Classroom quiz

Classroom quiz

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Five questions, four choices each, twenty seconds per question. Choose with keys 1 to 4 or with a click, then press Enter for the next question.

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1. Question 1 of 5

   In which year did Mehmed II take Constantinople?

   Hands up: show the number on your fingers, then choose it.

   1. 11258
   2. 21453
   3. 31492
   4. 41526

2. Question 2 of 5

   What did Hagia Sophia become after the conquest?

   Hands up: show the number on your fingers, then choose it.

   1. 1A palace
   2. 2A library
   3. 3A mosque
   4. 4A market

3. Question 3 of 5

   Why was Suleiman called 'the Lawgiver'?

   Hands up: show the number on your fingers, then choose it.

   1. 1For ordering the laws and administration
   2. 2Because he was a judge
   3. 3Because he wrote a modern constitution
   4. 4Because he abolished the laws

4. Question 4 of 5

   What distinguished the Safavids from the Ottomans?

   Hands up: show the number on your fingers, then choose it.

   1. 1They used no gunpowder
   2. 2They ruled Egypt
   3. 3They were Christians
   4. 4A different confession and a capital in Iran

5. Question 5 of 5

   Why do historians group the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals under one name?

   Hands up: show the number on your fingers, then choose it.

   1. 1They spoke one language
   2. 2They used cannon and centralised administration in the same age
   3. 3They ruled from one city
   4. 4They were one family