Question 1

When Fuad Pasha arrived in Damascus in 1860, he meant to make certain that Muslims responsible for massacring Christians were punished. He did this to forestall ___________________.

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A)   direct European intervention in the crisis
B)   a counter attack from the Christian population
C)   the restoration of Ottoman order
D)   None of these answers is correct.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

What are some ways in which Isma'il's rule over Egypt differed from that of Muhammad Ali?

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Question 3

In 1852, Egypt completed the first ___________ between Cairo and Alexandria.

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Question 4

Which of the following best explains significance of the mutasarrifiyyah?

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A)   After Sunnis and Druze attacked Christians as a response to Ibrahim's reforms, Europeans established this political unit to be governed by a non-Lebanese Christian subject
B)   Ibrahim's political response to Christians refusing to give up arms after sectarian strife had gotten out of hand
C)   Part of Ibrahim's implementation of Tanzimat reforms meant to overcome historic sectarian strife, thereby helping Druze, Christians, and Sunnis live in harmony
D)   All of these answers are correctE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 5

How did the Ottoman Empire cover its annual budget deficits in the nineteenth century?

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A)   It dismantled its armies
B)   It took out loans from Europe
C)   It developed cotton as a cash crop
D)   None of these answers is correctE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following was a way in which Russia attempted to expand into Ottoman territory?

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A)   By allying itself with the Balkan independence movements
B)   By using its religious ties with the Ottoman Empire's Greek Orthodox subjects to gain influence
C)   By engaging in direct warfare against Ottoman armies
D)   All of these answers are correctE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 7

Isma'il's __________________ existed to protect Egyptians from foreigners in disputed civil and commercial cases, whereas before, foreign nationals were sheltered from Egyptian law.

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Question 8

In the early nineteenth century, the __________ and the Maronite Christians shared political power in Mount Lebanon.

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Question 9

Namik Kemal, who insisted that all Ottomans ought to feel a sense of territorial patriotism-and wrote a play, Fatherland, to this effect-was a prominent member of a group of young intellectuals known as

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A)   The French knowers.
B)   The mutasarrifiyyah.
C)   The derebeys
D)   The Young Ottomans.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Egypt's Isma'il the Magnificent made every attempt to blend his reformist programs into the long-standing Egyptian-Islamic traditions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a strategy through which Russia attempted to expand into the Ottoman Empire?

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A)   Exploiting its religious ties with Greek Orthodox subjects of the Ottoman Empire to gain influence in internal affairs
B)   Allying itself on the basis of common religious and Slavic bonds with Balkan independence movements to become the Great Power patron of potential new states
C)   Direct warfare against the armies of the Ottoman Empire
D)   All of these were Russian strategies for expansionE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

How do the events of the Crimean War (1854-1856) personify the commitment of the European powers to Eastern Question diplomacy?

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Question 13

How did Ottoman notables take advantage of the Ottoman land code of 1858?

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Question 14

Which of the following is NOT true of the Urabi movement?

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A)   Popular support for the movement never materialized; it was a cause for the European-educated elite
B)   The movement aimed to eliminate foreign control of Egypt's finances
C)   The movement's rallying cry was, "Egypt for the Egyptians"
D)   The movement had support among the army, groups of reformist notables, and the peasantry.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

Because of its isolation from administrative control, Mount __________________ in Greater Syria served as a place of dissident religious groups, including Maronite Christians and the Druze.

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Question 16

In which of the following ways did the Young Ottomans seek to reconcile indigenous Ottoman political thought with European ideas?

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A)   Through the Islamic idea of democracy through consultation
B)   By arguing that national unity through secularism was not at odds with true Ottoman patriotism
C)   By arguing that Islam had become irrelevant
D)   None of these answers is correct. The Young Ottomans rejected ideas and politics derived from EuropeE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following is not true of the Tanzimat period?

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A)   It began in 1839 and ended in 1876
B)   It was a reformist period
C)   Inspiration for reforms came from the sultans
D)   Secondary schools and European-style courts were establishedE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

Two royal decrees-the Hatt-i Sharif of Gulhane, which promised tax and conscription reforms for all Ottoman subjects, regardless of their religion; and the Hatt-i Humayan, which guarantied the equality of all subjects in terms of state employment and school admissions-defined the very essence of the __________________ period.

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Question 19

Which of the following does NOT indicate the significance of the Ottoman Constitution of 1876?

