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WorksheetsComparative Analysis of Islamic Empires
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
hich of the following most directly caused a disruption in the land-based trade of the Safavid empire during the period circa 1500–1750 ?
Price inflation caused by the global spread of American silver
Competition between European joint-stock companies
Conflicts between the Shi‘a Safavids and neighboring Sunni empires
Widespread violence between European trading companies and Muslim empires
Based on the passage, in which of the following ways were Safavid Persian trading practices similar to those of other land-based Islamic empires during the seventeenth century?
The participation of multiple ethnic and religious groups in interregional trade
The deployment of a large navy to protect trading interests in the Indian Ocean
The restriction of trade in luxury manufactured goods, such as silk
The development of an export economy focused on agricultural production
Which of the following accurately describes a significant difference between the Ottoman and Mughal Empires in the early seventeenth century?
The Mughals practiced religious tolerance toward non-Muslim subjects, while the Ottomans did not.
The Ottomans ruled over people who were predominately Muslim, while the Mughals did not.
The Mughals used gunpowder weapons to expand their territory, while the Ottomans did not.
The Ottomans made Shia Islam the official state religion, while the Mughals made Buddhism the official state religion.
Which of the following describes a major cause of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
Responses
The Ottoman Empire successfully pursued mercantilist economic policies.
Ottoman citizens unified by their recent conversion to Islam were strongly motivated to conquer.
Exploitation of artillery and small arms gave the Ottomans advantages over many of their political rivals.
The decentralized federalism of the Ottoman Empire encouraged competition and technological innovation.
The passage above is best understood in the context of which of the following?
The influence of Islamic political thought on Europe after the Crusades
European monarchs’ continued use of religion to legitimize political authority
The establishment of theocracies throughout Eurasia
The differential treatment of Protestants and Catholics in England
A historian interpreting the views expressed in the passage would likely explain that those views were most strongly influenced by Protestant desires to
promote
encourage
demonstrate
reform
A historian could best explain the arguments made in the passage regarding the pope and the clergy in the context of Protestant claims that the Catholic Church
had not adequately supported earlier Crusades against Muslims in the Holy Land
had become corrupted by power
had become too heavily influenced by Renaissance Humanism
had failed to convert Muslims living in Europe to Christianity
A historian interpreting the passage would most likely explain that the audience of the sermon is an illustration of the fact that
papal alliances with the Holy Roman emperors led to widespread religious persecutions in Germany
the Protestant German nobility was wary of confronting the Ottomans without Catholic support
political support from the German nobility aided in the development of the early Protestant community
the Protestant German nobility adopted pacifist attitudes during religious disputes with their Catholic and Muslim opponents
The photograph above of a sixteenth-century Mughal mosque in India built by Akbar is an example of which of the following?
Emergence
Expansion
Creation
Cultural
Based on your knowledge of world history, which of the following factors contributed most directly to the Mughal Empire’s territorial expansion in South Asia?
The Mughals’ adoption and effective use of gunpowder weapons
The Mughals’ adoption of Sikhism
The Mughals’ friendly relations with neighboring states, such as the Safavid Empire and Tibet
The Mughal emperors’ claims that they were directly descended from Genghis Khan
The painting shows Khubilai Khan and his hunting companions on horseback. To the left, a horse archer prepares his weapon.
The Yuan dynasty’s potential monopolization of the Eurasian trade routes would force other Asian rulers to recognize Khubilai Khan’s supremacy.
The demonstration of military skill in the painting would encourage the Abbasid caliphs to submit to Khubilai Khan’s rule.
The Yuan dynasty’s employment of a Chinese artist to create the painting would encourage the Japanese to accept Khubilai Khan’s rule.
The nomadic tradition depicted in the painting would bolster Khubilai Khan’s claim to be the legitimate successor to Genghis Khan.
Between 1450 and 1750, empires such as the Ottoman and Chinese shared which of the following?
