Hist unit iii quiz questions

This unit covers empires and developments from —, with a specific focus on the Manchu, Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid empires. Course materials also cover the religious developments within the empires and the methods in which rulers acquired and maintained their power. Please wait while the activity loads.

The sixteenth amendment created a(n) national ___ tax.

If this activity does not load, try refreshing your browser. If loading fails, click here to try again. Congratulations - you have completed. Your answers are highlighted below. Question 1. Questions 1—3 refer to the passage below. To keep it up, the agents of the sultan went once in four years to all the Christian villages under Turkish control.

Every boy between six and nine years of age must be brought before them, and the agents carried away one-fifth of the number, carefully selecting the strongest and most intelligent. The advice of the vizier was followed; the edict was proclaimed; many thousands of the European captives were educated in the Mohammedan religion and arms Teachers come every morning, who remain with them until evening, and teach them to read and write.

Those who have performed hard labor are made Janizaries. Those who are educated in the seraglios living quarters become spahis cavalry or higher officers of state. Ludlow, The Tribute of Children , Circa The Ottoman Sultan was trying to reinstate the system of taxation in the rural areas.