Ottoman/Ming Test Review

Front

What religion did the Ottoman Empire help spread throughout their empire?

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Islam

Front

What city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453, effectively putting an end to the Byzantium Empire?

Back

Constantinople

Front

True or False: The Ottomans required that everyone they conquered must convert to Islam or face execution.

Back

False

Front

What is one reason for the wealth of the Ottoman Empire? Options: its control over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, their access to the Trans-Saharan trade routes, their discover of the New World, their unusual high survival rate during the Black Death

Back

its control over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Front

_______ were an elite guard of Ottoman soldiers.

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Janissaries

Front

Which of the following was a way that Suleiman and other Ottoman rulers (Sultans) gained and maintained power? The use of religious persecution (punishment), The use of the Millet System, Psychological warfare against Christians, Rebuilding sections of the Great Wall of China

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The use of the Millet System

Front

Suleiman was known to Westerners as the Magnificent, but to many others he was known as:

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The Lawgiver

Front

Pope Urban II's speech at the Council of Clermont influenced global politics by:

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Launching the Crusades

Front

When did Muhammad begin spreading Islam?

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~600 CE

Front

Why was taking over Constantinople so important to the Ottoman Empire?

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It was a global center of trade