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WorksheetsExpansion of Land-based Empires
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Osman I
Suleiman the Magnificent
Shah Ismail
Aurangzeb
Which of the following most directly contributed to the expansion of the empires depicted here in the 16th century?
Competition with Europe
Mongol conquests
Profits from Silk Road trade
Gunpowder technology
Name That Empire: East Asia. Took power from Ming who took over after Yuan. Confucianism. Security motivated their move into Central Asia.
A) Qing Empire
B) Mughal Empire
C) Safavid Empire
D) Ottoman Empire
Name That Empire: Middle East. Persia. Shia Islam. Went to war with Ottomans. Ruled by a "Shah."
A) Qing Empire
B) Mughal Empire
C) Safavid Empire
D) Ottoman Empire
Name That Empire: M.East/N.Africa/Europe. Turks. Sunni Islam. Beat old Byzantine Empire. Fought Shia Muslims. Ruled by a "Sultan".
A) Qing Empire
B) Mughal Empire
C) Safavid Empire
D) Ottoman Empire
Name That Empire: South Asia. Sunni Muslims ruling over a majority Hindu population. Were religiously tolerant until Emperor Aurangzeb.
A) Qing Empire
B) Mughal Empire
C) Safavid Empire
D) Ottoman Empire
While it was diffused by the Mongols, who were the original inventors of gunpowder?
The Romans
The Byzantines
The Chinese
The Abbasids
The Muslim Ottomans captured the Christian city of Constantinople and renamed it
Istanbul
Mehmed
Tamerlane
New Mecca
Shi'a and Sunni are
warring rulers of Middle Eastern empires
two cities in Arabia
two major factions within Islam
two major factions within Buddhism
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
Islam became a prominent religion in India because of-
trade with Africa
the rule of the Mughals
an invasion by the Persians
alliances with Southwest Asia
The Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire justified their ongoing conflict by appealing to...
The Turkish-Persian Rivalry
The Sufi Resistance Movement
The Sunni-Shi'ite Split
The Differences in the 4 Sunni Law Schools
