WHAP - Unit 3 Review

During the Songhai Empire, invasion and decentralization saw the depletion of what major trade network?

• Silk Roads

• Indian Ocean

• Trans-Saharan

• Mediterranean

During the Mughal Empire, Akbar pursued a viable policy of __________.

• toleration for other faiths

• making Hindus second-class citizens

• destroying mosques around the region

• all of the above

The Ottoman Empire found itself in frequent conflict with the Shia _________.

• Mughal Empire

• Safavid Empire

• Songhai

• Delhi Sultanate

MINIATURE ILLUSTRATION INCLUDED IN A PERSIAN HISTORY OF THE MUGHAL CONQUEST OF INDIA SHOWING THE MUGHAL DEFEAT OF THE SULTAN OF DELHI AT THE BATTLE OF PANIPAT IN 1526

Which of the following best explains the process illustrated in the image?

• States increasingly relied on slave soldiers to establish large empires.

• The invention of the stirrup allowed expanding states to use cavalry more effectively.

• The development of new types of armor reduced casualties and allowed states to expand faster than before.

• States used gunpowder weapons to establish large empires.

MINIATURE ILLUSTRATION INCLUDED IN A PERSIAN HISTORY OF THE MUGHAL CONQUEST OF INDIA SHOWING THE MUGHAL DEFEAT OF THE SULTAN OF DELHI AT THE BATTLE OF PANIPAT IN 1526

The methods of warfare shown in the image were instrumental in explaining the territorial expansion of all of the following land-based empires EXCEPT

• the Safavid Empire

• the Qing (Manchu) Empire

• the Aztec (Mexica) Empire

• the Ottoman Empire

Which of the following accurately describes a significant difference between the Ottoman and Mughal Empires in the early seventeenth century?

• The Mughals practiced religious tolerance toward non-Muslim subjects, while the Ottomans did not.

• The Ottomans ruled over people who were predominately Muslim, while the Mughals did not.

• The Mughals used gunpowder weapons to expand their territory, while the Ottomans did not.

• The Ottomans made Shia Islam the official state religion, while the Mughals made Buddhism the official state religion.

The portrait of Emperor Jahangir was most likely a symbolic representation of which of the following?

• The Mughal Empire’s scientific achievements

• The extended travels of Emperor Jahangir to Eurasian pilgrimage sites

• The Mughal Empire’s control of global trade networks

• The expanding power of the Mughal Empire

Which of the following was the most likely purpose of the portraits of the emperor?

• To demonstrate the Mughal Empire’s conversion to Islam

• To honor the continued influence of Hellenistic art forms in India

• To represent the Mughal belief in the emperor’s divinity

• To glorify his rule through the sponsorship of artworks

From 1400 to 1750, Eurasian rulers sponsored the arts primarily for which of the following reasons?

• To display power and legitimize their rule

• To spend excess money collected in taxes

• To encourage tourism and pilgrimages

• To increase employment opportunities for struggling artists

The photograph above of a sixteenth-century Mughal mosque in India built by Akbar is an example of which of the following?

• Emergence of capitalist economies

• Expansion of coercive labor systems

• Creation of a global trade network

• Cultural syncretism