Background Info
The elite infantry units in the Ottoman army
What are the janissaries?
One internal pressure that contributed to the Ottoman Empire decline.
What is weak Sultans, power struggles, corruption and lack of resources?
The main goal of the Tanzimat reforms.
What is westernizing the empire and making it more modern?
Why Ottoman leaders turned towards authoritarianism rather than reform.
What is the growing threat of Western officers and civilians?
Did internal or external pressures have a greater impact on the fall of the empire? Justify your answer
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The ethnic group ruled the Ottoman Empire
One external pressure that led to the decline of the Ottoman Empire.
What is European military power and economic dependency?
The main group that was weakened due to the Tanzimat Reforms.
Who is the artisans in the Ottoman Empire?
The group that wanted to restore the constitution and resume reforms.
Who are the Young Turks or the Ottoman Society for Union and Progress?
What reforms would you implement that you think would fix the empire? Justify your answer
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The longest reigning Ottoman Sultan.
Who is Suleiman the Magnificent?
The places the Russian Empire occupied.
The main advancements because of the Tanzimat reforms.
What are state-run postal and telegraph systems, newspaper establishments and legal reforms?
The regions that resisted against the Turks.
What is the Fertile Crescent and coastal Arabia?
An example of how internal weaknesses and external pressures interacted together.
1) What is becoming economically dependent on European countries undermined Ottoman artisans?
2) What is becoming militarily dependent on European countries led to a loss of territory?
How the Ottoman Empire expanded and controlled vast territories
What is gunpowder?
The group that gained independence from the Ottomans
Who are the Balkans?
One group that opposed the Tanzimat Reforms.
Who are the ulama and ayan?
When it collapsed
When is after WW1?
How long the Ottomans ruled
What is 600 years?
The group that became heavily dependent on commercial dealings with Europeans.
Who are the merchants in the Ottoman Empire?
The reason for why groups opposed the Tanzimat Reforms.