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Stover Chapter 18
Muslim World
Question | Answer |
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System designed to turn Christian boys into Islamic soldiers | devshirme |
The main enemy of the Safavids | Ottomans |
Isfahan was the capital city of | Persia |
The decline of the Ottoman Empire was brought on by ________ sultans. | ignorant |
The ghazis helped build the ____________ Empire. | Ottoman |
Timur's military conquests ___________ the growth of the Ottoman Empire. | interrupted |
He was from Central Asia. | Timur |
He was known as "The Conquerer." | Mehmet |
He was the most powerful monarch of his time. | Suleiman |
He was the "Weak Ruler." | Jahangir |
He was the ancestor of Akbar. | Babur |
He was the leader of the redheads. | Isma'il |
He was overthrown by his son. | Shah Jahan |
He overspent on luxuries and overtaxed his people. | Shah Jahan |
He established Shi'i Islam as the Safavid state religion. | Isma'il |
His conquests laid the foundation fodr the Mughal Empire. | Babur |
He was married to a brillant politician, Nur Jahan. | Jahangir |
He conquered the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. | Selim |
He claimed to be descended from Genghis Khan. | Timur |
He massacred thousands of residents of Delhi and built a tower of their skulls. | Timur |
He conquered Constantinople. | Mehmet |
He was known as "The Lawgiver." | Suleiman |
He was intolerant of Hindus. | Jahangir |
He ruled the Ottoman Empire during it's height. | Suleiman |
He regained the kingdom that was stolen from him as a boy. | Babur |
He conquered present day Iran. | Isma'il |
The capital of the Safavid Empire. | Isfahan |
The empire the janissaries aided in building. | Ottoman |
The Shi'i Islam empire. | Safavid |
The Safavid Dynasty declined because ____________ leaders. | incompetent |
The Mughal Empire orginated the county of | India |
The Mughal Empire weakened under his rule. | Aurangzeb |
He massacred the Sunni population of Baghdad. | Isma'il |
Mehmet was a ruler of the _________ Empire. | Ottoman |
Nur Jahan was the wife of a ruler in the __________ Empire. | Mughal |
Suleiman encouraged the flourishing of the __________. | arts |
He captured Cairo. | Selim |
He executed all his rivals to become leader of the Ottoman Empire. | Selim |
She was the real ruler of India, not her husband. | Nur Jahan |
He conquered Persia, Russia, and India. | Timur |
He expanded the Mughal Empire to its greatest size. | Aurengzeb |
The Mughal shah who was intolerant of other religions. | Aurengzeb |