WHI 9.2 Spread of Islam

WHI 9.2 Spread of Islam

by Andrew Henson

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What city became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate?

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What is the title for a leader of a Muslim Empire?

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After Muhammad dies, the leaders of the Islamic empire are called

• Ra

• A

• Caliphs

• Sheikhs

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What is one continent that the Umayyad Caliphate had land in?

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What best completes the title of this map?

• Judaism

• The P{

• The Crusades

• Islam

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According to the map, what was the primary direction of expansion for Islam from the Arabian Peninsula?

• Northwest

• South

• East

• Southwest

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Which of the following enabled Islam to spread throughout North Africa, Europe, and Asia?

• Weakening of the Byzantine and Persian empires

• Ease of travel due to the physical terrain

• Strong political empires throughout the region

• Lack of political unity in the Muslim empire

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What made the spread of Islam possible into the Fertile Crescent, Iran, and Central Asia?

• Both the Persian and Byzantine Empires were weak at the time of conquest

• Both the Persian and Roman Empires were weak at the time of conquest

• Both the Roman and Byzantine Empires were weak at the time of conquest

• Both the Roman and Greecian Empires were weak at the time of conquest

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Which two empires were weak, and as a consequence could not resist the influence of the Muslim rule?

• Byzantine and Persian empires

• Byzantine and Roman empires

• Persian and Ottoman empires

• Persian and Greek empires

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Which statement best explains why Islam was able to spread quickly into the shaded areas on the map?

• The empires in this region were too weak to resist the spread of Islam into the area

• Merchants and traders returned to the region from Europe and converted the people to Islam

• The leaders within the shaded region converted to Islam and declared it the official religion

• Muhammad and his followers conquered the region and converted the people to Islam

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In which two cities was military conquest a turning point for Muslims who were helping the empire to continue to expand?

• Damascus and Jerusalem

• Tours and Paris

• Baghdad and Constantinople

• Rome and Venice

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Which physical feature did NOT impact the spread of Islam into Central Asia and North Africa?

• Baltic Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Sahara Desert

• Arabian Desert

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Which physical barrier was the most difficult to overcome with the spread of Islam?

• Deserts

• Rivers

• Valleys

• Canals

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Which desert separated the Islamic territory in northern Africa from the West African kingdoms?

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What geographic feature was a barrier between West African kingdoms and the Muslim Empire?

• The Red Sea

• The Nile River

• The Ethiopian Highland

• The Sahara Desert

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At its height, the Muslim empire

• stretched from the Arabian peninsula to North Africa to Europe

• stretched from East Asia to North Africa

• stretched from North Africa to East Asia

• only included the Arabian Peninsula

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In which country was the Islamic advancement stopped by the Battle of Tours?

• France

• Italy

• Germany

• Spain

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Which Frankish leader stopped Muslim advancement into Europe?

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The Muslim invasion of Europe was stopped when Charles Martel turned back an army at the Battle of -

• Tours

• Seville

• L

• Vienna

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Muslim expansion into Europe was stopped at the Battle of Tours by which Frankish leader?

• Charlemagne

• Charles Martel

• Clovis

• Pepin the Short

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Which religion DIDN'T advance further into Europe after the Battle of Tours?

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Which number marks the location of the Islamic defeat at the Battle of Tours?

• 1

• 2

• 33

• 4

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How did the area labeled on the map impact the spread of Islam?

• The location marks the end of Islamic advancement into Western Europe

• The location marks the location of a major Islamic city in Western Europe

• It is the location of a major Islamic victory in Western Europe

• It is the location of the Islamic capital during the Abbasid dynasty

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What best completes the graphic organizer?

• Tours

• Jerusalem

• Baghdad

• Damascus

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The Battle of Tours was significant because it marked the

• beginning of British dominance in Northern Europe

• end of Muslim expansion into Western

• beginning of Turkish rule in the Balkans

• end of the Crusades in the Middle East

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The Battle of

stopped the spread of Islamic invaders into Europe

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According to the map, where was Muslim advancement into Europe stopped?

• Tours

• Baghdad

• Medina

• Merv

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Identify what answer option best replaces the question mark in the graphic

• Battle of Tours

• Sunni-Shi'a division

• Muslim conquests of Jerusalem and Damascus

• Islamic capital moved to Baghdad by Abbasids

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The spread of Islam through Muslim invaders was stopped at the

• Battle of Tours

• Battle of Spain

• Mediterranean Sea

• Battle of Britain

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The Muslims advance was stopped in which present day European country?

• France

• Spain

• England

• Saudi Arabia

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What language was associated with early Islamic people groups?

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Which group was most responsible for spreading this cultural characteristic?

• Islamic

• Roman soldiers

• Egyptian p

• Sumerian bureaucrats

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Which language spread throughout the areas shaded on the map from 600 to 1000 C.E.?

• Arabic

• Greek

• Latin

• Spanish

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Which cultural characteristic did Islamic traders help spread?

• A form of written language

• An ar

• An improved means of production

• A new version of travel

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In the Muslim Empire, which language helped trade and stimulated intellectual activity?

• Persian

• Arabic

• L

• Greek

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What language spread along with the spread of Islam?

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Which term can best describe Muslim trade?

• Extensive

• Restricted

• Unsuccessful

• Forbidden

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Which city became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate?

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During the eighth century, which city became the Islamic capital?

• Baghdad

• Medina

• Jerusalem

• Damascus

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During the eighth century, which city became the Islamic capital?

• Jerusalem

• Medina

• Baghdad

• Damascus

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Where did Abbasids move the Islamic capital to?

• Baghdad

• Damascus

• Jerusalem

• Tours

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Which river was the Abbasid capital of Baghdad near?

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During the Middle Ages, many Greek and Roman classics were preserved because they had been translated into

• Russian

• Chinese

• Persian

• Arabic

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Which city fell to the Mongols in 1258?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which Muslim city fell to the Mongols?

• Baghdad

• Damascus

• Medina

• Mecca

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In the first three centuries after Muhammad's death, which language spread along with the spread of Islam?

• Greek

• Latin

• Arabic

• Persian

• Slavic

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Which religion best replaces the question mark?

• Islam

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

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What language was spread across Islamic lands?

• Cyrillic

• Hebrew

• Arabic

• Roman