The Ottoman Empire: Review

Which ethnic group made up the core of the Ottoman Empire?

• Fatimid
• Turk
• Chinese
• Franks

Why did every great empire seek to control the Middle East

•  rich in resources
• didn't have deserts
• trade center
• it was never valued

How might the Turks have gotten their food?

• Herding
• Farming
• Trading
• Mining

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

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Shintoism

• Islam

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

____ were an elite guard of Ottoman soldiers.

• sinans

• ulema

• pashas

• janissaries

Which continents did the Ottoman Empire have some control over? Click all that apply.

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

• North America

• South America

Which of the following was a way that Suleiman and other Sultans consolidated and maintained power with the many different religions in the Ottoman Empire?

• Use of religious persecution (punishment)

• Using the Millet System

• Psychological warfare by the Janissaries

• Using Viziers as secret police

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

• Gravedigger

• Enlightened

• Lawgiver

• Peace Maker