Name_________________________
Ottoman Empire (pages 73-77):
1. The founder (original leader) of the Ottoman empire was:________________________. He was the
most successful of the warriors for Islam, or ______________________.
2. He established a small Muslim state in _____________________ between 1300-1326. This is the
location of the modern country of ________________________.
3. The Ottomans were successful partly because of their weapons, including ______________________
and ___________________________.
4. The title of the Ottoman leader, first used by Orkhan I, was ____________________.
5. The religion of the Ottomans was _________________________.
6. When they conquered people, the Ottomans treated them __________________________. Muslims
had to ________________________________________ but non-Muslims had to __________________
______________________________________________.
7. Led by Mehmed II, The Ottomans established a strong presence of Islam in Asia Minor by capturing
this Christian city in 1453: ______________________. They changed the city’s name to
__________________________.
8. Some of the places/people conquered by the Ottomans included the Safavids and important Muslim
cities such as ______________________________, ________________________________, and
__________________________________.
9. The greatest Ottoman ruler was ______________________________________. The dates he ruled
were ______________________.
10. At its peak, the Ottoman Empire controlled these areas of the world:
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
11. The Ottomans were defended by a highly trained troop of slave soldiers called
____________________________.
12. Ottomans practiced religious tolerance by allowing different religious groups to live in their own
communities called ______________________.
13. Ottomans exemplified cultural blending by allowing foreign influences from ___________________
and ______________________.
14. The Ottoman empire lasted until the _________ century.