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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Ottoman and Safavids were the first to use this military invention throughout their empire:
Ships
Telescopes
Gunpowder
Bows and arrows
- 2. Multiple Choice
The Ottomans controlled trade because:
They owned major port and land trade routes
They were technologically advanced
They conquered anyone who opposed them
Suleiman The Magnificent was loved by many people
- 3. Multiple Choice
Ottoman society was divided into classes. The "men of the pen" were the class of people who were:
soldiers and guards of the sultan
farmers and animal herders
merchants and tax collectors
scientists and teachers
- 4. Multiple Choice
The Janizaries were an elite military unit composed of:
Top Muslim officers in the Ottoman empire
captured and converted Christians
Former Roman and Mongol soldiers
Former Crusaders from the Byzantine empire
- 5. Multiple Choice
By the 1700s, the Shiite Safavids in old Persia lost their empire to Sunni Muslim rebels. Persia became a new country known today as:
Turkey
India
Iran
China
- 6. Multiple Choice
Istanbul became the new Ottoman capital. It was known before as:
Rome
Athens
Constantinople
Jerusalem
- 7. Multiple Choice
To be a "Janizarie" in Ottoman society, you needed to be a:
very intelligent person
non-muslim
related to the Sultan
willing to leave your family
- 8. Multiple Choice
Indicate True or False: The Ottoman empire did NOT allow any practice of non-muslim faiths.
True
False
- 9. Multiple Choice____ were an elite guard of Ottoman soldiers.janissariesulemapashassinans
- 10. Multiple ChoiceMehmed II changed the name of this great Byzantine city to IstanbulMedinaJerusalemConstantinopleDeli
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe word used to describe the Safavid king.sultanshahkingczar
- 12. Multiple ChoiceIf you lived in the Safavid Empire you probably would be categorized as a ___ MuslimSunnipracticingShiagood
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWho was the most successful ruler of the Safavid EmpireMehmed IISuleyman IAbbasSinan
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe period of 1450- 1650 is often referred to by historians as the"age of gunpowder empires""age of Christ""age of tolerance""the age of agriculture"
- 15. Multiple ChoiceSuleiman the Magnificent ruled this empire...SafavidOttomanMughalDelhi
- 16. Multiple ChoiceSafavid Kings were calledRajahsSultansShahsPharaohs
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe most famous Safavid ruler wasShah JahanShah AbbasJahangirAkbar the Great
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