The Ottomans and Mughals etc...

The Ottoman army included 30,000 elite soldiers called ________ who were slaves that were trained to be loyal to the government.

• Janissaries

• Jizyas

The Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires were known as "Gunpowder" Empires

• True

• False

The Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires were all Muslim

• True

• False

In 1453, the Ottomans attacked Constantinople & conquered the ________ Empire

• Byzantine

• Roman

Ottoman rulers were called ________ & they governed with absolute power

• Shahs

• Sultans

The greatest Ottoman sultan was ___________ who came to power in 1520 and doubled the size of the Empire

• Suleyman the Magnificent

• Mehmed 1

King Suleyman granted freedom of worship to ________ & Jews living in the empire

• Christians

• Sikhs

Safavid rulers were called ___________, using the Persian title for king

• Sultans

• Shahs

In 1494, ___________ became king of the Mughals, expanded the army, & began invasions into India to create his empire

• Babur

• Shah Jahan

In 1556, Babur’s grandson Akbar became king of the Mughal Empire & expanded the empire into almost all of ___________.

• India

• China