True or False: All 3 empires were Islamic & ruled by Muslim leaders with well-organized governments made up of loyal bureaucrats.

The Ottoman army included 30,000 elite soldiers called ________ who were slaves that were trained to be loyal to the government.

In 1453, the Ottomans attacked Constantinople & conquered the ________ Empire

Ottoman rulers were called ________ & they governed with absolute power

The greatest Ottoman sultan was ___________ who came to power in 1520

King Suleyman granted freedom of worship to ________ & Jews living in the empire

To maintain their power against rivals, Suleyman & other Ottoman sultans ___________ their brothers & ___________ their sons which led to progressively weaker leaders

Unlike the Ottomans, the Safavids were ___________ Muslims, meaning they believed there is a clear successor of Muhammed (his brother-in-law).

Safavid rulers were called ___________, using the Persian title for king

The greatest ruler of the Safavid Empire was ___________ who came to power in 1587

True or False: Like the Ottomans, Shah Abbas blinded or killed his most capable sons in order to keep power.

In 1494, ___________ became king of the Mughals, expanded the army, & began invasions into India to create his empire

In 1556, Babur’s grandson Akbar became king of the Mughal Empire & expanded the empire into almost all of ___________.

The best example of Akbar’s tolerance was his creation of a new religion called the ___________, which blended ideas from a number of big religions (Islam, Hindu, Christianity).

True or False: The Divine Faith resulted in a LARGE number of Muslim and Hindu converts.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the fall/collapse of all 3 of the "gunpowder" empires?

The Ottoman and Safavids were the first to use this military invention throughout their empire:

The Ottomans controlled trade because:

By the 1700s, the Shiite Safavids in old Persia lost their empire to Sunni Muslim rebels. Persia became a new country known today as:

All three empires used _____________ to rule their empires effectively.

Who built the Taj Mahal to honor his wife?

What is the name of the failed hybrid religion that Akbar created?

In general, the Akbar era of the Mogul dynasty was a period of

The hereditary nature of the position of sultan

The position of women in Ottoman society was

Subjects in the Ottoman Empire were divided according to their

the greatest of all Ottoman architects

T/F: A harem, or “sacred place,” was the private domain and chief residence of the sultan and

his wives.

Which of the following did the Ottoman Turks control?

Akbar’s rule brought together ____________________ to practice religious tolerance.