World History 1112 Chapter 16

In 1498, the king of Portugal sent Vasco da Gama on a voyage to __________. A. India B. China C. Mecca D. South Africa

A. India

After being kidnapped by Christian pirates, Al-Hasan Ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan was baptized under the name of Pope _________. A. Julius II B. Leo X C. Alexander VI Borgia D. Paul II

B. Leo X

The El Escorial palace complex was built by Juan Bautista de Toledo in _____________. A. Toledo B. Madrid C. Rome D. Istanbul

B. Madrid

"Auto-da-fé" means "act of faith" in the ___________ language. A. Latin B. Portuguese C. Italian D. Spanish

B. Portuguese

Fought in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1571, the Christians won the Battle of _________ thanks to their superior naval tactics. A. Lepanto B. Tripoli C. Ragusa D. Trafalgar

A. Lepanto

By the late 13th and early 14th centuries, native shipwrights and their teachers from Genoa teamed up in the port of _____________ to develop new ships suited to the stormy Atlantic. A. Lisbon B. Venice C. Constantinople D. Dublin

A. Lisbon

The majority of the Jewish population in Granada was forced to emigrate by __________. A. 1481 B. 1492 C. 1497 D. 1517

B. 1492

An expedition sent out the Portuguese king ___________ the Navigator captured the city of Ceuta on the North African coast in 1415. A. João B. Henry C. Pedro D. Carlos

B. Henry

Under Süleyman "the Magnificent" most of the Janissaries were stationed in barracks in and near the _____________. A. Austrian border B. Topkapi Palace C. Shehzade Mosque D. Hagia Sophia

B. Topkapi Palace

Mehmet II besieged and conquered Constantinople within ________ in 1453. A. One year B. Two months C. One week D. Six months

B. Two months

In his preface, Cervantes claimed he had written Don Quixote of La Mancha to "ridicule the absurdity" of notions of ___________. A. Religion B. Windmill farming C. Chivalry D. Misogyny

C. Chivalry

The Ottomans benefited from the trade of a new commodity, _____________, which was produced in Ethiopia and Yemen. A. Oil B. Sandalwood C. Coffee D. Tea

C. Coffee

Toward the first half of the fifteenth century, the Ottoman sultans equipped their Janissaries with cannons and _________. A. Armored horses B. Korans C. Muskets D. Greek fire

C. Muskets

The Karagöz was a: A. Tax-collector B. Harem reserved to the Sultan C. Shadow puppet theater D. Commander of the Janissaries

C. Shadow puppet theater

Stationary theaters with stages, main floors, balconies, and boxes appeared in the main cities of Spain during the ________ century. A. Fourteenth B. Seventeenth C. Sixteenth D. Thirteenth

C. Sixteenth

Janissaries

Centrally paid infantry soldiers recruited among the Christian population of the Ottoman Empire.

By the second half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was a vast multiethnic and multireligious state of some ______________ inhabitants. A. 50 million B. 30 million C. 5 million D. 15 million

D. 15 million

_________ inherited Habsburg territories throughout Europe and the Inca and Aztec Empires in the Americas when he became Emperor in 1516. A. Vlad III Dracul B. Süleyman I "the Magnificent" C. Philip II D. Charles V

D. Charles V

In the course of his 14th-century journeys, Ibn Battuta passed through western Anatolia and Constantinople and was impressed by the rising power of the ____________. A. Arabs B. Venetians C. Byzantines D. Ottomans

D. Ottomans

After staying three months on the first Bahaman island he found, Christopher Columbus returned to Iberia with ________ and a small quantity of gold. A. Syphilis B. Medicinal plants to cure malaria C. A potato D. Seven captured Caribbean islanders

D. Seven captured Caribbean islanders

The Shehzade and Süleymaniye mosques in Istanbul and the Selimiye mosque in Edirne were designed by __________. A. Süleyman I B. Devșirme C. Michelangelo D. Sinan

D. Sinan

Passion play

Dramatic representation of the trial, suffering, and death of Jesus Christ; passion plays are still an integral part of Holy Week in many Catholic countries today.

Military orders

Ever since the early 1100s, the papacy encouraged the formation of monastic fighting orders, such as the Hospitalers and Templars, to combat the Muslims in the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem; similar Reconquista orders, such as the Order of Santiago and the Order of Christ, emerged in Iberia to eliminate Muslim rule.

Money economy

Form of economic organization in which mutual obligations are settled through monetary exchanges; in contrast, a system of land grants obliges the landholders to provide military service, without payment, to the grantee (sultan or king).

Tax farming

Governmental auction of the right to collect taxes in a district. The tax farmer advanced these taxes to the treasury and retained a commission.

Apocalypse

In Greek, "revelation," that is, unveiling the events at the end of history, before God's judgment; during the 1400s, expectation of the imminence of Christ's Second Coming, with precursors paving the way.

Corsairs

In the context of this chapter, Muslim or Christian pirates who boarded ships, confiscated the cargoes, and held the crews and travelers for ransom; they were nominally under the authority of the Ottoman sultan or the pope in Rome but operated independently.

Devşirme

The levy on boys in the Ottoman Empire; that is, the obligation of the Christian population to contribute adolescent males to the military and administrative classes.