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A)   It was inspired by European political ideas of nationalism
B)   It reaffirmed the equality of all Ottoman subjects
C)   It limited the sultan's power
D)   It was a proclamation of Ottoman patriotismE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 20

In what ways did the Tanzimat disrupt longstanding social and political arrangements in Greater Syria?

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Exam 5: The Ottoman Empire and Egypt During the Era of the Tanzimat

Egypt's Isma'il the Magnificent made every attempt to blend his reformist programs into the long-standing Egyptian-Islamic traditions.

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How did the Ottoman Empire cover its annual budget deficits in the nineteenth century?

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Which of the following is not true of the Tanzimat period?

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Which of the following is NOT true of the Urabi movement?

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Isma'il's __________________ existed to protect Egyptians from foreigners in disputed civil and commercial cases, whereas before, foreign nationals were sheltered from Egyptian law.

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How did Ottoman notables take advantage of the Ottoman land code of 1858?

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Which of the following is NOT a strategy through which Russia attempted to expand into the Ottoman Empire?

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When Fuad Pasha arrived in Damascus in 1860, he meant to make certain that Muslims responsible for massacring Christians were punished. He did this to forestall ___________________.

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How do the events of the Crimean War (1854-1856) personify the commitment of the European powers to Eastern Question diplomacy?

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Namik Kemal, who insisted that all Ottomans ought to feel a sense of territorial patriotism-and wrote a play, Fatherland, to this effect-was a prominent member of a group of young intellectuals known as

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In 1852, Egypt completed the first ___________ between Cairo and Alexandria.

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In what ways did the Tanzimat disrupt longstanding social and political arrangements in Greater Syria?

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Which of the following does NOT indicate the significance of the Ottoman Constitution of 1876?

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In which of the following ways did the Young Ottomans seek to reconcile indigenous Ottoman political thought with European ideas?

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What are some ways in which Isma'il's rule over Egypt differed from that of Muhammad Ali?

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Because of its isolation from administrative control, Mount __________________ in Greater Syria served as a place of dissident religious groups, including Maronite Christians and the Druze.

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In the early nineteenth century, the __________ and the Maronite Christians shared political power in Mount Lebanon.

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Which of the following best explains significance of the mutasarrifiyyah?

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Which of the following was a way in which Russia attempted to expand into Ottoman territory?

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Exam 5: The Ottoman Empire and Egypt During the Era of the Tanzimat

Egypt's Isma'il the Magnificent made every attempt to blend his reformist programs into the long-standing Egyptian-Islamic traditions.

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How did the Ottoman Empire cover its annual budget deficits in the nineteenth century?

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Which of the following is not true of the Tanzimat period?

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Which of the following is NOT true of the Urabi movement?

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Isma'il's __________________ existed to protect Egyptians from foreigners in disputed civil and commercial cases, whereas before, foreign nationals were sheltered from Egyptian law.

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How did Ottoman notables take advantage of the Ottoman land code of 1858?

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Which of the following is NOT a strategy through which Russia attempted to expand into the Ottoman Empire?

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When Fuad Pasha arrived in Damascus in 1860, he meant to make certain that Muslims responsible for massacring Christians were punished. He did this to forestall ___________________.

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How do the events of the Crimean War (1854-1856) personify the commitment of the European powers to Eastern Question diplomacy?

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Namik Kemal, who insisted that all Ottomans ought to feel a sense of territorial patriotism-and wrote a play, Fatherland, to this effect-was a prominent member of a group of young intellectuals known as

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In 1852, Egypt completed the first ___________ between Cairo and Alexandria.

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In what ways did the Tanzimat disrupt longstanding social and political arrangements in Greater Syria?

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Which of the following does NOT indicate the significance of the Ottoman Constitution of 1876?

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In which of the following ways did the Young Ottomans seek to reconcile indigenous Ottoman political thought with European ideas?

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What are some ways in which Isma'il's rule over Egypt differed from that of Muhammad Ali?

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Because of its isolation from administrative control, Mount __________________ in Greater Syria served as a place of dissident religious groups, including Maronite Christians and the Druze.

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In the early nineteenth century, the __________ and the Maronite Christians shared political power in Mount Lebanon.

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Which of the following best explains significance of the mutasarrifiyyah?

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Which of the following was a way in which Russia attempted to expand into Ottoman territory?

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