WORLD HISTORY A 4.2.10 PRACTICE
MAPPING IMPERIAL EXPANSION STUDY
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2026
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Gutenberg Printing Press. Answer: invention followed by an increase
in literacy
⩥ Samarkand. Answer: Modern Day Uzbekistan
⩥ Ghazi Ideal (Uzbekistan). Answer: from Eurasian steppes
model for warrior life that blended cooperative values of nomadic
culture with willingness to serve as a holy fighter for Islam
⩥ Ottoman. Answer: largest and most enduring
Region: modern day Turkey, Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia
Religion: Sunni Islam
Rulers: Mehmed II, Suleiman I
Government: sultans
⩥ Osman. Answer: this dynasty founded the Ottoman in the 1300s
, ⩥ Mehmed II. Answer: the Conqueror
firmly established empire's capital after forces besieged Constantinople
in 1453
⩥ Constantinople. Answer: renamed Istanbul
remained the western end of the overland Silk Roads
in the Ottoman
⩥ Istanbul. Answer: Capital of the Ottoman Empire; named this after
1453 and the sack of Constantinople.
⩥ Suleiman. Answer: Ottoman reached it's peak
armies overran Hungary in 1526, and at gates of Vienna in 1529
⩥ Turkey. Answer: Istanbul/Constantinople is in this country
⩥ devshirme. Answer: selection system used by Ottoman sultans to staff
their military and government and ensure control over large areas.
⩥ Janissaries. Answer: most famous group of Christian boys, formed
elite forces in the Ottoman army
⩥ Sunni. Answer: Ottoman Empire's religious (stronghold)
MAPPING IMPERIAL EXPANSION STUDY
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2026
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Gutenberg Printing Press. Answer: invention followed by an increase
in literacy
⩥ Samarkand. Answer: Modern Day Uzbekistan
⩥ Ghazi Ideal (Uzbekistan). Answer: from Eurasian steppes
model for warrior life that blended cooperative values of nomadic
culture with willingness to serve as a holy fighter for Islam
⩥ Ottoman. Answer: largest and most enduring
Region: modern day Turkey, Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia
Religion: Sunni Islam
Rulers: Mehmed II, Suleiman I
Government: sultans
⩥ Osman. Answer: this dynasty founded the Ottoman in the 1300s
, ⩥ Mehmed II. Answer: the Conqueror
firmly established empire's capital after forces besieged Constantinople
in 1453
⩥ Constantinople. Answer: renamed Istanbul
remained the western end of the overland Silk Roads
in the Ottoman
⩥ Istanbul. Answer: Capital of the Ottoman Empire; named this after
1453 and the sack of Constantinople.
⩥ Suleiman. Answer: Ottoman reached it's peak
armies overran Hungary in 1526, and at gates of Vienna in 1529
⩥ Turkey. Answer: Istanbul/Constantinople is in this country
⩥ devshirme. Answer: selection system used by Ottoman sultans to staff
their military and government and ensure control over large areas.
⩥ Janissaries. Answer: most famous group of Christian boys, formed
elite forces in the Ottoman army
⩥ Sunni. Answer: Ottoman Empire's religious (stronghold)
