Question

1) By the late eighteenth century, Mogul prosperity was shaken by

A) the rise of women
B) the coming of the British
C) new architectural styles
D) Shah Jahan

2) Babur's forces entered India through the

A) Khyber Pass
B) port of Chennal
C) state of Bengal
D) Fort William

3) Ottoman expansion in the early fourteenth century led to their control over which area first?

A) the Danube Valley
B) the Bosporus and the Dardanelles
C) Constantinople
D) the Hungarian plain

4) What was the name of the group of Ottoman religious advisers that administered the legal system and schools for educating Muslims?

A) pasha
B) vizier
C) politicos
D) ulema

5) The Safavid rulers were eagerly supported by the pelletes, who believed

A) they would be rewarded with beautiful wives
B) the Safavids would return power to the landed pellete aristocrats
C) that Shah Ismail was a direct successor of the prophet Muhammad
D) that the Sunni would be destroyed by the might of a strong Safavd empire

6) Sir Robert Clive was an aggressive British empire builder who

A) allowed the Dutch to take over British forts because of his shortsightedness
B) mismanaged the British South India Company until it went broke
C) angered the British government by falsely acting as its representative
D) was empowered by the British crown to fight any force that threatened the East India Company's power in India