CH. 20

Aurangzeb's long rule renewed the Mughal trend of expanding into the Northeastern areas controlled by the Ahoms, whom he ultimately succeeded in converting into ________ after a military standstill.

Mughal clients

After 1600, Akbar was faced with a domestic insurrection led by his own son Salim which nearly brought an untimely end to the latter's claims as heir apparent. In the end, however, Salim was able to prevail and ascended the throne as ________.

Jahangir

Like his model Genghis Khan, Timur ________.

Proved surprisingly liberal in the treatment of at least some cities that surrendered

Because of the difficulties involved in Humayun's own succession to the throne, his death was kept a secret for several weeks, while the court worked out plans for a ________, or the setting up of a guardian for an underage or incapacitated monarch to rule in his or her stead, for the emperor's son, fourteen-year-old Jalal ud-Din Akbar.

Regency

These discriminatory religious policies also created great distrust and many difficulties in dealing with self-governing, non-Muslim groups within the empire, most notably among the ________, who blended Hindu and Muslim traditions.

Sikhs

As distasteful as it was for a ________ to curry favor from the Safavid ruler Shah Tahmasp, Humayun received his support.

Sunni Muslim

After Jahangir's death in 1627, his son Khurram inherited the throne and reigned as Shah Jahan. His rule coincided with perhaps the high point of Mughal cultural power and prestige, as reflected in its iconic monument, the ________.

Taj Mahal

The desire for a new Mongol empire, now allied with Islam, created opportunities for military action to unite and settle the nomadic tribes of Chagatai, leading to the rise in the fourteenth century of ________, or Tamerlane.

Temur Gurgan

Akbar's Sufi mystical training had increasingly predisposed him toward tolerance and eclecticism, which gradually developed into a personal philosophy he called ________, or "at peace with all."

sulh-i kull

The Gunpowder empires, named for their reliance on cannons and small arms in their military campaigns, included all of the following EXCEPT ________. A. The Ottomans B. The Safavids C. The Mughals D. The Habsburgs

D. The Habsburgs

Under Akbar's leadership, the Mughal armies were able to bring the eastern, southern and western flanks of their lands into their fold and again anchoring Islam in the former areas of its influence, the heartland of Northern India, or ________.

Hindustan

________ had, by the fourteenth century, become the dominant religion among the Central Asian Turkic peoples.

Islam

The Mughals appointed members of the new ________ elite to positions in the provincial governments and state ministries.

Mansabdar

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

Aurangzeb

In order to defend Hindustan, the Mughals built a series of fortresses throughout their inner domains and along the frontier. Which of the following is NOT the site of one such fortress? A. Red Fort in Delhi B. Hyderabad C. Allahabad D. Lahore

B. Hyderabad

Which of the following is NOT a long-term consequence of the creation of a world trading system by the European maritime powers ________. A. Indian commodities were now being shipped globally B. growth of American silver and food and cash crop imports into India C. the Dutch and the British saw a sharp decline in their supremacy in India D. growth of the Indian textile trade

C. the Dutch and the British saw a sharp decline in their supremacy in India

Akbar's religious policies were viewed, by his fellow Muslims ________.

As proof that he had actually become a non-believer

Under Mughal rule, an elaborate, graded system of official ranks was created in which the recipients, called ________, were awarded grants of land along with the revenues those working the land generated.

mansabdars

Akbar´s attempt to create a new divine faith was doomed to failure in part because ________.

many followers joined the new divine faith for opportunistic rather than spiritual reasons

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

Hindustan