Ottoman Empire Country Quiz

Year Ottoman Empire was formed

Tribal leader who founded the Ottoman Empire as its first ruler

Title of Ottoman rulers

Peninsula in West Asia where the Ottoman Empire was formed

Ethnic group which founded and ruled the Ottoman Empire

Dynasty which paved the way for the Ottoman Empire

Major empire in southeastern Europe which famously fell to the Ottoman Empire

State religion of the Ottoman Empire

Branch of the above followed

First major capital of the empire from 1326-1365

Second major capital of the empire from 1365-1453

Third major capital of the empire, captured in 1453

Modern name of the above (hint: They Might Be Giants)

Ruler who conquered that city

Elite standing infantry of Christian troops which served as one of the first modern standing armies

Major North African country taken over by the empire in 1517

Major trade route throughout Asia which connected the Ottoman Empire to countries such as China

Ruler under whom the empire reached its peak

City which the Ottoman Empire failed to capture in 1683, beginning its slow decline

The Ottoman Empire was often referred to as “the ____ ___ of Europe”

Period of reorganization and modernization in the 19th century

Instruments commonly used in this practice were pioneered in the Ottoman Empire

The first inoculations for this major disease came out of the Ottoman Empire

Major British industrial invention thought of over 300 years earlier by polymath Taqi al-Din

The first mechanical version of this household object was also invented by Taqi al-Din in 1556

Event which unfolded on May 30, 1876 within the empire

Type of government which followed and stayed in place for less than two years

Country which defeated the Ottomans in 1878, sparking further territorial loss

Treaty following the above which restructured the Balkans

Major global conflict which the Ottoman Empire joined in the early 20th century

Alliance Ottoman Empire was a part of in the above

Other three major members of the above alliance

Ethnic group the empire led a brutal genocide against from 1915 until its collapse

Year the Ottoman Empire was dissolved

Modern-day nation founded by the above which succeeded the Ottoman Empire

Founder and first president of the above following Ottoman collapse