Islamic Empires Expand

Muhammad expanded Islam by conquering all of ___ first:

• Syria

• Persia

• Arabia

• Northern Africa

After the death of Muhammad, Muslims appointed a “successor to Muhammad” called a __________, who acted as the main political and religious leader of the Islamic community.

• pope

• sunni

• caliph

• prophet

What is a caliphate?

• name of the building caliphs worked in

• name for an Islamic kingdom/empire

• name for a group of Arab city-states

• name of a sacred Muslim text

After the death of Ali, the last “rightly guided caliph,” Islam split into Sunni and Shia over a dispute about:

• who should be allowed to lead the Muslim community

• what the five pillars of Islam should be

• where the capital of the Muslim empire should be located

• whether the emperor should have more power than religious leader

Which branch of Islam believed the Islamic world should be ruled by descendants of Ali (therefore related to Muhammad)?

• Shiites

• Sunnis

• Sufis

• Caliphs

Most Muslims today believe any pious (religiously dedicated) Muslim can lead the Islamic world. This sect of Islam is called...

• Sunni

• Shi'a

• Sufi

• Caliph

What was the Pact Muslims made when they conquered non-Muslims (like Christians)?

• Christians had to convert to Islam or be killed

• Christians could believe what they want as long as the paid a tax and obeyed Islamic law.

• Christians could believe what they want if they agreed to be slaves.

• If they did not convert they were kicked out of the empire

During what time did Islam experience the peak of its golden age?

• Four Rightly Guided Caliphs

• Umayyad Caliphate

• Abbasid Caliphate

• Seljuk Turks

Which group completely overthrew the Abbasid empire?

• Mongols: nomadic invaders from Central Asia

• Seljuk Turks: Muslim invaders from Central Asia

• Christian Crusaders

• leaders from Umayyad dynasty

All of the following are true about the Islamic Golden Age EXCEPT:

• the capital of Baghdad became a center of trade and knowledge

• Christian European scholars could go to the House of Wisdom, which paved the way for the European Renaissance

• Muslims preserved Persian, Indian, and Greek texts and made their own discoveries too

• Caliphs used anti-Christian propaganda to convince Muslims to hate and kill Christians during the Crusades