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WorksheetsAP Unit 3: Section 1 (1450-1750)
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 44mins
The large, multi-ethnic states in Southwest, Central, and South Asia between 1450-1750 are often referred to as
Maritime Empires
Gunpowder Empires
Silk Empires
Christian Empires
As the middle classes grew in Europe in the 1500's, which of the following groups did NOT lose power?
Lords
Nobles
Church leaders
Bureaucrats
Each of the following were common actions by new, powerful monarchies in Europe in the 1500's EXCEPT
Decentralize power
Control taxes
Control armies
Launch overseas explorations
Each of the following groups were defeated by the Russians in their quest to expand East to the Pacific EXCEPT
Mongol Khanates
Hungarian Huns
Indigenous peoples
Siberians
The most lucrative good the Russians looked to control was
Gold
Salt
Silk
Furs
Which of the following is NOT true in regards to the Yuan Dynasty that ended in 1368?
Founded by Mongols
Controlled China for over 300 years
Overthrown by Ming Dynasty
Leader was Kublai Khan
Which of the following is NOT true about the Great Wall of China?
Mongols leaders expanded the wall
Used for protection from invaders from the north
Ming leaders restored the wall
Ming leaders expanded the wall
Which of the following was NOT true about the Qing Dynasty?
Started by the Manchu people
Ruled until 1911
Expanded into Taiwan, Mongolia, and Tibet
Was very tolerant of local populations and beliefs
Each of the following is a shared characteristic of the Gunpowder empires EXCEPT
Descendants of Turkish nomads
Spoke the Arabic language
Mostly Muslim controlled
Took advantage of power vacuums left by Mongol breakups
Which of the following is NOT true of the Ghazi?
Were defeated by Tamerlane
Warriors
Values of nomadic culture
Holy fighter for Islam
Which of the following empires would last the longest?
Safavids
Ottomans
Mughals
Tamerlane
Which of the following empires ruled over a mostly Hindu population?
Safavids
Ottomans
Mughals
Tamerlane
Which of the following empires defeated the Byzantine Empire in 1453 by capturing Constantinople?
Safavids
Ottomans
Mughals
Tamerlane
Why was NOT true in regards to Constantinople being such an important city?
Strategic point for trade
Linked the Aegean and Black Seas
City walls protected it from all cannon bombardments
Was the center of the Byzantine Empire
To which group did the rise of the Ottomans cause the most fear in the 1500's?
Europeans
Chinese
Mughals
Japan
Which of the following empires was centered in modern day Iran?
Safavids
Ottomans
Mughals
Tamerlane
The title of Shah in the Safavid empire is most similar to
Warrior
King
Shaman
Noble
From where did most of the Gunpowder empires receive their military weaponry?
China
Americas
Internally manufactured
Europe
Each of the following is are major causes of hostilities between the Safavids and Ottomans EXCEPT
Sunni Ottomans vs. Shia Safavids
Control over trade routes
Border disputes
Treatment towards women
Under the Mughal Empire, which group of traders conducted most of the commerce?
Arabs
Hindus
Safavids
Ottomans
How is your caste determined in Indian culture?
Designated at birth
How much money you earn
Where you live
Government officials declaration
Each of the following was a common cause of the Gunpowder empires' decline EXCEPT
Failure to modernize
Tolerance of opposing religions
Europe's growing economic and military power
Poor, Ineffective leadership
Economic failures
