World History II Midterm Study Guide Ch. 20

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