The Spread of Islam

After Muhammad’s death, the title given to Islam’s highest leaders was

• Sucessor

• Caliph

• Sultan

• Emperor

Muslim merchants could trade with people in many different areas because

• Islam had spread to many lands.

• the Ottoman Empire had gained control of many regions.

• they established many new trade routes.

• Arabia was at a crossroads location.

Tolerance was

• the Muslim practice of accepting other people’s religious beliefs.

• the Muslim practice of converting others to Islam.

• the Muslim practice of allowing only Christians to practice

  their religion.

• a practice introduced to the Muslims by the Berbers.

What was the most important difference between the Sunni and the Shia?

• The Shia believed that the Muslims should not practice religious

  tolerance.

• The Shia thought that caliphs had to be related to Muhammad.

• The Sunni believed that Sufism was dangerous.

• The Sunni did not want to spread Islam to other parts of the world.

Akbar’s tolerant religious policy helped

• to convert more people to Islam.

• to unify the Mughal Empire.

• to end the warfare between Hindus and Muslims.

• to establish the Mughal Empire in 1526.

Muslim calligraphy was a combination of

• science and mathematics.

• art and literature.

• art and science

• astronomy and geograpy

Minarets were used to

• store Islamic texts.

• hold translations of poetry.

• call Muslims to prayer.

• decorate mosques.

What language was spoken throughout most of the Muslim world?

• Latin

• Arabic

• Ottoman

• Janissary

THIS group led the Muslim Empire to it's Golden Age of learning and culture.

• Seljuk Turks
• Umayyads
• Abassids
• Rightly Guided

The Umayyads moved the capital of the Muslim Empire to THIS city.

• Mecca
• Medina
• Damascus
• Baghdad