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WorksheetsThe Ottoman Empire
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 44mins
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
18.
Read all choices! Choose the best answer
The Sykes-Picot Agreement....
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
19.
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
20.
What was the title given to the ruler of the Ottoman Empire?
a)
Janissary
b)
Rajput
c)
Sultan
d)
Mansabdar
21.
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
22.
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
23.
What religion did the Ottoman Empire help spread throughout their empire?
a)
Islam
b)
Christianity
c)
Shintoism
d)
Buddhism
24.
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
25.
What city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453 putting an end to the Byzantium Empire?
a)
Constantinople
b)
Rome
c)
Athens
d)
Vienna
26.
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
27.
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
28.
What term refers to the dividing of countries?
a)
Liberate
b)
Fundamentalism
c)
Unite
d)
Partition
29.
Which word best describes the type of government in the Ottoman Empire?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Presidential Democracy
c)
Fascism
d)
Parliamentary Democracy
30.
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
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