SAT World History: Southwest Asia

This is an MCQ-quiz for SAT World History, which include questions on Southwest Asia.

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For what reason was Ottoman Sultan Selim I (1512-1520) famous, despite his short reign?

His conquest of Constantinople, which was owned by the Byzantines His marriage to courtesan Hurrem Sultan, a Russian slave captured by pirates His conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy in 1515 Massive expansion of the Ottoman Empire, including Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and the Hejaz region (which included Mecca and Medina) His alliance with France at the end of his reign

The Battle of Lepanto is important for __________.

spreading Islam into the heart of Western Europe. None of these answers is correct. uniting Christendom and Islam in an alliance against the Barbary forces of North Africa. encouraging further Ottoman expansion in the Mediterranean. preventing further Ottoman expansion in the Mediterranean

In which European city was the Ottoman invasion of Europe finally repelled?

Paris Budapest Athens Vienna Munich

Victory at the Battle of Mohacs led to Ottoman control over _______________.

Arabia Hungary Poland Anatolia Egypt

The conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire in 1453 ended the reign of ________________.

The Holy Roman Empire The Abbasid Empire The Seljuk Empire The Byzantine Empire The Timurid Empire

Which empire was often referred to as “the sick man of Europe” during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

The Spanish Empire The British Empire The Russian Empire The Ottoman Empire The Austro-Hungarian Empire

What motivated the British to support the Ottoman Empire in the late nineteenth century?

Desire to prevent the French Empire from expanding into the Middle East Loss of economic opportunities and trading rights in the region Fears of Russian expansion into the Mediterranean Respect for the history and traditions of the Ottoman Empire Repayment of a debt sustained during the Crimean War

Janissaries were __________.

Islamic missionaries who spread the faith to Indonesia and the Philippines None of the other answer choices is correct; Janissaries were troops in the Russian Empire of Peter the Great Outcasts in Ottoman society who helped undermine the regime of the Sultans from within Christian boys kidnapped and raised as highly trained troops in the Ottoman army Christian missionaries who established outposts in the Ottoman Empire and encouraged religious toleration across the empire

The country of Afghanistan was a __________ colony during the nineteenth century.

Chinese British French Russian Ottoman

Which of these Empires was commonly referred to as "the sickman of Europe" by the end of the ninteenth century?

The Ottoman Empire The Seljuk Empire The Byzantine Empire The Greek Empire The Polish Empire

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Title: SAT World History: Southwest Asia

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