Unit 3 Review

How did land-based empires establish themselves and expand?

• Gunpowder weapons

• Trade

• Legitimizing Power

• Alliances

Answer explanation

Cannons and other gunpowder weapons allowed them to conquer quickly and effectively.

Gunpowder technology traveled along what trade route to get to the Middle East, Persia, and South Asia?

• Silk Roads

• Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

• Indian Ocean Trade Routes

• Mediterranean Trade Route

Answer explanation

Gunpowder comes from China (East Asia) so the technology traveled along the Silk Roads.

From what group did the Ottomans recruit bureaucrats and soldiers?

• Subject Peoples

• Aristocracy

• Nobles

• Scholar Gentry

Answer explanation

Subject peoples are those that the Ottomans defeated and ruled over. In the case of the Ottomans it was usually Christians.

What was the biggest issue between the Safavid and the Ottoman empires?

• The religious split of Islam

• Fighting over territory

• Safavid was Islamic and Ottoman was Christian

• The rulers were part of the same family

Answer explanation

Though the two did fight over territory, their biggest difference was that the Safavid were Shi'a and the Ottomans were Sunni.

What do Sunni and Shi'a Muslims disagree on?

• Who should succeed Muhammad

• The number of times a day they need to pray

• If Muhammad was the last prophet

• Where to place the Islamic capital

Answer explanation

The biggest split in Islam happened almost immediately at the start of the religion when Muhammad died. Who should take his place? Shi'a believe it has to be a blood relative. Sunni believe it should be a selected member of the community that does not need to be a blood relative.

What religious group was in the majority in the Mughal empire?

• Muslims

• Hindus

• Buddhists

• Christians

Answer explanation

The Muslim minority ruled over the Hindu majority

What religion was Akbar the Great and Aurangzeb?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Hindu

• Buddhist

Answer explanation

Remember, the Mughals were Muslim

What major European Christian city was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in their expansion into Europe?

• Constantinople

• Mecca

• Vienna

• Tours

Answer explanation

Art, Architecture, and Religion are three ways to...

• Legitimize a ruler's power

• Consolidate a ruler's power

• Usurp a ruler's power

• Weaken a ruler's power

Answer explanation

Legitimizing = I am the ruler and here is how you know

Consolidating = I am the ruler and I am taking away the power of others and making it my own

When a ruler has complete and total authority over every aspect of society, it is called...

• Absolutism

• Limited Monarchy

• Democrcy

• Parliamentary Government

Answer explanation

Absolute rulers rule ABSOLUTELY -

Think French King Louis XIV