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What was the similarity between contemporary Turkey and the Ottoman Empires?

  1. Both governed people of many different ethnicities

  2. Neither tolerated linguistic diversity within the nation

  3. Both were ruled by a single ruling family

  4. Neither discriminated against religious minorities

  5. Both had a substantial role in facilitating East-West trade
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Modern-day Turkey is the country that occupies Anatolia, immediately south of the Black sea at the eastern end of the Mediterranean across from Greece. The Ottoman Empire was centered in this area but governed a more extensive empire between the fourteenth and twentieth centuries. Both countries were very multi-ethnic, making (A) as the best choice.

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Which of the following BEST describes Muslim advances in 8th century Europe?

  1. Muslims advanced as far north as Scandinavia but were halted by the Vikings.

  2. Muslims advanced throughout the Mediterranean, including such areas as the Papal States in their holdings.

  3. Muslims took over the Iberian Peninsula but were stopped from further advance into Western Europe by the Franks.

  4. Muslims ruled the various Germanic kingdoms as tributary states.

  5. Muslim advances were quite limited due to the centralized monarchies present in Western Europe.
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Muslims advanced as far north as Scandinavia but were halted by the Vikings.

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Which of the following was not languages commonly spoken in the Safavid Empire?

  1. Hindi

  2. Azerbaijani

  3. Turkish

  4. Arabic

  5. Persian
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The Safavid Empire was centered in Persia (modern-day Iran). While Persian, Turkish, and Arabic were common, Hindi was not a language of the Safavid Empire.

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In Islamic doctrine, the term "Greater Jihad" means ________.

  1. Against impurities in one's own soul and practice

  2. To spread Islam by discussion and debate

  3. To achieve a unified Islamic state in the Middle East

  4. Against unorthodox practice of Islam

  5. For conversion of non-Muslims by any means
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Greater inner jihad (al-jihad al-akbar); the struggle of personal self-improvement against the self's base desiresThey claim this "inner Jihad" essentially refers to all the struggles that a Muslim may go through, in adhering to the religion.

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Among which of the following events in Europe coincides with The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453?

  1. The Lutheran Reformation

  2. The invention of the printing press

  3. The creation of the League of Nations

  4. The Muslim invasion of Spain

  5. The fall of the Carolingian empire
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The Lutheran Reformation (A) in 1521, too late to be the correct answer to this question. It is, however, the next closest answer. The League of Nations (C) was formed in 1920, following the First World War. (D) Muslims invaded Spain in 711. (E) The Carolingian Empire fell during the tenth century.  (B)The printing press was invented in 1450 by Johannes Gutenberg.

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The Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire were not similar in which of the following way?

  1. Both ruled ruled over substantial parts of Mesopotamia

  2. Both were opposed by large European alliances

  3. Both linked peoples of Europe with East Asia

  4. Both empires were officially Muslim

  5. Both ruled over a diverse group of cultures. .
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Both were opposed by large European alliances.

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Which of the following BEST describes the impact of Shah Ismail I?

  1. Safavid ruler who established the dynasty

  2. Mughal ruler who established the dynasty

  3. Ottoman ruler who established the dynasty

  4. Safavid ruler who led the dynasty to its greatest extent

  5. Ottoman ruler who led the dynasty to its greatest extent
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Safavid ruler who established the dynasty.