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In their rise to power the Ottomans were aided by the ghazi, who were |
| | A) | Mongol mercenaries. |
| | B) | Christian captives raised to fight for them. |
| | C) | Muslim religious warriors. |
| | D) | Anatolian peasants, eager to escape the heavy taxes of the Byzantine empire. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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The Ottoman military made use of |
| | A) | gunpowder weapons. |
| | B) | siege warfare. |
| | C) | specially trained Janissary forces. |
| | D) | armored cavalry. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Which of the following places did not come under the control of the Muslim Ottomans? |
| | A) | Albania |
| | B) | Syria |
| | C) | Egypt |
| | D) | the Iranian plateau |
| | E) | Serbia |
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The Janissaries were |
| | A) | slave women who lived in the sultan's harem. |
| | B) | Christian boys taken from conquered territories and raised as special forces. |
| | C) | regional administrators, who were granted autonomy in exchange for loyalty and support. |
| | D) | armored, light cavalry. |
| | E) | eunuchs in service to the sultan. |
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Suleyman the Magnificent |
| | A) | captured Belgrade and laid siege to the city of Vienna. |
| | B) | conquered Russia. |
| | C) | brought the entire Arabian peninsula under Ottoman rule. |
| | D) | invaded the island of Sicily. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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During the fourteenth century, Ottoman forces captured all of the following except |
| | A) | Bursa. |
| | B) | Edirne (Adrianople). |
| | C) | Constantinople. |
| | D) | Gallipoli. |
| | E) | they captured all of the above |
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The Safavid Empire began with the reign of Shah Ismail, who claimed legitimacy by |
| | A) | killing off competitors from the Mughal royal families. |
| | B) | seizing the Peacock Throne. |
| | C) | tracing his ancestry back to a Sufi religious leader. |
| | D) | marrying the daughter of Suleyman the Magnificent. |
| | E) | tracing his ancestry back to Tamerlane. |
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Twelver Shiism was a Muslim sect that claimed that |
| | A) | Ismail was the "hidden" imam or even a reincarnation of Allah. |
| | B) | Shah Ismail was a direct descendent of the Prophet Muhammad. |
| | C) | all ghazi are true spokesmen of Allah. |
| | D) | the Safavid were the lost tribe of Israel. |
| | E) | the qizilbash, or "red heads," should be purged from the country. |
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At the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514, |
| | A) | the Safavid qizilbash defeated the Ottoman Janissary forces. |
| | B) | the Sunni Ottomans defeated the Shiite Safavids. |
| | C) | an alliance of Safavids and Ottomans defeated European crusaders. |
| | D) | European forces turned back the Ottoman advance into central Europe. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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| 10 | |
Shah Abbas revitalized the Safavid regime by all of the following means except |
| | A) | reforming administrative and military institutions. |
| | B) | defeating the nomadic Uzbeks. |
| | C) | expelling the Portuguese from Hormuz. |
| | D) | forging alliances with the Ottomans against Europeans. |
| | E) | promoting trade with other lands. |
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| 11 | |
Mehmed the Conqueror seized control of southern Italy in 1453. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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While Ottoman armies were very powerful, the Ottoman state never developed an effective navy. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Shah Ismail forced the Ottoman empire to accept Twelver Shiism in 1522. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Ottoman success under Mehmed owed a great deal to the alliance he concluded with Venice. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Mehmed's forces briefly occupied the city of Otranto of southern Italy. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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