Question

1. what is the title of the supreme leader of the ottomans? 2. what is a siege? 3. what year marks the high - water mark of the ottoman empire? 4. what sultan ruled the ottoman empire during its golden age from 1520 - 1566? 5. name the four groups of people who made up ottoman society. 6. who were the janissary? 7. what important byzantine city fell to ottoman forces in 1453? 8. what was the religion of the ottoman empire? 9. what is the hagia sophia? 10. in what year was the turkish republic founded? extra credit: the battle for the island of malta in 1565 impacted the course of what future war?

Explanation:

1. The supreme leader of the Ottomans was titled Sultan.
2. A siege is a military operation where a fortified place is surrounded to cut - off supplies and force surrender.
3. The high - water mark of the Ottoman Empire is often considered to be around 1683, when they reached the gates of Vienna.
4. Suleiman the Magnificent ruled the Ottoman Empire during its golden age from 1520 - 1566.
5. Ottoman society was made up of the military, the bureaucracy, the religious scholars (ulema), and the common people (reaya).
6. The Janissary were elite infantry units in the Ottoman army, originally composed of Christian boys conscripted through devshirme.
7. The important Byzantine city that fell to Ottoman forces in 1453 was Constantinople.
8. The religion of the Ottoman Empire was Islam.
9. Hagia Sophia is a former Byzantine church and later an Ottoman mosque in Constantinople (Istanbul), now a museum.
10. The Turkish Republic was founded in 1923.

For the extra credit: The battle for the island of Malta in 1565 impacted the course of the Ottoman - Habsburg Wars.

Answer:

1. Sultan
2. A military operation where a fortified place is surrounded to cut - off supplies and force surrender
3. 1683
4. Suleiman the Magnificent
5. Military, Bureaucracy, Religious scholars (ulema), Common people (reaya)
6. Elite infantry units in the Ottoman army, originally composed of Christian boys conscripted through devshirme
7. Constantinople
8. Islam
9. A former Byzantine church and later an Ottoman mosque in Constantinople (Istanbul), now a museum
10. 1923

Extra credit: Ottoman - Habsburg Wars