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The Ottoman Empire

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the title given to the ruler of the Ottoman Empire?
a)
Janissary
b)
Rajput
c)
Sultan
d)
Mansabdar
2.

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

a)

Buddhism

b)

Christianity

c)

Shintoism

d)

Islam

3.

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

a)

Rome

b)

Constantinople

c)

Athens

d)

Vienna

4.

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

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

North America

e)

South America

5.

Which technology, first developed by the Chinese, enabled the Ottoman Empire to expand militarily into western Asia, Europe, and northern Africa?

a)

woodblock printing

b)

wheelbarrow

c)

gunpowder

d)

magnetic compass

6.
Which Islamic group began to invade the Christian, Byzantine Empire?
a)
Fatimid
b)
Turk
c)
Chinese
d)
Franks
7.
The Ottoman Empire was ruled from ___________________. 
a)
The Atlantic.
b)
Russia.
c)
Istanbul, formerly Constantinople.
d)
The Mediterranean. 
8.
What did the Ottoman Empire do to the Hagia Sofia?
a)
burned it to the ground
b)
turned it into a mosque
c)
made it their capitol
d)
turned it into a hotel
9.
How long did the Ottoman Empire last?
a)
100 years
b)
1000 years
c)
it still exists today
d)
about 600 years
10.
The Byzantine Empire was actually part of
a)
the Mongol Empire
b)
the Roman Empire
c)
the Persian Empire
d)
part of Umayyad caliphs
11.
The Ottomans were originally
a)
nomads from central Asia
b)
Mongols
c)
Chinese immigrants
d)
Christians
12.
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
13.
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
14.
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
15.
The Ottoman Empire, at its height, controlled land in:
a)
Europe, Africa, and South America
b)
Europe, Asia, and Australia
c)
Europe, Africa, and North America
d)
Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia
16.
Nicknamed 'the Magnificent' or 'the Lawgiver', he was the leader of the Ottoman Empire from 1520-1566
a)
Mehmed the Conqueror
b)
Muhammad II
c)
Mustafa IV
d)
Suleyman I
17.
He is the Conqueror because he took over Constantinople.
a)
Suleyman I
b)
Ossman the Great
c)
Ottoman III
d)
Mehmed II