Dependence on trade as the main basis for the economy
An elite fighting force made up primarily of slaves
The use of a large bureaucracy to support the government
Continual military campaigns against European armies
The Ottoman Empire’s recruitment of soldiers and bureaucrats through the system depicted in the image is most similar to which broader method that rulers used to strengthen their empires in the period 1450–1750 ?
Responses
The collection of tribute
Establishment of religious uniformity
Abolition of feudal privileges
The granting of autonomy to minority groups
The recruitment depicted in the image is best understood in the context of which of the following developments in the period 1450–1750 ?
Attempts by imperial states to expand their economic power
Attempts by imperial states to prevent religious conflict
Attempts by imperial states to centralize their authority
Attempts by imperial states to control population growth
The inclusion of the image in the manuscript best illustrates which of the following features of the period 1450–1750 ?
Rulers using art as a way to communicate with their illiterate subjects
Rulers using art to expand their territories
Rulers using art as a way to increase literacy
Rulers using art to legitimize their rule
Which of the following about Afro-Eurasian trade is supported by the map above?
The states of the Middle East did not participate in the Indian Ocean trading system.
The Ottoman Empire was located at the intersections of major trading routes.
The Delhi Sultanate relied primarily on sea routes to participate in the silk trade across Asia.
The Islamic states of West Africa maintained close commercial ties with eastern Europe.
Which of the following was a method rulers in Eurasia used to legitimize and consolidate their power during the period 1450 C.E. to 1750 C.E.?
Developing professional militaries
Promoting free trade
Adopting the religious practices of minority groups
Enacting reforms to decrease economic and social inequalities
The object in Image 1 best illustrates which of the following continuities in world history?
The power of traditional elites was continuously challenged by the emerging power of new elites.
The power of states was based on the ability of rulers to monopolize the use of violence.
Artists depended on royal patronage for their livelihoods.
Rulers used religious imagery to legitimize their political authority.
Which of the following world history processes was most responsible for the eighteenth-century cityscape of St. Petersburg, Russia, shown above?
Disease diffusion
World climate changes
Democratization
Westernization
Isolation
Which of the following contributed most to the emergence of Russia as an expanding Eurasian power in the period between 1450 and 1750?
Its absorption of traditions and technology from the Byzantine Empire and western Europe
Its success in creating alliances with European powers to expel Turkish invaders from the south
The eradication of Islam from Central Asia
The fall of the kingdoms of Poland and Prussia
Which of the following is true of both the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal Empire between 1450 and 1750 ?
The rulers of both believed in strictly separating secular and religious concerns.
Both empires were established by skilled warriors on horseback who came originally from Central Asia.
The top administrators in both empires were chosen by a system of competitive examinations.
Christianity was prohibited in both empires.
Which of the following characteristics of the Ottoman Empire best explains why Sinan was determined to match the dimensions of the Hagia Sophia church, as discussed in the third paragraph?
The Ottoman dynasty
Ottoman art
By the time the Ottoman Empire began to expand
Bringing Constantinople,
Based on the intended purpose of Sinan's biography, it is most likely that the information in the passage might be
overstating the extent of the architectural challenges Sinan faced in building the mosque
understating the extent of Ottoman royal support for the building of the mosque
overstating Christian architects’ achievements and their contributions to the building on the mosque
intentionally attributing the building of the mosque to Sinan even though he was not the architect
Sinan’s service to the Ottoman state best illustrates the fact that land-based empires in the period 1450–1750 often relied on
appointed bureaucrats to break the power of entrenched landed aristocracies
mass conscription of soldiers to carry out their territorial expansion
methods of recruitment of officials that made use of the ethnic and religious diversity of their subjects
members of the clergy to perform religious services, administer religious law, and oversee public order
Which is the most likely reason that rulers during the seventeenth century built elaborate palaces such as the one at Versailles, France, shown above?
To provide jobs for artists, architects, and builders
To demonstrate their wealth and power
To create fortresses as a defense against invading armies
To glorify and demonstrate the power of the official state religion
