Unit 3: Land-Based Empires
World History · Unit 3 · Paper 2

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 2” 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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Ottoman fratricide and the harem

2

Mughal Empire

3

Tax farming

4

Sulh-i kul

5

Akbar

6

Ottoman Empire

7

Iltizam (tax farming)

8

From privilege to property

9

Eight Banners

10

Safavid Empire

11

Zamindar

12

Qizilbash

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Devshirme and janissaries

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Why gunpowder centralized power

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Frozen Qing tax base

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Russian expansion under the tsars

3 pts

Free response

3 pts

Short-Answer Question. Answer (a), (b), and (c).

Briefly describe ONE way gunpowder weapons affected the balance of power between rulers and regional nobles in the period 1450–1750.

Briefly explain ONE method a land-based empire used to administer a religiously or ethnically diverse population.

Briefly explain ONE reason land-based empires in this period experienced fiscal difficulty.