Question
8. To what can one attribute the vast expansion and continued control of Ottoman territories into
southern Europe and northern Africa?
a.
They were following the footsteps of earlier Arab conquerors so the territories adopted easily to
the Islamic rule of the Ottomans.
b. The Ottomans combined a strong military presence with an eye to accommodation of local
religious traditions.
c.
The Ottomans inherited the Byzantine lands as well as their effective governmental apparatus tha
enabled the easy incorporation of new lands into the empire.
d.
The Ottomans used a similar form of conquest with autonomy and citizenship privileges as the
Romans had while holding those territories.
e.
The conquered lands were in the position to negotiate extended legal and political rights despite
the dominance of the Ottoman military.
Answer
b. The Ottomans combined a strong military presence with an eye to accommodation of local religious traditions.