Quiz  /  The Ottoman Empire Quiz

  • 1. 
    Under which sultan did the Ottomans conquer Constantinople?

  • Mehmed II
  • Mahmud II
  • Bayezid II
  • Murad II

  • 2. 
    Which of the following territories was never conquered by the Ottomans?

  • Bulgaria
  • Iran
  • Crimea
  • Algeria

  • 3. 
    What was the name of the Ottoman levy that took adolescent Christian boys as slaves from the European provinces?

  • kharaj
  • divan
  • devşirme
  • çiftlik

  • 4. 
    What was the name of the system that allowed non-Muslim minorities within the Ottoman Empire to be governed by their own religious leaders?

  • the concessions
  • the millet system
  • the Tanzimat
  • sharia

  • 5. 
    What were the Ottoman Empire’s elite slave infantrymen called?

  • Janissaries
  • Ghazis
  • Samurais
  • Sipahis

  • 6. 
    What was a dragoman?

  • a clergyman
  • a hermit
  • a translator
  • a warrior

  • 7. 
    What was the name of the Ottoman-Russian agreement that enabled Russia to act as the protector of Greek Orthodox Christians inside the Ottoman Empire?

  • Treaty of Sèvres (1920)
  • Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (1774)
  • Treaty of Karlowitz (1699)
  • Treaty of Paris (1856)

  • 8. 
    What happened on June 15, 1826?

  • Armed revolt broke out in Greece.
  • The reforms known as the Tanizmat were introduced.
  • Several thousand Janissaries were massacred by Ottoman troops.
  • The Ottoman Constitution was promulgated.

  • 9. 
    What was the name of the secret 1916 agreement that divided the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire between Great Britain and France?

  • the Balfour Declaration
  • Sykes-Picot
  • Convention of Kütahya
  • Husayn-McMahon
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