chapter 15

true

after the safavid ruling family retreated to their original homeland, persia sank into political and social anarchy

hindu and muslim

by 1500 the indian subcontinent was divided into which 2 types of kingdoms

france

by the seventeenth century, britains chief european rival for trade in india was

true

constantinople was eventually renamed istanbul under the ottomans

sat behind a screen and privately indicated his desires to the grand vizier

during the meetings of the imperial council the sultan of the ottoman empire

were formed by outside conquerors who unified the regions they conquered

gunpowder empires were empires that

cremating

in india, the custom of suttee involved __ a widow on her husband"s funeral pyre

coffee

in order to combat cultural changes from the west in the ottoman empire, some sultans outlawed certain western goods like ___ and tobacco

azerbaijan

in the eighteenth century, the safavid ruling family was forced to retreat to ___, their original homeland

zamindars

in the mogul empire local officials, known as ___ kept a portion of the taxes paid by the peasants in lieu of a salary

false

ottoman artisans worked independently without central organization

true

ottoman officials and merchants sometimes were european clothes and bought european art

converted to islam and trained as foot soldiers or administrators to serve the sultan

recruited from the local christian population in the balkans, the janissaries were

carpets

silk weaving flourished under the safavids due in part to the demand for persian___ in the west

was empowered by the british crown to fight any force that threatened the east india companys power in india

sir robert clive was an aggressive british empire builder who

east india company

sir robert clive was the chief representative in india of the ____

false

the french were the dominant european power in india until after world war ii

architecture

the greatest contribution of the ottoman empire to the world of art was in ___

led to struggles over succession between the sons of the sultan

the hereditary nature of the position of sultan

false

the moguls were originally from india

pashas

the ottoman central government appointed officials called ___

christians

the ottoman rulers built a strong military using an elite guard of janissaries recruited from the __________ population that were converted to islam

false

the queen mother of the ottoman sultan was not allowed to engage in the affairs of the state.

shah

the ruler of the safavid empire was called the ___ or king

shias

the safavids differed from many of their islamic neighbors because they were ardent

true

the taj mahal was built in the city of agra

sunni muslim

to which religion did most ottomans belong

orthodoxy

traditional religious beliefs are also called religious ___

sultan

ultimately, all land in the ottoman empire was owned by the ___

reached the high point of its glory

under shah abbas, the safavid dynasty

heavy artillery and successful negotiators

whaat two elements aided akbar in gaining control of almost all of india

akbar style

what mogul school of painting combined persian with indian motifs

moguls

which of the following brought an era of unity to the subcontinent of india in the 1600s

hinduism

which religion included the custom of suttee in india

babur

who founded the mogul dynasty

he brought the mogul empire to its greatest physical size, yet it was plagued by religious intolerance and contant warfare

why is aurangzeb considered to be one of indias most controversial rulers