SAT II World History : Impact of the Ottoman Empire
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Example Question #462 : Sat Subject Test In World History
Which empire was often referred to as “the sick man of Europe” during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
The British Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Russian Empire
The Austro-Hungarian Empire
The Spanish Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The “sick man of Europe” was a term first applied to the Ottoman Empire in the middle of the nineteenth century. At the time, the Ottoman Empire was suffering from extreme economic stagnation and had been, for some time, hemorrhaging territory to other empires in a series of disastrous wars. The term has since been used liberally to describe several failing European states and empires.
Example Question #2 : Impact Of The Ottoman Empire
What motivated the British to support the Ottoman Empire in the late nineteenth century?
Desire to prevent the French Empire from expanding into the Middle East
Respect for the history and traditions of the Ottoman Empire
Loss of economic opportunities and trading rights in the region
Fears of Russian expansion into the Mediterranean
Repayment of a debt sustained during the Crimean War
Fears of Russian expansion into the Mediterranean
Much of British foreign policy in the latter decades of the nineteenth century was intended to combat Russian desires for territorial expansion. The British initially opposed the Russians in the Crimean War and then turned their attentions to bolstering the weakened Ottoman Empire against Russian occupation. The British were very fearful of the consequences to British hegemony if Russia was able to capture Istanbul, or any other important Ottoman city on the Mediterranean.
Example Question #3 : Impact Of The Ottoman Empire
Janissaries were __________.
Islamic missionaries who spread the faith to Indonesia and the Philippines
None of the other answer choices is correct; Janissaries were troops in the Russian Empire of Peter the Great
Christian missionaries who established outposts in the Ottoman Empire and encouraged religious toleration across the empire
Outcasts in Ottoman society who helped undermine the regime of the Sultans from within
Christian boys kidnapped and raised as highly trained troops in the Ottoman army
Christian boys kidnapped and raised as highly trained troops in the Ottoman army
Janissaries were elite troops in the Ottoman army from the middle of the fourteenth century until the early nineteenth century. They were Christian boys kidnapped from the Balkans and Central Europe and raised to be members of a highly organized fighting force.
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