Quiz  /  Understanding the Ottoman Empire Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which of these locations was never under Ottoman rule?

  • Kosovo
  • Vienna
  • Macedonia
  • Egypt

  • 2. 
    Constantinople was conquered by the Ottomans under which sultan?

  • Orhan
  • Mehmed II
  • Murad I
  • Süleyman the Magnificent

  • 3. 
    The rule of Süleyman the Magnificent is regarded as the golden age of Ottoman history.

  • True
  • False

  • 4. 
    Major religious groups were allowed to establish their own self-governing communities, called ______, which retained their own religious laws, traditions, and language under the general protection of the Ottoman sultan.

  • millets
  • sancaks
  • fraternities
  • devşirmes

  • 5. 
    The Ottoman Empire’s most elite military corps, the Janissary corps, was originally composed of members drafted from among Christian youths in the Balkans.

  • False
  • True

  • 6. 
    Muḥammad ʿAlī, pasha and viceroy of Egypt (1805–48), is known for which of the following:

  • discovering the Pyramids of Giza
  • ending Napoleon’s occupation
  • constructing the Suez Canal
  • modernizing Egypt

  • 7. 
    The Tulip Period (1717–30) was so called because the cultivation of tulips became a fad in the empire.

  • False
  • True

  • 8. 
    What side did the Ottoman Empire take in World War I?

  • Allied powers
  • Central Powers
  • It remained neutral.
  • Axis powers

  • 9. 
    The Ottoman Empire lost nearly all of its European possessions after which event?

  • Crimean War (1853–56)
  • World War I (1914–18)
  • Young Turk Revolution of 1908
  • War of Greek Independence (1821–32)

  • 10. 
    At the end of World War I in 1918, the Ottoman Empire was dissolved by the Armistice of Mudros.

  • False
  • True
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