Chapter 19 Quiz C with References

. One of the key factors in the rise of the Ottoman Empire was _____.

Their Islamic faith.

Their conversion to Christianity.

Their use of gunpowder weapons.

Their expansion into the Indian Ocean trade.

. The Ottoman janissary corps was recruited from _____.

The sons of the most loyal Ottoman courtiers.

The sons of provincial nobles.

Orphaned children of the streets of Istanbul.

Christian towns in Eastern Europe.

. The timar system of land grants were given _____.

As compensation for military service.

In recognition of special holiness.

To Christian nobles.

To slaves when they were freed.

. The Ottoman's great rival empire were the _____.

Mughals.

British.

Habsburgs.

Sunni.

. The Ottoman sultans were inferior to the ulama.

True.

False.

. An economic shift toward _____, occurred in Europe after 1500.

Slave labor.

Communal labor.

Privatization and capitalism.

Centralized ownership.

. Europe's population growth of the 16th century was largely caused by _____.

The Black Death.

The Columbian Exchange.

Increased capitalism.

The Thirty Years' War.

. Luther and his followers emphasized the importance of _____.

An individual's communication with God.

The traditions of the Church.

The feelings of the individual.

The power of the Church hierarchy.

. Spain's Habsburg monarchs were able to unify the state and consolidate their power largely because of financial help from the Catholic Church.

True.

False.

. The Little Ice Age affected Europe primarily through _____.

Shorter growing seasons.

Advancing glaciers.

Unprecedented droughts.

All of the above.

. The search for the rules by which nature operated was well received by the powerful Catholic Church.

True.

False.

. The first stage of capitalism was _____.

Communal.

Industrial.

Technocratic.

Commercial.

. The bourgeoisie consisted of _____.

The urban upper class.

The landed elite.

The urban professional class.

The urban working class.

. As in France, absolutist systems developed based on _____.

A powerful stranding army.

A semi-divine monarch.

Middle class bureaucracy.

All of the above.

. Constitutional systems guaranteed _____ citizens rights.

elite.

All.

Working.

Native.

. The Maghreb was primarily under the control of the Ottomans from 1500 on.

True.

False.

. The major factor in the rise of the Barbary pirates was _____.

The fall of the Ottoman Empire.

The expansion of Atlantic trade.

The Spanish conquest of the Maghreb.

Their alliance with the Ottomans.

. Barbary pirates profited heavily from kidnapping and protection rackets.

True.

False.

. The Barbarossa brothers were _____.

Ottoman.

Italian.

Greek.

Tunisian.

. The primary reason that European states did not band together to defeat the Barbary pirates was _____.

Their fear of the Ottomans.

Sustained rivalry between them.

Their focus on overseas empires.

Their lack of funds.

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