AIT 103

Question 1

The Ottoman Empire named after?

Answer 1

Osman, the founder of the Ottoman Dynasty

Question 2

The Turcoman Principalities emerged in Anatolia after the destruction of the Anatolian Seljuk State by the…?

Answer 2

Mongolians / 1243

Question 3

In 1352 the Ottomans established their first bridgehead in the…?

Answer 3

Balkans

Question 4

Ottoman Sultan Murad I conquered which city in 1369 and made it the capital?

Answer 4

Edirne (Adrianople)

Question 5

The first Ottoman capital city captured by Orhan Bey in 1326?

Answer 5

Bursa

Question 6

Battle in which Mongolians led by Temurlenk defeated the Ottomans?

Answer 6

Ankara (1402)

Question 7

Effect of the Battle of Ankara (1402)?

Answer 7

The Ottoman State entered into a period of Interregnum

Question 8

Who conquered Constantinople in 1453?

Answer 8

Mehmed II

Question 9

Constantinople had been the capital of which empire?

Answer 9

Eastern Roman Empire

Question 10

Constantinople was renamed as?

Answer 10

Istanbul

Question 11

During Selim I’s rule, Ottomans conquered…?

Answer 11

Syria-Egypt-Memeluk Sultanate

Question 12

After conquering Mecca and Medina, the sultans became protectors of…?

Answer 12

The holy lands

Question 13

Places conquered by Suleiman the Magnificent?

Answer 13

Belgrade-Central Hungary-Iraq

Question 14

Most powerful eastern state Ottomans faced in 16th-17th centuries?

Answer 14

Safavid (Iranian)

Question 15

In 1571, the Ottomans captured Cyprus from…?

Answer 15

Venetians

Question 16

Sultan during Cyprus conquest in 1571?

Answer 16

Selim II

Question 17

By conquering Cyprus and Tunisia in 1571 and 1574 respectively, the Ottomans…?

Answer 17

Became supreme power in Mediterranean

Question 18

Area conquered by Ottomans in the 17th century?

Answer 18

Crete

Question 19

Which statement is wrong?

Answer 19

Ottomans lost all provinces in the Balkans in the Treaty of Karlowitz

Question 20

European state Ottomans cooperated with against Habsburgs in 16th century?

Answer 20

France

Question 21

Never occupied and ruled by Ottomans?

Answer 21

Iran

Question 22

Ottoman-French alliance formed against?

Answer 22

Habsburg Empire

Question 23

Treaty of Kasr-ı Şirin (1638) defined Ottoman border with?

Answer 23

Iran

Question 24

Naval battle where Ottomans were defeated after Cyprus conquest?

Answer 24

Lepanto

Question 25

Constantinople before 1453 was the political center of?

Answer 25

Byzantine Empire

Question 26

First ruler with title 'Sultan' who struck coins?

Answer 26

Orhan

Question 27

Orhan’s son Murad assumed title “Sultan-i Azam” meaning...?

Answer 27

The Most Exalted Sultan

Question 28

Conquest that gave Mehmed II prestige as greatest Islamic sovereign?

Answer 28

Constantinople

Question 29

Mehmed II regarded himself as heir of which empire?

Answer 29

Roman Empire

Question 30

Appointing Greek and Armenian Patriarchs in Istanbul signified...?

Answer 30

Uniting Islamic, Turkish, and Roman sovereignty