World History II Midterm Study Guide Ch. 20

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The end of the fourteenth century marked the stunning rise of Temur Gurgan, who was widely known from the Persian rendering of his name as Timur the _____.

Lame

Akbar wore his hair long under his turban like the __________.

Sikhs

Zahir ud-Din Muhammad was better known by his nickname, Babur, which means "leopard" or "tiger" in __________.

Persian

For the English, the acquisition of Bombay (Mumbai) from the _________ in the 1660s gave the British East India Company a superb harbor.

Portuguese

Aurangzeb spent much of the last two decades of his life campaigning against the _________.

Hindu Marathas

Akbar married the Rajput princess Manmati, despite her adherence to:

Hinduism

In the 1550s, Mughal forces secured the eastern, southern, and western flanks of their lands, anchoring Islam with the territory they called "__________".

Hindustan

Jahangir's son Khusrau was forced to watch as his comrades were put to death by ____________.

Impalement

__________ reimposed the hated jizya tax on non-Muslims, which had been abolished by Akbar.

Aurangzeb

A four-way struggle broke out among the sons of Shah Jahan upon his death in ________.

1657

Inconsolable after the loss of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jahan built a magnificent tomb complex in her honor near _________.

Agra

The Mughals built fortresses at strategic points throughout their inner domains as well as along the frontier, and the largest was the Red Fort in _______.

Delhi


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