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WorksheetsTHE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 32mins
a narrow strait in Turkey that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Black Sea
West Bank
Dead Sea
Jordan River
Bosporus
the largest city in Turkey; formerly known as Constantinople
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Beirut
Gaza
Constantinople straddled the Bosporus Strait and was situated on which two continents?
Asia and Europe
Australia and Europe
North and South America
Africa and Europe
What was the name of the Ottoman Empire's elite army?
Millets
Protectorates
Janissaries
The Janizaries were an elite military unit composed of:
Top Muslim officers in the Ottoman empire
captured and converted Christians
Former Roman and Mongol soldiers
Former Crusaders from the Byzantine empire
System that allowed for the expansion of the Ottoman military by "adopting" children from conquered areas and training them for military service
The Millet System
The Mullet System
The Devshirme System
The Encomienda System
What religion did the Ottoman Empire help spread throughout their empire?
Buddhism
Christianity
Shintoism
Islam
Which continents did the Ottoman Empire have some control over? Click all that apply.
Europe
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Which technology, first developed by the Chinese, enabled the Ottoman Empire to expand militarily into western Asia, Europe, and northern Africa?
woodblock printing
wheelbarrow
gunpowder
magnetic compass
[p4] Who was the Ottoman sultan's chief advisor, who led the council meetings & carried the main burdens of the state?
Vizier
Pashas
Ulema
Harem
Which of the following most directly led to the collapse of the Byzantine Empire in the fifteenth century?
The expansion of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates
The expansion of the Ottoman Empire
The expansion of Crusading activities in the Mediterranean region
The expansion of the Mongol Empire
