3.2 The Spread of Islam

Soon after Muhammad's death, the Muslim world split into two groups?

• Caliphs and Sufis

• Shia and caliphs

• Sufis and Sunnis

• Sunnis and Shia

The word sultan means "holder of power."

• True

• False

• Neither

The Mughals create a Muslim empire in Northern Africa.

• True

• False

• Neither

The first caliphs were opposed to the teachings of Muhammad.

• True

• False

• Neither

The Mughals created a Muslim empire in Northern Africa.

• True

• False

• Neither

The first caliph to take over after Muhammad's death was

• Abu Bakr

• Ali

• Umar

• Uthman

Islam was spread by armies, traders, and preachers called __.

• caliphs

• Shia

• Sufis

• Sunnis

The Sunnis believed that Ali's descendants should rule Islam.

• True

• False

• Neither

Which famous Ottoman sultan was responsible for the empire's greatest achievements?

• Abu al-Abbas

• Akbar

• Suleiman I

• Uthman

This great Mughal ruler brought peace and order to India in the 1500s.

• Abu al-Abbas

• Akbar

• Suleiman I

• Uthman