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*The Ottoman Empire

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Read all choices! Choose the best answer
The Sykes-Picot Agreement....
a)
drew the borders for the new countries created in the Middle East
b)
was between Great Britain and France
c)
was a secret agreement
d)
All of the answers are correct
2.
Who divided the Ottoman Empire into new countries at the end of WWI?
a)
European Powers
b)
Middle East Governments
c)
Ottoman Empire
d)
United States
3.
What was the title given to the ruler of the Ottoman Empire?
a)
Janissary
b)
Rajput
c)
Sultan
d)
Mansabdar
4.
Who were the Ottomans named after? (He is the founder of Ottoman Empire)
a)
Osman I
b)
Mehmet II
c)
Suleiman the Magnificent
d)
Selim
5.
What happened to the Ottoman Empire after WWI?
a)
Most of the people converted to Islam
b)
It regained control of Southwest Asia
c)
It gained control of North Africa
d)
Much of the land was divided among Western powers into mandates
6.
What religion did the Ottoman Empire help spread throughout their empire?
a)
Islam
b)
Christianity
c)
Shintoism
d)
Buddhism
7.
What caused the Ottoman Empire to end after WWI?
a)
Ottomans were on the losing side of the war, along with Germany and Austria-Hungary
b)
The Ottoman government was overthrown by a revolt of factory workers
c)
The empire spent too much money on buildings and new roads and went bankrupt
d)
The people in the empire were starving because a long drought had ruined agriculture
8.
What city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453 putting an end to the Byzantium Empire?
a)
Constantinople
b)
Rome
c)
Athens
d)
Vienna
9.
How did the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after WWI effect the people living in the Middle East region?
a)
Several small Arab countries joined together to push for the creation of the state of Israel
b)
Many new countries were created that represented a single ethnic group
c)
European politicians didn't take into account religious and ethnic groups when drawing new boundaries which lead to conflict in the Middle East
d)
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were divided among Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Palestine
10.
The Ottomans were a nomadic group of people from Central Asia that originally settled in which region?
a)
Arabian Peninsula
b)
Balkan Peninsula
c)
Anatolia
d)
Kurdistan
11.
What term refers to the dividing of countries?
a)
Liberate
b)
Fundamentalism
c)
Unite
d)
Partition
12.
Which word best describes the type of government in the Ottoman Empire?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Presidential Democracy
c)
Fascism
d)
Parliamentary Democracy
13.
True or False: The Ottomans required that all the peoples they conquered converted to the Islamic religion or they were executed.
a)
False
b)
True