Starter quiz
- Which King had to sign the Magna Carta?
- King Charles
- King John ✓
- King Henry
- King George
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- The Magna Carta made King John….
- stronger
- weaker ✓
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- The __________ forced King John to sign the Magna Carta.
- priests
- children
- barons ✓
- animals
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- King John promised he wouldn’t make people pay lots of…
- 'tax' ✓
- The Magna Carta was a list of __________ that King John promised to follow.
- recipes
- games
- rules ✓
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- Queens and Kings after King John have followed the Magna Carta rules.
- True ✓
- False
Exit quiz
- The leader of the Ottoman Empire was called a…
- 'Sultan' ✓
- Suleiman’s father was the Sultan of the __________ Empire.
- Ancient Roman
- Ottoman ✓
- Ancient Greek
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- Suleiman wanted to make the Ottoman Empire smaller than his father had.
- True
- False ✓
- Match the keywords to the correct definition.
- Ottoman Empire⇔included large areas of the Middle East and Eastern Europe ✓
- Sultan⇔the leader of the Ottoman Empire ✓
- siege⇔when an army surrounds a city to get them to surrender ✓
- Suleiman’s armies failed to take over the city of ______ with a siege.
- 'Vienna' ✓
- Suleiman’s armies successfully took over places in...
- Europe ✓
- America
- the Middle East ✓
- North Africa ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Suleiman was born in a place called the Ottoman Empire, which controlled lots of land in Europe and the Middle East.
- Suleiman's father was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and when he died in 1520, Suleiman became the new Sultan.
- Suleiman wanted to make his empire stronger by fighting wars and conquering land.
- He conquered places all over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
- He even reached as far as the grand city of Vienna, but had to turn back because his army ran out of supplies.
Common misconception
Some may think that the failure to capture Vienna meant Suleiman was a failure.
Emphasise that setbacks are normal and Suleiman was still able to extend the Ottoman Empire to its greatest ever reach.
Keywords
Ottoman empire - the Ottoman Empire ruled over large areas of the Middle East and Eastern Europe for over 600 years
Sultan - the leader of the Ottoman Empire was known as the Sultan
Siege - a siege is when an army surrounds a castle or a city to force the people inside to surrender
Vienna - Vienna is the capital city of Austria, a country in Europe
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