WorksheetsWorld History Unit I Chapter 3 Review II 2022
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 16mins
Many Anatolian Turks saw themselves as ghazis, or warriors for Islam.
True
False
Suleyman killed his ablest son and drove another into exile, leaving his incompetent son Selim II to inherit the throne
True
False
Suleyman the lawgiver was known as Suleyman the Great in the West.
True
False
Means “overlord or “one with power”?
Ghazis
Devshirme
Sultan
Janissary
Why was Suleyman called the Lawgiver?
He gave the people a 100 laws
He created a complex bureaucracy with complicated taxation laws
He created a law code, simplified taxation, and reduced bureaucracy
He brought new laws to all the land he concurred
By what means did the early Ottomans expand their empire?
Concurring land, Defeating their enemies, and abandoning technology
Political Marriages and Warfare
Buying land, forming alliances, and using new technology
Spreading the word of Islam and uniting Islamic groups under one religion controlled by the Ottomans
An elite force of 30,000 soldiers trained to be loyal to the sultan only
Ghazis
Devshirme
Sultan
Janissary
Which Ottoman ruler was able to conqueror Constantinople?
Timur the Lame
Suleyman the Lawgiver
Mehmed II
Selim II
Who burned the powerful city of Baghdad?
Timur the Lame
Suleyman the Lawgiver
Mehmed II
Selim II
Who defeated the Persians at the Battle of Chaldiran?
Timur the Lame
Suleyman the Lawgiver
Mehmed II
Selim the Grim
Selim III tried to modernize the army but the older janissary corps resisted his efforts.
True
False
The Crimean War was lost by
Russia
Britain
France
The Ottoman Empire
Muhammad Ali instituted a series of reforms in the military and in the economy of
Egypt
Herzegovina
Persia
The Ottoman Empire
The Suez Canal was built through the combined efforts of the
French and British
French and Egyptians
Russians and Persians
Egyptians and Persians
What was the main reason for the Crimean War?
Russia wanted land on the Black Sea to gain access to the Mediterranean.
Russia wanted oil and other raw materials found in Ottoman lands.
Russia refused to pay an export tax levied by the Ottoman Empire.
Russia broke a treaty that limited its trade through the Bosporus.
Why did the Persian people oppose their ruler’s policy of selling business concessions to Europeans
They wanted more Western influence
They disliked Western influence
They wanted more favorable concessions
They disliked Ottoman influence
Why did Great Britain want to control the Suez Canal?
For quicker access to its colonies in Africa and Asia
So they could unite Palestine and Egypt
For quicker access to its colonies in the Americas
So they could retake Jerusalem
What event best illustrates geopolitics - an interest in taking land for strategic purposes?
Boer War
Sepoy Mutiny
Maji Maji Rebelion
Crimean War
Mustafa Kamel led Turkish nationalist in fighting back the Greeks and their British backers
True
False
Before WWI both Great Britain and France had established spheres of influence in the ancient country of Persia
True
False
Geologist learned that the land around the Persian Gulf has nearly 2/3 of the world known supply of oil.
True
False
Who seized power from Persia’s shah and changed the name of his country to Iran?
Mustafa Kemal
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Alexander Kerensky
Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saud
How did Southwest Asia change as a result of nationalism?
Three new nations emerged
The British, Greeks, and Russians took over more control
One large Arab nation was formed
Britain, France, Russia, and Germany all started claiming The Persian Gulfs rich oil fields
How was the result of the nationalist movement in Saudi Arabia different from the results in Turkey and Iran?
Saudi Arabia had a violent revolution, while the other countries did not.
Turkey and Iran pursued modernization more than Saudi Arabia did.
Saudi Arabia built a state on oil money, while the other two did not.
All of the above are true.
Which was not a step taken by Kemal to modernize Turkey?
Set up a legal system
Extended rights to women
Industrializing
Adopted Socialism
What influences created an environment for nationalism in Southwest Asia?
nationalist ideas taught by Mustafa Kemal
Communist propaganda campaigns out of China and Russia
worldwide recognition of Gandhi’s civil disobedience campaign
the breakup of the Ottoman Empire and Western interest in the region
In which country did Nationalists lead a successful rebellion against its sultan and then reform the government with an emphasis on modernization?
Syria
Turkey
China
Japan
Persia
What was the devshirme system designed to do?
Turn Christian boys into Muslim soldiers
Do away with all possible rivals to the throne
Make the tax system fairer and more efficient
Divide political power equally between Christians and Muslims
All of these factors contributed to the weakening of the Ottoman Empire except
a series of weak sultans.
corruption that led to financial losses.
waves of disease.
increasing inflation
What aspect of the Ottoman Empire appealed most to world powers?
its access to the Atlantic sea trade
its growing population
its strong military defenses
its advanced technological development
The “Great Game” refers to
the debate that took place at the Berlin Conference.
the contest between Britain and Russia over Muslim lands in Central Asia.
The Boer war over South Africa.
the military strategies Russia used to protect Afghanistan from Great Britain.
The Suez Canal connected
the Nile River with the Red Sea
the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
Mediterranean Sea with the Black Sea.
the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.
Why did Britain take control of the Suez Canal?
France traded control of the Suez Canal for control of Nigeria.
Muhammad Ali considered maintaining its security a burden.
Egypt could not pay its foreign debt.
The British helped the Egyptians defeat French invaders
The Suez Canal was built through the combined efforts of the
French and British
French and Egyptians.
Russians and Persians.
Egyptians and Persians.
Which of the following is not a Monarch
Shah
Emperor
Sultan
King
Prime Minister
