Which innovation helped both the Ottoman and the Safavid empires rise to power?
AArmored ship
BCrossbow
CGunpowder
DSiege Engine
Why did conquering Constantinople strengthen the Ottoman Empire?
AIt helped in overcoming the Safavids
BIt allowed expansion into Africa
CIt gave the Ottomans a trading center and a governmental and cultural capital
DIt prevented the rise of Portuguese and European navies
How did the Ottomans manage non-Muslim peoples that they conquered?
Aenslaved them to serve Muslim officials
Bexpelled them from the empire
Corganized them into millets
Dtrained them to become janizaries
How did the Ottomans interact with the Christian families that they conquered in the Balkans?
AThey settled families together in self-governing urban communities
BThey trained sons as Muslim soldiers, and they took daughters as slaves
CThey had families maintain government offices and deliver messages
DThey taught daughters to weave carpets, and they made sons work on farms
How did Suleiman govern the Ottoman Empire?
ASuleiman was a dictator who made all decisions and ruled by force
BSuleiman was a strong ruler who governed with a grand vizier and a council
CSuleiman created a small army to keep peace and make decisions
DSuleiman was a weak ruler who let the empire fall into decline
How did the Safavid government resemble that of the Ottomans? Select all that apply.
Acentralized power
Bimposed Islam as the state religion
Cprovided a secular system of law
Drelied on a strong military
Etaxed Muslims and non-Muslims equally
AArmored ship
BCrossbow
CGunpowder
DSiege Engine
AIt helped in overcoming the Safavids
BIt allowed expansion into Africa
CIt gave the Ottomans a trading center and a governmental and cultural capital
DIt prevented the rise of Portuguese and European navies
Aenslaved them to serve Muslim officials
Bexpelled them from the empire
Corganized them into millets
Dtrained them to become janizaries
AThey settled families together in self-governing urban communities
BThey trained sons as Muslim soldiers, and they took daughters as slaves
CThey had families maintain government offices and deliver messages
DThey taught daughters to weave carpets, and they made sons work on farms
ASuleiman was a dictator who made all decisions and ruled by force
BSuleiman was a strong ruler who governed with a grand vizier and a council
CSuleiman created a small army to keep peace and make decisions
DSuleiman was a weak ruler who let the empire fall into decline
Acentralized power
Bimposed Islam as the state religion
Cprovided a secular system of law
Drelied on a strong military
Etaxed Muslims and non-Muslims equally