Q 01/05

From whom does the Ottoman Empire take its name?

A) Osman I

B) Othman ibn Affan

C) Orhan

D) Ottokar

Answer · why

A) Osman I

He was a Turkoman tribal leader whose beylik emerged in northwestern Anatolia around 1299.

Q 02/05

Which region of northwestern Anatolia, on the Byzantine frontier, was the cradle of the Ottoman beylik?

A) Cappadocia

B) Bithynia

C) Lycia

D) Cilicia

Answer · why

B) Bithynia

Bithynia, the Byzantine province south of the Sea of Marmara around Nicaea, was the beylik's cradle; the victory at Bapheus in 1302 opened it to Ottom...

Q 03/05

Which city did Osman's son Orhan capture in 1326 and make the new Ottoman capital?

A) Ankara

B) Konya

C) Edirne

D) Bursa

Answer · why

D) Bursa

Bursa fell to Orhan in 1326 after a long blockade and became the first Ottoman capital; the early sultans were buried there.

Q 04/05

Which Serbian prince led the army against Sultan Murad I at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389?

A) Lazar Hrebeljanovic

B) Vuk Brankovic

C) Milos Obilic

D) Stefan Dusan

Answer · why

A) Lazar Hrebeljanovic

Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic commanded the Christian coalition at Kosovo Polje on 15 June 1389 and was captured and executed after the battle, in which ...

Q 05/05

Which Turco-Mongol conqueror defeated the Ottomans at Ankara in 1402 and captured Sultan Bayezid I?

A) Hulagu

B) Timur

C) Babur

D) Genghis Khan

Answer · why

B) Timur

Timur (Tamerlane) routed Bayezid I at Ankara on 20 July 1402 and held him captive until his death in 1403; the Ottoman Interregnum followed.