Historical Map   Map List   Instructions: Click the "View Interactive Map" button to experience an interactive version of the map below. Enter your answers to the Critical Thinking Questions in the boxes below. If you'd like a print-out of your responses, click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page, and you will be taken to a printer-friendly page. If you have been instructed to submit your exercise online, enter both your and your instructor's name and e-mail address, then click the Email button at the bottom of the page. Your answers will be e-mailed immediately. Macintosh Users: If you have been instructed to submit your reponses to your instructor, you must enter your responses, then click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page to receive a printer-friendly version of your responses that you can then print and turn in to your instructor.     Critical Thinking Questions     1. Is there a pattern between year of acquisition of territory and distance of that territory from Constantinople? What is it, and how can you explain it? 2. Which European power was most threatened by the Ottomans? 3. Why was the Ottoman Empire a major obstacle to Russia’s drive for a warm-water port? 4. Why was it important for the Ottoman Empire to have both a strong army and a strong navy?   Student Name:* Student Email:*   Professor Name:*   Professor Email:*         *required