Quiz 2

After the sack of Rome in 1527, Leo Africanus (otherwise known as Al-Hasan Ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan): a. Disappeared from Rome, and presumably returned to North Africa. b. Was executed by the forces of Charles V. c. Served as translator for a Christian Crusader army in the Holy Land. d. Compiled an Arabic-Hebrew-Latin dictionary for the new Pope Julius II.

A

The Ottomans protected Muslim commercial interests in the Indian Ocean by, in part, strengthening the sultan of Aceh on the island of _________. a. Sumatra. b. Timor. c. Madagascar. d. Ceylon.

A

The purpose of the Spanish Inquisition, as appointed by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1481, was to: a. Ferret out any people whose beliefs were contrary to Church teachings. b. Convert the Taíno people that Columbus had discovered in the New World. c. Convert the Portuguese to Catholic belief. d. Counteract a reappearance of bubonic plague in the Iberian Peninsula.

A

Under Süleyman "the Magnificent" most of the Janissaries were stationed in barracks in and near the _____________. a. Topkapı Palace. b. Shehzade Mosque. c. Austrian border. d. Hagia Sophia.

A

With the introduction of gunpowder and firearms, the fiscal-military states of the period starting around ________became much more powerful enterprises which would, in turn, evolve into absolutist and ultimately national states. a. 1450 b. 1600 c. 1200 d. 1800

A

The reduced military presence by both Habsburgs and Ottomans to safeguard their spice trade routes across East Africa, India and Southeast Asia paved the way for the________ to ultimately overtake both Portugal and the Ottoman Turks as leaders in this trade. a. French b. Dutch c. Italians d. English

B

Christopher Columbus hoped to reach ______(and subsequently Jerusalem) by sailing westward across the Atlantic. a. China b. South America c. India d. The Cape of Good Hope

C

The Spanish Habsburgs sought to overcome their lack of power over the _________and the weakness of their Spanish tax base by squeezing as much as they could from their Italian, Flemish and New World possessions. a. military b. middle class c. aristocracy d. clergy

C

During the Reconquista, Iberian Christians sought to rid the peninsula of: a. Roman rule b. Carthaginian rule c. French rule d. Muslim rule

D

The Ottomans benefited from the trade of a new commodity, _____________, which was produced in Ethiopia and Yemen. a. Sandalwood. b. Tea. c. Oil. d. Coffee.

D