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Chapter 4 section 2

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following did the Arabs copy from the Persians?

a)

their method for growing rice and oranges

b)

their use of gunpowder

c)

their form of government bureaucracy

d)

their system for making paper

2.

Janissaries were

a)

prisoners taken by the Mughal Empire

b)

Sunni Muslim soldiers in the Safavid Empire

c)

slave soldiers in the Ottoman army

d)

Muslim soldiers who converted to Christianity

3.

Which Ottoman leader became known as "the Conqueror"?

a)

Suleyman I

b)

Mehmed II

c)

Esma'il

d)

'Abbas

4.

The leader of the Safavid Empire was called the

a)

emperor

b)

Imam

c)

shah

d)

sultan

5.

Why did the Abbasids reorganize the government?

a)

to give the Berbers more control

b)

to make it easier to rule their large region

c)

to prevent their empire from growing

d)

to share power with conquered peoples

6.

After failing to establish an empire in Central Asia, where did Babur succeed in 1526?

a)

Syria

b)

Iraq

c)

Istanbul

d)

India

7.

During Suleyman I's rule, the Ottoman Empire

a)

took control of the Eastern Mediterranean and part of Europe

b)

defeated the Byzantine Empire

c)

turned the Hagia Sophia church into a mosque

d)

expanded into Anatolia and conquered Syria and Egypt

8.

Which of the following best summarizes 'Abbas's influence on the Safavid economy?

a)

He ignored it to focus on conquering lands

b)

he encouraged the manufacture of traditional products

c)

he did not allow people to trade in textiles or carpets

d)

he established new trade routes

9.

Akbar's tolerant religious policy helped

a)

to convert more people to Islam

b)

to unify the Mughal Empire

c)

to end the warfare between Hindus and Muslims

d)

to establish the Mughal Empire in 1526

10.

What was the most important factor in the spread of Islam from the 600s to the 1600s?

a)

trading with non-Muslims

b)

producing Islamic art

c)

translating Arabic texts into Latin

d)

conquering non-Muslims

11.

Which of the following best describes the Ottoman Empire between 1453 and 1566?

a)

it greatly expanded its power and territories

b)

it lost many battles and territories

c)

it became too large to be ruled from the capitol

d)

it united all of the Muslim Empires

12.

What was the most important difference between the Shia and the Sunni?

a)

the Shia believed that the Muslims should not use tolerance

b)

the Shia thought that caliphs had to be related to Muhammad

c)

the Sunni believed that Sufism was dangerous

d)

the Sunni did not want to spread Islam to other parts

13.

Which of the following best describes how the Ottoman and Mughal Empires were similar?

a)

they both were blends of different cultures

b)

they both encouraged people to learn Urdu

c)

they both were made up of Turkish Muslims

d)

they both made Shiism their official religion

14.

Which of the following is true of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires?

a)

they were ruled by leaders called shahs

b)

they practiced religious tolerance throughout their history

c)

they tried to expand their territory through warfare

d)

they wanted to convert other Muslims to Shiism