Directions: Fill in the blanks in the passage below, with the word from among the options given for each blank labelled (1) to (7). Choose the word that fits in each blank most appropriately in the context of the passage.

Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver in his ___(1)___, was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 until his death in 1566. Under his administration, the Ottoman ___(2)___ ruled over at least 25 million people.

Suleiman became a ___(3)___ monarch of 16th-century Europe, presiding over the apex of the Ottoman Empire's economic, military and political power. Suleiman personally led Ottoman armies in ___(4)___ the Christian strongholds of Belgrade and Rhodes as well as most of Hungary before his conquests were checked at the siege of Vienna in 1529. He ___(5)___ much of the Middle East in his conflict with the Safavids and large areas of North Africa as far west as Algeria. Under his rule, the Ottoman fleet ___(6)___ the seas from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and through the Persian Gulf.

At the helm of an expanding empire, Suleiman personally instituted major judicial changes ___(7)___ to society, education, taxation and criminal law.