Social Studies Exam-G.8 Non-Arabic speaking students T.3

The Ottomans arose from the land areas surrounding which of the following major

seas?

• Caspian Sea

• Back Sea

• Red Sea

In which year did the Ottomans defeat the Byzantine Empire and conquer Constantinople?

• 1066

• 1453

• 1516

After the conquest of Constantinople, what was the new name given to their capital city?

• Istanbul

• Manzikert

• Damascus

What was the nickname given to Sultan Suleyman 1 during his reign from 1520 to 1566?

• The lawgiver

• the conqueror

• the fantastic

The Acquisitions of the Ottoman Empire included which of the following lands?

• India

• Portugal

• Iraq

The term Nahda most nearly means which of the following?

• revision

• renaissance or rebirth

• a name for

One of the advances of the 19^th century was the development of free public schools in Egypt, Syria and Sudan.

• True

• False

World War I led to the end of which empire and the creation of which new country in its place?

• The end of the Ottoman Empire and creation of the Turkish Republic

• The end of the Ottoman and the creation of Iraq

• The end of the British Empire and the creation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

After World War I, which two European countries created Mandates or territories over which they retained political control?

• revision

• renaissance or rebirth

• a name for

Which Arab land has not achieved full international status as an independent country?

• Iraq

• Palestine

• Sudan