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 33 min 30 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

7

Frozen Qing tax base

8

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

6 pts

Long Essay Question. Evaluate the extent to which religious policy strengthened or weakened land-based empires in the period from 1450 to 1750. In your response you should do the following: respond to the question with an evaluative thesis that establishes a line of reasoning; describe a broader historical context relevant to the question; support your argument with specific and relevant evidence; and use historical reasoning to explain relationships among pieces of evidence, demonstrating a complex understanding.