DOK2: SSWh12&13 Scientific Rev. and Land Empires

How did the location of the Muslim heartlands in the middle of the “Old World” land trade routes contribute to the desire for European countries to find alternative routes to China?

• It led to increased competition among Muslim nations

• It facilitated cultural exchanges with Europe

• It increased the cost of goods for European countries

• It sparked interest in finding direct and cheaper sea routes to Asia

How did the Ottomans, Safavid, and Mughal Empires influence religion, law, and arts in their parts of the world?

• By promoting religious homogeneity

• By suppressing the arts

• By fostering cultural diversity

• By discouraging legal advancements

How did Suleyman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire impact he legal systems of the modern world?

• By instituting policies like "Innocent until proven guilty"

• By instituting policies like "You only live once"

• By instituting policies like "Eye for an eye justice"

• By instituting policies like "Guilty until proven innocent"

How did Suleyman of the Ottoman Empire influence modern literature?

• He influenced modern literature by inventing the Ottoman printing press

• He influenced modern literature by writing the first Ottoman modern novel

• He influenced modern literature by establishing the first Ottoman public library

• He influenced modern literature through the development of Ottoman poetry and patronage of literary works.

How did Shah Abbas I, of the Safavid Empire, shape the modern day cultural and economic identify of Iran?

• By constructing the city of Busan, a significant cultural center today in Iran.

• By constructing the city of Taegu, a significant cultural center today in Iran.

• By constructing the city of Isfahan, a significant cultural center today in Iran.

• By constructing the city of Seoul, a significant cultural center today in Iran.

How did Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire, create landscape architecture that would impact the modern world?

• By introducing Persian and American architectural styles

• By using traditional Chinese architectural techniques
• By incorporating Romanesque and Gothic architectural elements
• By blending Persian and Central Asian influences

How did the religious tolerance of Akbar the Great, of the Mughal Empire, impact modern day religion?

• It resulted in the complete eradication of certain religions in modern day religion like Christianity

• It led to the development of the syncretic religion known as Din-i Ilahi

• It led to religious disunity in present day India and the Middle East.

• It led to increased religious conflicts and tensions in modern day religion.

To what extent did rulers like Suleyman the Magnificent help create societies that would affect the modern world?

• Minimally, as their influence was limited to their respective regions.

• Moderately, contributing to regional developments with limited global impact.

• Significantly, laying foundations that would shape broader aspects of the modern world.

• Not at all, as their impact was confined to their own time and had no lasting effects.

How did Copernicus' Heliocentric Theory impact our understanding of time and seasons?

• It introduced the concept of leap years.

• It explained the tilt of Earth's axis.

• It suggested a geocentric view of the seasons.

• It proposed a stationary Earth.

How did Galileo Galilei's observations with the telescope lead to groundbreaking discoveries?

• By writing a bestselling novel about his observations of food mold and the constellations

• By inventing a new form of transportation that could allow him to observe celestial bodies.

• By discovering new species of animals and plants in place like the Americas and Africa

• By allowing him to observe celestial bodies in detail, he could prove Copernicus' Heliocentric theory