Volume 1, Issue 1
Rise of the Ottoman Empire Use the map on page 485 to color and label the map below.
Expansion of
the Empire Use pages 484 and 485 to fill
in the blanks below.
In the fourteenth century, the Ottoman Turks ex-
panded in the __________________. As knowledge of ____________________ spread late in the century
the Ottomans began to master the new
___________________.
With their new forces, the Ottomans
_______________ the Serbs at the Battle of Kos-
ovo in ______________.
Over the next 300 years, Ottoman rule
____________________
to areas in Western Asia,
North Africa and ____________________. Under the leadership of Mehmed II the Ottomans
moved to end the ____________________ empire. When Mehmed II saw the ruin and destruc-
tion of Constantinople he said “ What a _________ we have given over to ___________________
and
_________________.”
The Ottoman World:
The Ottomans created a strong empire with religious
tolerance and artistic achievements.
World Histo ry Class
Western Asia and Africa controlled by the
Ottomans
Use pg 485-486 to answer the questions:
1. What was the new capital?
2. Sultan Selim took control of what
places?
3. What holy cities did Selim control?
4. What religion did the ottomans prac-
tice?
5. What were the local rulers called?
Shade in all of the land
that was once controlled
by the Ottoman Empire.
The Imperial Sultans: pg 486
As the empire expanded, the and pres-tige of the sultan increased. The private domain of
the sultan was called the . Here
the sultan and his resided. Often he would chose wives as his favorite.
When a ________ became Sultan, his mother
became known as the _______________ mother and
acted as a major adviser to the throne.
The Sultan controlled his empire through a council that met 4 times a week. The
____________________, a chief minister led the meetings, the sultan sat behind a screen and listened to the meetings then privately indicated his desires to the ___________________________.
The empire was divided into _______ ____, that were governed by officials.
The ________________________ palace was the center of the Sultans power.
Trivia: What is the new name for the capitol Constantinople?
The Nature of Ottoman Rule Use the section on pg 486 to answer
The Ottomans created a strong empire with
religious tolerance and artistic achievements.
Religion Use the section on pg 487 to answer the crossword questions
How were
“gunpowder
empires”
formed?
What was their success based on?
Who was the head of the Ottoman System?
The position of the sultan was_____________________.
What does this mean?
“cannons became the decisive weapons.
Because these weapons required technology
and money they were only available to large
wealthy empires.”
PAGE 2 The Ottoman World: VOL UME 1 , I SSUE 1
Topkapi Palace in Istanbul
Across
4 The Ottomans were this on non – Muslims 5 Religious Advisers
6 Non-Muslims had to pay a
_________
Down
1 These people maintained Islamic Law 2 European portion of the empire re-mained ______.
3. The Ottomans were what kind of
Muslims?
Use the section on pg 488 to answer the questions:
What were the four main occupations (jobs) groups?
Who owned the land?
Besides the ruling elite, who was the most privileged
class?
List several ways that women in the Ottoman empire
were better off than women in other Islamic empires:
Problems in the Ottoman Empire:
Society and the Role of Women
LOCAL OFFICIALS GREW __________________________.
WHAT DEPLETED THE IMPERIAL TREASURY? ( THE $$$)
ANOTHER SIGN OF CHANGE WITHIN THE EMPIRE WAS
THE EXCHANGE OF WESTERN (EUROPE) AND OT-TOMAN ___________ AND ______________________.
WHAT DID THE OTTOMANS BOR-ROW FROM EUROPE?
WHAT DID THE EUROPEANS BORROW FROM THE OTTOMAN
EMPIRE?
WHY DO YOU THINK SOME SUL-TAN’S WOULD BAN THINGS LIKE
TOBACCO AND COFFEE?
Use pg 489 to answer:
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE REACHED ITS HIGH POINT UNDER
___________________. THE EURO-PEANS CALLED HIM ______________________. IT MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN UNDER HIS
RULE THAT ______________ BE-GAN TO OCCUR. WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS TWO
SONS?
AFTER THE DEATH OF SULEYMAN, SULTANS BECAME LESS IN-VOLVED IN THE ______________.
WHAT DID MEMBERS OF THE ELI-ETE DO?
PAGE 3 THE O TTO MAN WO RL D: VOL UME 1 , I SSUE 1
“He was called the
Magnificent by Europeans
who both feared and
admired him.”
Islam forbids the depiction of human figures because of a belief
that it might encourage idolatry (the worship of false gods).
Thus geometric designs decorate the painted tiles in the Top-
kapi Palace. Many of the mosques and palaces in the Islamic
empires were adorned by large mosaics like the ones below. Use
the space below to create your own mosaic.
Islamic Culture in the Ottoman Empire:
Mosaics
Islamic designs are mainly geo-metric and mathematical.
