Geography & Capitals
What city served as the Ottoman capital after 1453
Constantinople (Istanbul)
What title is used by the Ottoman ruler?
Sultan
What was the main religion of the Ottoman Empire?
Islam
Which empire was a major rival to the Ottomans in Iran?
Safavid Empire
This nickname was given to the Ottoman Empire in the 1800s because it was losing power.
Sick Man of Europe
The Ottomans controlled a key waterway linking the Black Sea to the Mediterranean called the _____?
Bosporus strait
What was the elite Ottoman infantry called?
Janissaries
What script was commonly used to write Ottoman Turkish before the 1920s reforms?
Perso-Arabic Script (Ottoman Turkish Alphabet)
This Ottoman sultan, known as “the Magnificent,” greatly expanded the empire in the 1500s.
Suleiman the Magnificent
This major war from 1914–1918 led to the final collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
World War 1
Name the peninsula that forms much of modern-day Turkey?
Anatolia
What name is given to islamic law used in Ottoman courts?
Sharia
What is the name of the large, domed Ottoman place of worship?
Mosque
This European city was unsuccessfully besieged by the Ottomans in 1529 and again in 1683.
Vienna
This modern country was founded in 1923 after the Ottoman Empire ended.
Turkey
Which river valley region in the Middle East was part of Ottoman lands and is often called "between the rivers"?
Mesopotamia
What was the Ottoman system that organized non-Muslim communities by religion called?
Millet system
Which architect designed major Ottoman-era buildings in Istanbul, including the Süleymaniye Mosque?
Mimar Sinan
This 1453 conquest of a major Byzantine city made the Ottomans a dominant power in the eastern Mediterranean.
Conquest of Constantinople
This leader became the first president of Turkey and pushed major reforms.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Name the large southeastern European region where the Ottomans ruled for centuries.
The Balkans
Which 19th-century reform era aimed to modernize the Ottoman state and laws?
Tanzimat
What is the name of the Ottoman sultan’s palace complex in Istanbul, used as a center of government?
Topkapi Palace
This empire was defeated by the Ottomans at the Battle of Mohács in 1526.
Kingdom of Hungary
After the empire fell, European powers divided much of this region.
The Middle East