WH1: Unit 9: Islam

Which group was most responsible for spreading this cultural characteristic?

• Roman soldiers

• Islamic traders

• Egyptian pharoahs

• Sumerian bureaucrats

The cause of the split in Islam after Muhammad's death was a difference of opinion concerning -

• expansion

• leaders

• prayer

• pilgrimages

Which characteristic describes the earliest followers of Islam?

• nomads in West Africa

• migrated from Central Asia

• lived on the Arabian peninsula

• sea traders from South Asia

Which event helped to spread Islam in Africa?

• establishment of trade with Timbuktu

• conquest of Jerusalem

• relocation of capital to Baghdad

• conquest of Damascus

Which city served as the capital of three empires at different times and under different names?

• Athens

• Moscow

• Constantinople

• Baghdad

The Battle of Tours was significant because it marked the -

• end of Muslim expansion into Western Europe

• end of the Crusades in the Middle East

• beginning of British dominance in Northern Europe

• beginning of Turkish rule in the Balkans

The Dome of the Rock is an example of which civilization's achievements in art and architecture?

• Chinese

• Greek

• Islamic

• Roman

Which religion encourages its followers to make a pilgrimage to this site?

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Christianity

What was impact of the following event?

"Ali, the fourth caliph, or successor of Muhammed, dies"

• Muslim pilgrimages no longer traveled to Medina

• a permanent split occurred within the religion

• Muslim teachers no longer made the Hajj

• the desert tribes declared a lasting truce

What best completes the title of this map?

• the Plague

• Islam

• Judaism

• the Crusades