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Open Ended

What was the significance of the Hijra (Flight to Medina) in the history of Islam?

Multiple Select

What were the main reasons for the early successes of Muslims after Muhammad's death?

• Political independence

• Religious independence

• Military strategy

• Weakness of the Sassanids

Multiple Choice

What led to the split that resulted in the two major groups in Islam: Shiite and Sunni?

• The appointment of a new caliph

• The teachings of the Qur'an

• The dispute over Uthmann's leadership

• The collection of the Hadith

Multiple Choice

What are the five pillars of Islam as described in the image?

• Faith

• Prayer

• Charity

• Fasting

• Pilgrimage

Multiple Choice

Define: Pilgrimage الحج

• A temple.

• A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.

• A religious prayer in that takes place daily.

• A type of special food.

Multiple Choice

What is the significance of the Trinity in Christianity according to the text?

• It is a central doctrine

• It is rejected by Islam

• It refers to three gods

• It is not mentioned in the Bible

Multiple Choice

What were the main reasons for the rapid expansion of Islamic forces during the early conquests?

• Strategic military campaigns

• Religious motivations

• Weakness of opposing forces

• Cultural assimilation

Open Ended

Explain why the Muslim armies were able to defeat the Sassanid and Byzantine forces so quickly.

Multiple Choice

What contributions did the Abbasid dynasty make to mathematics, science, literature, philosophy, and technology?

• Advancements in mathematics

• Development of literature

• Technological innovations

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

“On several occasions, Ghazan Khan^* went to the observatory at Maragha^** and watched the Muslim, Christian, and Chinese astronomers make their observations. He looked at all the operations and instruments, studied them, and asked about their procedures, which he understood in spite of their difficulty. He also ordered the construction of a dome in order to investigate the Sun’s motion and he spoke out with his astronomers about it. All of them said that although they had never seen such an instrument, it was reasonable and sensible.

He gave orders for the construction of an observatory next to his tomb in Tabriz in Persia. He explained how to construct the observatory with such clarity that local wise men marveled at his intelligence, because such work had not been done in any era. Those wise men said that constructing the observatory would be extremely difficult. He guided them, whereupon they commenced building it and they finished it following his instructions. Those wise men and all the engineers agreed that nobody had done such a thing before nor had imagined doing it.”

^*ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate, whose territories included most of the Muslim Middle East; reigned 1295–1304

**an astronomical observatory in present-day Azerbaijan, established by a grant from the first Ilkhanid ruler in the mid-thirteenth century

Rashid al-Din Hamdani, Persian Muslim historian and government minister in Ghazan Khan’s court, excerpt from a universal history commissioned by Ghazan Khan, completed circa 1316

Which of the following best describes the author’s purpose in the passage?

• To provide detailed descriptions of the instruments used at the Maragha and Tabriz observatories

• To evaluate the importance of the astronomical discoveries made by Ilkhanid scientists

• To portray his patron as a generous supporter of the sciences and a man of unusual intelligence

• To criticize Ghazan for his vanity and remind him to focus on religious and spiritual pursuits

Multiple Choice

Medieval Muslims adapted and improved the astrolabe to use for 

• defense 
• printing
  
• irrigation
  
• navigation 

Multiple Select

Select all that apply:

How did Islam spread throughout the ancient world? (you can choose more than one)

• Through trade routes like the Silk Road

• Through military conquest

• Through cultural diffusion/blending

• Through people talking about their faith & traveling mystics

Open Ended

Why was the Byzantine Empire able to withstand Muslim conquest from the seventh through the tenth centuries?

Open Ended

Explain the significance of the Five Pillars of Islam in the Islamic faith.