Unit 3: AP World History Land-based Empires

What was the purpose of monumental architecture in land-based empires?

• To showcase the wealth and power of the ruler

• To provide housing for the emperor

• To house government bureaucracies

• To serve as religious temples

What was the main cause of conflict between the Ottomans and the Safavids?

• Territorial disputes

• Religious differences

• Economic competition

• Political alliances

What was the cause of the split between Catholics and Protestants in Europe?

• The Enlightenment

• The Protestant Reformation

• The Crusades

• The Renaissance

The concept of divine right was important to absolute monarchs because it-

• reserved governmental positions for the clergy

• guaranteed natural rights to the people

• justified the king's right to rule

• honored the king for supporting religious freedom

Which of the following most directly led to the collapse of the Byzantine Empire in the fifteenth century?

• The expansion of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates

• The expansion of the Ottoman Empire

• The expansion of Crusading activities in the Mediterranean region

• The expansion of the Mongol Empire

The ______________were the people who fought for the Ottomans and were once the Devshireme boys who were taught different skills from fighting to conducting government duties.

• Mamluks
• Janissaries
• Sultans
• Harem Girls

In England __________broke away from the Catholic Church because the Catholic Church would not give him a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, the Princess of Spain, and he decided to start the Church of England.

• Henry VIII
• Mary I
• Edward VI
• Elizabeth I

Soon in Switzerland there was a person named ______________who created the religion of Calvinism that believed that some people were destined to go to heaven. This was a huge difference with the Catholic Church.

• Henry VIII
• John Wesley
• John Calvin
• Martin Luther

The use of children from Eastern Europe to become soldiers was called Devshirme and they were trained and eventually became ________________.

• Janissaries
• Samurais
• Gladiators
• Ninjas

“It is most evident that kings, queens, and other princes . . . are ordained of God, are to be obeyed and honored by their subjects; that such subjects as are disobedient or rebellious against their princes, disobey God.”

An Homily Against Disobedience and Willful Rebellion, Church of England, 1570

What could most reasonably be concluded from the sermon above?

• The clergy generally appointed kings, queens, and princes.

• Rulers often used religious ideas and institutions to justify their rule.

• Rulers were most often chosen from members of the clergy.

• The clergy believed in the separation of church and state.