Deck 9: Emerging Global Interrelations

Question 1

Papal calls for crusades against the Ottomans were ignored because

A)Europeans were more interested in economic gains.
B)Europeans wanted a crusade against Safavid Persia instead.
C)papal authority had declined to nil.
D)finances were lacking.
E)none of these choices

Answer 1

Europeans were more interested in economic gains.

Question 2

Identification
Selimiye Mosque

Answer 2

not answer

Question 3

In the sixteenth century, the Ottoman and Safavid states were

A)overshadowed by a strong and peaceful Europe.
B)both sectarian and political rivals.
C)badly hurt by European expansion.
D)all of these choices
E)none of these choices

Answer 3

both sectarian and political rivals.

Question 4

Identification
Bandar Abbas

Question 5

At its greatest extent, the Ottoman Empire did not control

A)Egypt.
B)Wallachia.
C)Greece.
D)southern Italy.
E)Palestine.

Question 6

Identification
mullahs

Question 7

Identification
Selim I

Question 8

Identification
Shah Tahmasp II

Question 9

Identification
Shah Abbas the Great

Question 10

Identification
Sinan

Question 11

Identification
Sheik al-Islam

Question 12

In 1529 the Ottoman Empire left behind sacks of ____ after retreating from Vienna.

A)coffee
B)tea
C)frankincense
D)gold dust
E)silk

Question 13

Identification
Isfahan

Question 14

Identification
millet system

Question 15

Identification
Suleiman the Magnificent

Question 16

Identification
Capitulations

Question 17

Identification
Battle of Lepanto

Question 18

At its height in 1566, Suleiman's empire included all of the following except

A)Hungary and the Balkan Peninsula.
B)the Anatolian Peninsula.
C)Egypt and Northern Sudan.
D)Rhodes and Crete.
E)Sicily and Sardinia.

Question 19

Which of the following was farthest east of the Mediterranean?

A)Ottoman Empire
B)Mughal Empire
C)Safavid Empire
D)Arabia
E)Sudan

Question 20

Identification
ghulams

Question 21

Itemize the geographical regions that were under Ottoman control in 1566.

Question 22

Describe briefly the organization of commerce and banking within the Ottoman Empire.

Question 23

Among the commodities that the Ottoman Empire engaged in the trade of was

A)slaves.
B)gold.
C)ivory.
D)coffee.
E)all of these choices

Question 24

Describe the succession to Suleiman the Magnificent and the problems that it entailed.

Question 25

Which of the following statements about early Ottoman rulers is false?

A)They routed the Mamluks in Egypt and gained control of Palestine and Syria.
B)They moved the Caliphate to Istanbul.
C)They viewed themselves as the guardians of Islam and the military might of their empire as the Sword of Islam.
D)none of these choices
E)all of these choices

Question 26

Which of the following statements about Shah Abbas is false?

A)He ruled from 1587 to 1629.
B)He killed or blinded three of his five sons.
C)He curbed the influence of the local chieftains.
D)He discouraged foreign traders and Christian communities from settling in his domain.
E)none of these choices

Question 27

Which of the following statements about the life styles of the Safavid elite classes is false?

A)They lived lavishly and wore ornate silk- and gold-brocaded attire.
B)Every seven years the used clothes from the royal court were burned and the gold and silver threads collected for use in new garments.
C)They enjoyed games such as chess and polo.
D)none of these choices
E)all of these choices

Question 28

Which of the following statements about Ottoman governmental administration is false?

A)It was highly centralized.
B)The Grand Vizier and the divan were responsible for political and economic administration.
C)Bureaucratic offices were responsible for matters as diverse as the translation of documents to the supervision of the vast royal palace complex of Topkapi.
D)none of these choices
E)all of these choices

Question 29

Which of the following statements about Suleiman the Magnificent is false?

A)He led his armies against rulers in central Europe and in 1521 seized the Serbian capital of Belgrade.
B)He conquered most of Hungary by exploiting the rivalry between the Austrian Habsburg emperors and the French Valois kings.
C)He captured the city of Vienna.
D)He failed to leave a worthy successor to his throne.
E)none of these choices

Question 30

Shah Abbas established a new Safavid capital in

A)Isfahan.
B)Istanbul.
C)Ctesiphon.
D)Persepolis.
E)Baghdad.

Question 31

The Safavid empire was founded by

A)Shah Abbas.
B)Ulugh Beg.
C)Safi al-Dom.
D)Shah Ishma'il.
E)Uzzun Hassan.

Question 32

Ottoman culture, like Roman culture, has been criticized for its

A)emphasis on blood sports.
B)lack of originality.
C)too experimental qualities.
D)all of these choices
E)none of these choices

Question 33

At the Battle of Lepanto in 1571,

A)the navies of the Habsburgs and the Italian city-states crushed the Ottoman fleet.
B)the Ottoman fleet defeated the Safavids.
C)the Ottoman fleet defeated the Venetian fleet.
D)Ottoman land forces took the city of Budapest.
E)none of these choices

Question 34

What were the essentials of the administrative apparatus of the Ottoman Empire?

