AP World Unit 3 Review

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What was Siberia like? Why was it conquered?

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less hospitable, but rich in resources, especially furs

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Akbar the Great improved his empire in all these areas EXCEPT? tax system, religious tolerance, economic improvements, world wide exploration

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world wide exploration

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In order to supply its elite Janissaries and palace with soldiers, the Ottomans rulers?

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Conscripted Balkan Christian boys and converted them to Islam

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During their reign, Safavid policies in Persia?

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fostered a sense of Persian religious nationalism and social unity.

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The Safavids arose to power in Persia primarily due to?

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their support of the Shia cause.

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The class which initially dominated the Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal states and social hierarchy was?

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a military aristocracy.

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What event was most directly responsible for the rise of the gunpowder empires in Turkey, Iran, India and similar states in Tsarist Russia & Ming China? Options: the invention of gunpowder, the collapse of the Mongol Empire and its khanates, the arrival of western European merchants in the area, the revival of trade across Eurasia

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the collapse of the Mongol Empire and its khanates

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Akbar used the following to build a stable state in India EXCEPT? a well-trained, well-led military, an efficient bureaucracy and administration, religious toleration and reconciliation with the Hindus, promotion of foreigners, especially Europeans, to positions of power.

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promotion of foreigners, especially Europeans, to positions of power.

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What was the critical feature of Akbar's new religion, the Din-i-Ilahi?

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It attempted to blend elements of the many faiths with which he was familiar as a means of reconciling Hindus and Muslims.

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Which of the following statements concerning Ottoman naval power is most accurate? Options: The Ottoman Empire was sufficiently powerful at sea that until the 18th century they were able to monopolize the Arabian Sea. The Ottoman Empire used both Western and Chinese naval technologies and established naval bases in Italy. Powerful Ottoman galley fleets captured major island bases in the eastern Mediterranean but were unable to prevent Western advances in the Indian Ocean. The Ottomans retained their naval dominance in the Indian Ocean, but almost immediately lost all of their Mediterranean possessions.

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Powerful Ottoman galley fleets captured major island bases in the eastern Mediterranean but were unable to prevent Western advances in the Indian Ocean.