APWH 4.7 Reading Quiz

What was the timar system?

• A system in which the sultan granted land or tax revenues to those he favored

• A system in which the nobility granted land or tax revenues to those he favored

• A system in which the boyars granted land or tax revenues to those he favored

• A system in which the merchants granted land or tax revenues to those he favored

TRUE or FALSE. Jews were accepted and treated fairly in Spain

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which were most tolerant of religious diversity?

• Mughal and Ottoman

• Spanish and Safavid

• Qing, Spanish, and Japanese

• Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal

• Qing and Japanese

Roxelana was a woman that

• Became powerful as a result of her relationship with Suleiman the Magnificent

• Lost all of her power s a result of her relationship with Suleiman the Magnificent

• Stayed in her social class

• Lost her standing her in social class over a long period of time

Fill in the Blank: Qing Dynasty officials massacred __________________________ who refused to assimilate to Qing culture

• Jews

• Zings

• Mongols

• Hans

Where was the nobility in the European social hierarchy?

• At the very top

• Just below royalty

• Near the bottom

• At the very bottom

What determined your place in the social hierarchy in Latin America

• Ability to speak multiple languages

• Race and ancestry

• Job/career

• Who you had political connections to

All of the following statements about the Ottoman Empire in the period 1450–1750 are factually accurate. Which would most strongly support Barkey’s claim regarding the Ottoman state and toleration in the passage?

• The Ottoman army increasingly relied on the contributions of the Janissary corps, which was mostly composed of soldiers of non-Turkic origin.

• Some Ottoman sultans such as Selim I refused to accept the legitimacy of the Safavid rulers of Persia because they were Shi‘a Muslims.

• Some Ottoman sultans such as Suleiman the Magnificent patronized Sufi mystics, whose heterodox practices were sometimes condemned by the Sunni religious elite.

• The Ottoman government required any cases involving a dispute between Muslims and non-Muslims to be resolved according to Islamic law.

In the context of the period 1450–1750, which of the following most likely explains why the Qing government employed the scholars shown in the image?

• States sought to recruit foreign experts to industrialize their economies.

• States sought to legitimize their rule by recruiting foreigners from prestigious universities.

• States sought to centralize their rule by including foreigners whose positions were dependent on the state to serve in the bureaucracy.

• States sought to recruit foreigners who could help factions within the state bureaucracies solve their differences.

Which of the following claims that Barkey makes in the passage appears to contradict most directly her assertion in the first sentence of the first paragraph?

• Ottoman administration played an important role in fostering tolerance in the empire.

• Ottoman tolerance helped maintain peace and order.

• Non-Muslims were second-class citizens who endured prejudice.

• The Ottoman Empire’s policies ensured that interethnic strife did not occur.