ottoman Empire

The Safavids differed from many of their Islamic neighbors because the Safavids were ardent

• Sunnis.

• Catholics.

• Shias.

• pacifists.

The position of women in Ottoman society was

• a little better than in other Muslim societies.

• equal to that of women in Western societies.

• determined by the sultan’s grand vizier.

• just below the peasant class.

It was difficult for the Safavids to trade with Europe because they

• did not know Western languages and customs.

• restricted intellectual and religious expression.

• did not produce goods that were needed overseas.

• were hemmed in by rivals on two sides.

Subjects in the Ottoman Empire were divided according to their

• age.

• occupation.

• gender.

• religion.

Mogul painting and architecture combined which motifs?

• male and female

• Persian and Indian

• Muslim and Hindu

• secular and religious

The British hastened the decline of the Mogul Empire in the eighteenth century when they

• opened new trading routes to the West.

• forged alliances with French companies.

• took control of Indian trade.

• offended their powerful Indian allies.

Under Shāh ‘Abbās, Persia experienced

• a flowering of the arts.

• prolonged war and famine.

• a return to strict Sunni Islam.

• attacks from neighboring countries