Unit 3: Land-Based Empires
World History · Unit 3 · Paper 1

Land-Based Empires unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 35 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 3, Paper 1” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 30 min 27 points0/17 attempted
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Divine right and the Mandate of Heaven

2

Isfahan under Shah Abbas

3

Devshirme and janissaries

4

Tax farming

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Why gunpowder centralized power

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Gunpowder empires

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Frozen Qing tax base

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Ottoman Empire

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Mughal Empire

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Ottoman fratricide and the harem

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Jizya

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Methods of legitimizing rule

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Russian expansion under the tsars

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Eight Banners

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Zamindar

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Limits of the gunpowder explanation

3 pts

Free response

3 pts

SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION. No stimulus.

A. Briefly describe one method used by a land-based empire to consolidate power between 1450 and 1750.

B. Briefly explain one way gunpowder weapons affected state building in this period.

C. Briefly explain one way rulers used religion to legitimize their authority in this period.