Ottoman Empire: Founding & Early Years

Who founded the Ottoman Empire?

• Osman I
• Suleiman the Magnificent
• Mehmed II
• Alexander the Great

What was the title of the ruler of the Ottoman Empire?

• King
• Emperor
• Duke
• Sultan

What city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453 putting an end to the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) Empire?

• Athens
• Rome
• Constantinople
• Paris

After capturing the capital of Byzantium, the Ottomans renamed the city to --

• Ankara. 
• Sarajevo. 
• Damascus.
• Istanbul. 

The Ottoman Empire was centered with its capital in which modern country?

• Syria
• Greece
• Turkey
• Egypt

The Ottoman Empire's military corps was known as the -

• devershime 
• janissaries 
• millet system

• Immortals

The enslaving of young Christian boys from the Balkans to be the elite soldiers within the Ottoman Empire was a tribute system known as -

• the devershime 

• the janissaries 

• millet system

• Immortals

The Ottomans controlled trade routes & land in many areas, except --

• the Arabian Peninsula. 

• North Africa. 

• Western Europe.
• Eastern Europe. 

What was the dominant religion of the Ottoman Empire?

• Islam
• Christianity
• Judaism
• Sikhism 

The Ottomans required that all the peoples they conquered converted to the Islamic religion or they were executed.

• True
• False