Guided Reading 15-1
1. What change came over the Osman Turks as the Seljuk Empire began do decline?
2. What happened after the Ottomans recruited janissaries from the local Christian population of the Balkans?
3. What did Mehmet II say when he saw the ruin he had inflicted on the city of Constantinople?
4. What three things did Sultan Selim I declare himself to be after taking control of Mesopotamia?
5. Name the three responsibilities of a pasha appointed by the central government of the Ottomans.
6. Why was the Ottoman empire labeled a “gunpowder empire”?
7. In what two ways was the sultan the supreme authority in the Ottoman system?
8. What was the new Muslim name for the city of Constantinople?
9. How did a sultan communicate his desires to the grand vizier?
10. What was the status of women in Ottoman society?
11. What was the greatest contribution of the Ottoman Empire to the world of art?