The Islamic World

Who united Arabia under the religion of Islam?

• Abu Bakr
• Al Mansur
• Muhammad
• Abd al-Rahman
  

While the Umayyads were ruling, Islam's religion split into what two branches?

• Abbasid and Fatimid
• Fatimid and Shi'a
• Abbasid and Sunni
• Sunni and Shi'a

What issue split Islam into two branches?

• who should rule after Muhammad
• how many gods should be worshipped
• which Pillar of Islam is most important
• where Islam should spread

The religious and political leader of the Islamic empire was called a(n) ...?

• caliph
• emir
• imam
• prophet

What was the capital of the Abbasid empire in the east?

• Baghdad
• Damascus
• Cordoba
• Mecca

How did Muslims treat the people they conquered?

• They forced them to serve as soldiers.
• They enslaved them for building projects.
• They allowed them religious freedom.
• They forced them to convert to Islam.

Muslim scholars reintroduced knowledge of what civilization to Europeans?

• Etruscan

• Mesopotamian

• Egyptian

• Greco-Roman

Which of the following best defines the Abbasid Caliphate?

• an Islamic based empire

• an Islamic empire that encouraged a Golden Age

• an Islamic empire that expanded throughout Asia and Australia

This is known as a time of peace, prosperity, happiness and invention

• Age of Peace

• Age of Empires

• Warring Age

• Golden Age

One of the 3 monotheistic religions who counts Muhammad as the last prophet of God.

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Eastern Orthodox Christianity

• Islam