Question

The type of warfare described in the passage most directly helps to explain which of the following sixteenth-century developments?


The growing political influence of religious scholars at the Ottoman court

Option A,The growing political influence of religious scholars at the Ottoman court

a

The granting of substantial religious and legal autonomy to Christian subjects in the Ottoman Empire

Option B,The granting of substantial religious and legal autonomy to Christian subjects in the Ottoman Empire

b

The intensification of political rivalries between the Ottoman Empire and neighboring states in Europe and the Middle East

Option C,The intensification of political rivalries between the Ottoman Empire and neighboring states in Europe and the Middle East

c

The decline of the importance of the Janissaries in the Ottoman army

Option D,The decline of the importance of the Janissaries in the Ottoman army

d

Answer 1

C.

If the passage describes the Ottomans' use of gunpowder weapons, artillery, and large-scale, expansionary warfare, that directly helps explain the intensification of political and military rivalries with neighboring European and Middle Eastern states in the sixteenth century — those states had to respond to Ottoman military advances and compete for territory and influence.