Which innovation helped both the Ottoman and the Safavid empires rise to power?

A) Armored ship
B) Crossbow
C) Gunpowder
D) Siege Engine

Why did conquering Constantinople strengthen the Ottoman Empire?

A) It helped in overcoming the Safavids
B) It allowed expansion into Africa
C) It gave the Ottomans a trading center and a governmental and cultural capital
D) It prevented the rise of Portuguese and European navies

How did the Ottomans manage non-Muslim peoples that they conquered?

A) enslaved them to serve Muslim officials
B) expelled them from the empire
C) organized them into millets
D) trained them to become janizaries

How did the Ottomans interact with the Christian families that they conquered in the Balkans?

A) They settled families together in self-governing urban communities
B) They trained sons as Muslim soldiers, and they took daughters as slaves
C) They had families maintain government offices and deliver messages
D) They taught daughters to weave carpets, and they made sons work on farms

How did Suleiman govern the Ottoman Empire?

A) Suleiman was a dictator who made all decisions and ruled by force
B) Suleiman was a strong ruler who governed with a grand vizier and a council
C) Suleiman created a small army to keep peace and make decisions
D) Suleiman 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.

A) centralized power
B) imposed Islam as the state religion
C) provided a secular system of law
D) relied on a strong military
E) taxed Muslims and non-Muslims equally