WHAP Unit 3 Gunpowder Empires

Front

What religion did the Ottoman Empire help spread throughout their empire?

Back

Islam

Front

What city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453 putting an end to the Byzantium Empire?

Back

Constantinople

Front

True or False: The Ottomans required that all the peoples they conquered converted to the Islamic religion or they were executed.

Back

False

Front

____ were an elite guard of Ottoman soldiers.

Back

janissaries

Front

Which technology, first developed by the Chinese, enabled the Ottoman Empire to expand militarily into western Asia, Europe, and northern Africa?

Back

gunpowder

Front

Which of the following was a system in which the Ottomans took Christian boys, converted them to Islam, and had them work in the military and government? Millet System, Sultan System, Vizier System, Devshirme System

Back

Devshirme System

Front

What ancient empire did the Ottomans end? Options: China, Arab, Byzantine, none are true

Back

Byzantine

Front

What is the title given to THE leader of the Ottoman Empire? Options: Janissary, Rajput, Sultan, Emperor

Back

Sultan

Front

What did the Ottoman Empire do to the Hagia Sofia?

Back

turned it into a mosque

Front

Who served in the Janissary army?

Back

Christian slaves who converted to Islam made up the Janissary army.