Muslim Empires: Ottoman, Safavid, & Mughal

Muslim empires were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:

• New military technology
• Strong armies
• Cultural diffusion
• Democratic governments

One Similarity between Suleiman, Abbas, and Akbar?

• their sons were well prepared to take over the empire

• forcefully converting people to Islam

• adopted the Chinese examination system

• used religious tolerance to rule their empire

Which Ottoman Emperor captured Constantinople in 1453?

• Mehmed the Conqueror
• Othman
• Suleyman the Magnificent
• Abbas the Great

Where did Non-Muslims live in the Ottoman Empire?

• They were deported back to Rome

• Outside the city walls

• Millet Communities

• Squatter Communities

Why was Suleyman the Magnificent so magnificent?

• He created a new law code.
• He reduced taxes.
• He gave religious freedom.
• All of the other answers are correct.

Identify one reason for the decline of the Ottoman and Safavid Empires?

• Both were isolationist and refused to trade with outsiders

• Both were conquered by the British

• Both kept strong successors from coming to power.

• Both fought and lost during World War I

All of the following are reasons the Safavid Empire ruler Abbas the Great was so great EXCEPT:

• He borrowed ideas from other empires

• He reformed the government

• He increased trade with European.

• He built the capital city of Constantinople.

Abbas the Great expanded art by sending artists to Europe to study under which great Renaissance artist?

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Michelangelo
• Raphael
• Tupac

Identify a major similarity between the Safavid and Ottoman Empires?

• Both forced conquered people to convert to Islam

• Both were Shi’a Muslims not Sunni

• They used janissaries to form large armies

Akbar used a few strategies to control a large Hindu population in India, which on was NOT?

• Created a fair tax system

• ^{He ended slavery}

• By marrying Hindu princesses

• ^{tolerated all religions}