2. What was the original location of the Ottoman Empire?

3. TURKEY Asia Minor

4. How many continents did Ottoman Empire exist on?

5. 1. Asia 2. Europe 3. Africa Europe Asia Africa

6. From Asia Minor, name three locations the Ottoman Empire spread to:

7. 1. Southwest Asia (middle east) 2. Southeastern Europe (Balkan Peninsula) 3. North Africa

8. What was the capital of the Ottoman Empire?

9. Istanbul

10. The Ottoman Turks renamed Istanbul. What was its old Christian name?

11. Constantinople Constantinople (Istanbul) was an important trading city Silk roads from China

12. What were the primary goods the Ottoman Empire traded?

13. Coffee and Ceramics

14. Why was the Ottoman Empire an important place for trade?

15. Silk Roads ran through it on the way to Europe Ottoman Empire

16. What religion unified the Ottoman Empire?

17. Islam Islam symbol

18. What advanced ideas did Europeans get from the Middle East (Arabs) during trade?

19. 1. Math—Algebra 2. Astronomy 3. Number system (1, 2, 3) 4. Medicine

20. What was the Ottoman Empire? When did it break up?

21. The Ottoman Empire was a powerful empire (from the 1500s until WW1) that covered a large area of land in Europe, Asia, and Africa. It broke up at the end of World War 1.

22. What is the definition of partitioning?

23. To divide or separate; to break up

24. What was the European partitioning of the Middle East?

25. The establishment of European countries’ borders that did not exist previously in Southwest Asia.

26. How did European countries partition the Middle East?

27. European countries broke up the Middle East into most of the countries that exist today.

28. When did European countries partition the Middle East?

29. At the end of WW1.

30. How did the way that the Middle East was divided lead to regional conflict? The British and French did not take into account the ethnic and religious differences in SW Asia which led to "regional conflict” due to the many tensions in different groups.