Question 35

Which of the following statements is false?

A)The Ottoman Empire was a centralized autocracy, staffed by bureaucrats drawn from an elite based on land and wealth.
B)Ottoman administration was financed through new wealth acquired from the expansion of the empire and from taxes.
C)Collection of taxes in the Ottoman Empire was assigned to "tax farmers"
D)The Ottoman Empire remained dependent upon the army, which like the government was rigidly structured.
E)none of these choices

Question 36

Which of the following statements is false?

A)The Ottomans and Safavids were rivals for control over the territories around the Tigris-Euphrates Valley.
B)As Sunni Muslims, the Ottomans clashed with the Shi'i Safavids over domination of Islamic territories and interpretations of basic Islamic doctrines.
C)In 1514, Ottoman forces defeated the Safavids in the northern provinces of Iran, but failed to follow through.
D)The Safavids countered Ottoman power by entering alliances with the Habsburgs, the major Ottoman enemy in eastern Europe.
E)none of these choices

Question 37

In Ottoman society, "People of the Book" included

A)Christians only.
B)Jews only.
C)Jews and Orthodox Christians.
D)Zoroastrians and Christians.
E)none of these choices

Question 38

Describe the main features of the millet system.

Question 39

Which of the following statements about Ottoman cultural developments is false?

A)Sultans were all trained in a craft and some achieved considerable artistic and literary skill.
B)Suleiman and other Ottoman sultans were great patrons of the arts.
C)Literary skills were admired.
D)Turkish historians chronicled the development of the empire and the exploits of the military.
E)none of these choices

Question 40

List some of the international commodities handled by Ottoman traders and middlemen.

Question 41

Describe the achievements of Sinan.

Question 42

Describe the decline of the Safavid Empire between 1514 and 1747.

Question 43

Identification
Desiderius Erasmus

Question 44

Identification
Filippo Brunelleschi

Question 45

Identification
El Greco

Question 46

Identification
Artemisia Gentileschi

Question 47

Identification
Giotto di Bondone

Question 48

Identification
Christine de Pizan

Question 49

Describe the government and the principal social groups within Safavid Iran.

Question 50

Identification
François Rabelais

Question 51

What actions of the Ottoman Empire stimulated a European interest in finding an alternative trade route to Asia?

Question 52

Identification
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Question 53

Why did Persians say "Isfahan is half the world"?

Question 54

Identification
Giovanni Boccaccio

Question 55

Identify key differences between the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid Empires.

Question 56

Identification
Donatello

Question 57

Identification
Francesco Petrarca

Question 58

Identification
"Donation of Constantine"

Question 59

What were the three main sources of wealth in the Safavid Empire?

Question 60

Identification
Albrecht Dürer

Question 61

Identification
Michelangelo Buonarroti

Question 62

Which of the following may most justifiably be called "the father of humanism"?

A)Giovanni Boccaccio
B)Francesco Petrarca
C)Cicero
D)Coluccio Salutati
E)Manuel Chrysoloras

Question 63

Identification
William Shakespeare

Question 64

Identification
Leonardo da Vinci

Question 65

The printing press was developed in Europe around

A)800.
B)1100.
C)1250.
D)1370.
E)1450.

Question 66

Identification
Properzia de' Rossi

Question 67

Identification
Michel de Montaigne

Question 68

Identification
Jan van Eyck

Question 69

Identification
Masaccio

Question 70

Identification
Marsilio Ficino

Question 71

Identification
Isotta Nogarola

Question 72

Identification
Miguel de Cervantes

Question 73

Identification
Johannes Gutenberg

Question 74

The Byzantine diplomat Manuel Chrysoloras is best known for his

A)architecture.
B)poetry.
C)grammar textbook.
D)translation of the Bible into Latin.
E)none of these choices

Question 75

Identification
Manuel Chrysoloras

Question 76

Which of the following was not among the reasons that the Renaissance developed first in Italy?

A)Trade gave birth to early modern capitalism and furnished the material resources for cultural development.
B)Renewed vigor in urban centers in the wake of the crusades.
C)Competition of commercial cities like Genoa, Venice, and Milan in cultural affairs.
D)The Roman heritage and the continued use of Latin kept memories of classical civilization alive.
E)none of these choices

Question 77

Identification
Raphael Sanzio

Question 78

Identification
Thomas More

Question 79

The painter of The Creation in the Sistene Chapel was

A)Michelangelo.
B)Leonardo da Vinci.
C)Raphael.
D)Tomasso Guidi.
E)Masaccio.

Question 80

Identification
Sofonisba Anguissola