The Islamic World

How did the Umayyads change the caliphates?

• The passed the caliphate down through the family line

• They moved the capitol to Persia

• They gave it to the Abbasids

• They abolished it

How did Islam encourage learning?

• it punished parents for not educating their children

• building libraries and academies for studying

• making all children go to school

• giving people money for reading

What is calligraphy>

• a pretty picture

• an instrument

• decorative writing

• a pattern of shapes and lines resembling flowers and vines

Merchants were honored in the Islamic world.

• True

• False

What is the name for the Islamic law code?

• Qur'an

• The Sunnah

• Five Pillars of Islam

• Sharia

Constantinople survived the 1453 invasion of the Ottomans.

• True

• False

Women have equal status with men in Islamic society.

• True

• False

A caliph is

• a sultan

• a Muslim ruler

• an imam

• a souk

Muslim ruled reached as far west as Spain and as far east as Asia.

• True

• False

a souk is

• a madrasa

• a group of traveling merchants

• a city

• a market place