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Ottoman Empire

Can you answer these questions about important events and leaders of the Ottoman Empire?
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1. Who founded the Ottoman Empire in 1299?
Orhan I
Osman I
Bayezid I
Murad I
2. What was the ruler of the Ottoman Empire called?
Emir
Czar
Caliph
Sultan
3. Where did the leaders of Ottoman Empire and his many wives live in Istanbul?
Anatolian Fortress
Dolmabahce Palace
Rumeli Fortress
Topkapi Palace
4. What city, today called Edirne, was the second capital city of the Ottoman Empire from 1369 to 1453, before Constantinople became its capital?
Singidunum
Callipolis
Izmir
Adrianople
5. What army did Ottomans defeat at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389?
Hungarian
Albanian
Bulgarian
Serbian
6. Who were the elite battle soldiers who were selected from Christian families at a young age?
Templars
Viziers
Janissaries
Cossacks
Established in the 14th century, the Janissaries first served as the Sultan’s bodyguard. They were among the world’s most effective military forces in the 15th and 16th centuries.
7. Who led the Ottoman Empire in capturing Constantinople in 1453?
Mehmed II
Selim III
Murad II
Suleiman I
8. Which Genoese nobleman and captain was a defender of Constantinople during its siege in 1453?
Giuliano de' Medici
Fabrizio Colonna
Ludovico Sforza
Giovanni Giustiniani
9. What battle in 1683 is considered a turning point and the beginning of the end of the Ottoman Empire?
Third Battle of Gaza
Siege of Vienna
Battle of Mohacs
Samarra Offensive
10. How is Mehmed II commonly known?
The Conqueror
The Magnificent
The Bloody
The Terrible
11. What is the name of the period that was a time of peace when the arts flourished in the Ottoman Empire?
Lilly period
Tulip period
Rose period
Orchid period
12. Who did the Ottomans join in the World War I?
Allied
Central powers
Axis
World War I was fought between the Allies and the Central Powers. The Central Powers included the Ottoman Empire, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria.
13. Which of these progressive policies was practiced by the Ottoman Empire more than most other rulers?
Child labor laws
Religious tolerance
A slavery ban
Marriage equality
The Ottoman Empire practiced religious tolerance. They allowed those they ruled to keep their individual customs for the most part.
14. What major historic event did the Ottoman Empire's capture of Constantinople in 1453 lead to?
Iron age
Renaissance
Cold war
Industrial revolution
When the Ottomans captured Constantinople from the Byzantines, many artists and intellectuals fled to Italy. This sparked the Renaissance.
15. Who ruled the Ottomans when the empire reached its peak in the 16th century?
Suleiman I
Murad III
Orhan
Mehmed II
16. What was the name of the Ottoman levy that took adolescent Christian boys as slaves from the European provinces?
Ciftlik
Divan
Devsirme
Kharaj
In the 14th century Christians had to give up 20% of their male children to the state so they could be converted and raised in Muslim society.
17. What tragic event is associated with the Ottoman Empire?
The Trail of Tears
The Armenian Genocide
The Holocaust
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
In 1915, Turkish leaders massacred over 1 million Armenians living within the Ottoman Empire.
18. The Ottoman Empire lost nearly all of its European possessions after which event?
Crimean War (1853–56)
Young Turk Revolution of 1908
World War I (1914–18)
War of Greek Independence (1821–32)
19. What happened to Mehmed IV, the last ruler of the Ottoman Empire?
Beheaded
Tortured to death
Imprisoned
Exiled
20. Who founded the Republic of Türkiye in 1823?
Abdull Hamid I
Mustafa Celebi
Kemal Atatürk
Enver Pasha
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