Gunpowder Empires Mastery Check Fall 2022

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

• (A) The Mughals practiced religious tolerance toward non-Muslim subjects, while the Ottomans did not.
• (B) The Ottomans ruled over people who were predominately Muslim, while the Mughals did not.
• (C) The Mughals used gunpowder weapons to expand their territory, while the Ottomans did not.

Which of the following describes a major cause of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

• A) The Ottoman Empire successfully pursued mercantilist economic policies.
• (B) Ottoman citizens unified by their recent conversion to Islam were strongly motivated to conquer.
• (C) Exploitation of artillery and small arms gave the Ottomans advantages over many of their political rivals
• (D) The decentralized federalism of the Ottoman Empire encouraged competition and technological Innovation

Which of the following contributed the most to the Ottoman Empire’s successful expansion in Europe and the Middle East in the period from 1450 to 1600 ?

• (A) The Ottomans’ use of revenues from transoceanic trade to build a powerful army
• (B) The Ottomans’ use of nomadic tribes as cavalry troops
• (C) The Ottomans’ adoption of the latest gunpowder and artillery technology
• (D) The Ottomans’ exploitation of Muslim desire to avenge the crusades

Which of the following factors contributed most to Manchu expansion in Asia during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

• (A) The development of large trading companies
• (B) The adoption of Buddhist beliefs
• (C) The military alliances with western European states
• (D) The use of cannons and gunpowder

Which of the following about Afro-Eurasian trade is supported by the map below?

• (A) The states of the Middle East did not participate in the Indian Ocean trading system.
• (B) The Ottoman Empire was located at the intersections of major trading routes.
• (C) The Delhi Sultanate relied primarily on sea routes to participate in the silk trade across Asia.
• (D) The Islamic states of West Africa maintained close commercial ties with eastern Europe.

Which of the following imperial expansions was most similar to those of the Ottoman and Mughal Empires?

• (A) The Portuguese Empire in Brazil
• (B) The Dutch Empire in South Africa and Indonesia
• (C) The Spanish Empire in the Americas and Asia
• (D) The Manchu Empire in East Asia

The status of religious minority communities in Islamic empires was most directly connected to which of the following?

• Their willingness to convert to Islam
• The involvement of their community leaders in civic affairs
• The required payment of a special tax to the state
• Their ability to support and fill the ranks of the military

One direct long-term effect of Akbar’s religious policies was

• the creation of syncretic belief systems within the Islamic world.
• a backlash from Muslim clerics based on an ultra-conservative movement.
• a decline in tensions between Hindu and Muslim communities.
• the loss of religious identity among the Muslim populations.

The Mughal ruler who constructed the Taj Mahal was

• Shah Jahan.
• Akbar.
• Aurangzeb.

The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires were all

• Christian
• Islamic
• Buddhist
• Zoroastrian