WHAP Unit 4 Mughals Answers

When was the Mughal empire established and in what modern-day country?

1526 India

What allowed Babur -- first Mughal emperor -- to defeat the kingdoms of Northern India?

Gunpowder

Mughal rulers were flexible toward their diverse people, particularly in what area of life?

spiritual affairs

How was Akbar -- Mughal emperor from 1556-1605 -- different from European monarchs when it came to religion?

Was tolerant, studied comparative religions, hosted debates

Why didn't the Portuguese take more than just Goa and Bombay -- why not colonize more of India?

Mughals were strong, Portuguese dared not antagonize them

What were European merchants "restricted to" in Mughal India in the late 1500s?

A handful of ports

In what century did the Mughal Empire reach its height?

17th

What was the main source of the Mughals' wealth?

Land rents

Whose demand for Indian goods also helped the Mughals become wealthy?

Europeans'

Who became more powerful/more autonomous after the Mughals had "more than a century of imperial expansion, commercial prosperity, and agricultural development"?

Local and regional authorities

What were "many regional leaders" in the Mughal Empire "well positioned" to do as they got more power?

resist Mughal authority

Once there started to be a lot of rebellions, what did the Mughal emperors "have to accept"?

diminished power over a loose unity of provincial states