Chapter 2 Quiz

What was the origin of the ruling class in a military-patronage state?

Merchants

Religious leaders

The military

Large land owners

What technology brought stability to military-patronage states in the Middle East?

The telegraph

Railroads

Steamships

Gunpowder weapons

During the early modern period, what was the main source of revenue for the state?

Agriculture or pastoralism.

Manufacturing

Commerce

Services

The Battle of Kosovo in 1389 played an important role in the development of __________ nationalism.

Ottoman

Greek

Safavid

Serbian

What motivated the Safavid Empire to adopt gunpowder weapons?

European merchants who had influence at the ruler's court.

Their loss to the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Chaldiran.

Their determination to spread Shi'ism to Egypt.

The need to better control rebellious tribal groups in the empire.

What was the name given to the head of Ottoman society?

Shah

Caliph

Sultan

Ghazis

After reaching the limits of their expansion, what new role did Ottoman and Safavid rulers assume?

The became warrior-in-chiefs.

The adopted legislative roles.

They emphasized their religious duties.

They took on ceremonial roles.

For what purpose did the Ottomans institute the devshirme?

To recruit potential soldiers and bureaucrates.

To select the next sultan.

To fill the ranks of the ulama.

To expand the rank of slaves who worked in agriculture.

Where was the devshirme carried out?

Anatolia

The Balkans

Iran

Syria

What were the Janissaries?

Members of the Safavid cavalry.

Christians who served in the Ottoman palace.

An elite unit of Ottoman soldiers.

Members of the Safavid bureaucracy.

Why did Shah Abbas do to counter the power of the Qizilbash?

He banned their red headdress.

He changed the empire's religion to Sunni Islam.

He stopped paying them salaries from the state.

He established a slave army and bureaucracy.

Prebendalism relates to military-patronage states controlling what resource?

Minerals

Water

Land

Labor

What was the name for government land grants to governors, military leaders, and local nobles in the Ottoman Empire?

Timars

Ghilman

Tiyul

Devshirme

In order to increase tax collection in the Ottoman and Safavid empires, governments auctioned to rights to collect taxes in a method called _____________.

local tax assignment

prebendalism

tax farming

timar raising

What was the purpose of guilds in both the Ottoman and Safavid Empires?

They helped to collect taxes and regulate prices.

They prevented the importation of European goods.

They worked to avoid paying taxes to the government.

They ensured the flow of grain from the countryside to cities.

What did Suleiman the Magnificent do to show his religiosity in the sixteenth century?

He built a road from Istanbul to Mecca.

He gave many gifts to religious scholars.

He opened up an Islamic college in Istanbul.

He sponsored the reconstruction and refurbishment of Jerusalem.

Which religion did the Safavid Empire use to legitimate their rule?

Shi'i Islam

Catholicism

Sunni Islam

Protestantism

The millet system was instituted by the Ottomans to regulate the relationship between the government and _____________.

other regional states

non-Muslim religious communities

tax farmers

guilds

Why was the Ottoman Empire able to endure as an empire much longer than the Safavids?

They were able to replace early modern structures and institutions with those associated with modern states.

They were able to avoid the problems associated with decentralization.

They were able to access greater resources than the Safavids.

They were able to reform and return to the early modern structures and institutions that had brought them great success.

Who overthrew the Safavid dynasty in 1722?

Ottomans

Afghans

Moguls

Russians

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