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The Ottoman empire began in the Anatolian Peninsula, which is now modern day...

Turkey

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The elite guard who protected the sultan were called...j

janissaries

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Name two modern day countries where Ottoman expansion reached during the 14th-17th centuries.

Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Romania, Hungary, Moldova, Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, etc....

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What was the name of the sultan who conquered Constantinople and ended the Byzantine Empire in 1453?

Mehmed II

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How did the Ottomans manage to break the walls of Constantinople?

With massive cannons and stone cannon balls

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What was the name for local rulers who collected taxes and reported to the central government? a. viziers b. pashas c. ulema

b. pashas

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What were the sultan's quarters called? a. court b. vizier c. harem

c. harem

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What modern day city is the Topkapi Palace located in?

Istanbul

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What was the role of the grand vizier?

Chief minister, often largely responsible for the affairs of state

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True or false? Non-muslims in the Ottoman Empire paid a special tax.

True

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The roof of an Ottoman mosque typically takes what form?

A dome

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True or false? Ottoman women were allowed to own property.

True

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What was Ottoman sultan Süleyman I's "nickname"? (e.g. Ivan the Terrible)

Süleyman the Magnificent

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Name one issue that the Ottoman empire began to have in the 17th cent.

Decentralized government, corruption, loss of territory

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