The Ottoman Empire in the 16th–18th centuries
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write three factors of Ottoman rise.
A strong army (Janissaries, sipahis), a fleet, control of trade routes.
2
Compare Selim I and Suleiman I.
Selim I beat Iran and took Egypt; Suleiman I won in Hungary and raised the empire to its peak.
3
Write one external and one internal cause of the crisis.
Internal: peasants ruined; external: defeats in wars with Europe.
4
Write three names from Ottoman culture.
Sinan; Katip Çelebi; Evliya Çelebi.