Islamic History

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

• Janissary
• Rajput
• Sultan
• Mansabdar

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

• Rome

• Constantinople

• Athens

• Vienna

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

• False
• True

One of the reasons for the wealth of the Ottoman Empire was

• its control over the Eastern Mediteranian

• the usage of trans-saharan trade routes

• because they found the Americas first

• strong diplomatic ties with the Genghis Khan

____ were an elite guard of Ottoman soldiers.

• sinans

• ulema

• pashas

• janissaries

Suleman was known to westerners as the Magnificent, but to many others he was known as the

• Gravedigger

• Enlightened

• Lawgiver

• Peace Maker

What ancient empire did the Ottomans end?

• China
• Arab
• Byzantine
• none are true

The Ottoman Empire was ruled from ___________________. 

• The Atlantic.
• Russia.
• Istanbul, formerly Constantinople.
• The Mediterranean. 

What did the Ottoman Empire do to the Hagia Sofia?

• burned it to the ground
• turned it into a mosque
• made it their capitol
• turned it into a hotel

What area(s) did the Ottoman Empire control or have pieces of?

• Europe
• North Africa
• Asia
• All of the above