4.3 Expansion of the Muslim World

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

• Sucessor

• Caliph

• Sultan

• Emperor

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.

THESE are the mystical Muslims, who uses meditation, fasting, special rituals and releasing of material wants to get closer to Allah.

• Shiites
• Sufis
• Sunnis
• Sheherazades

1.  After the death of Muhammad, what led to the split between the Sunni and Shia? 

• They could not agree on who should become leader.
• They could not agree if they were allowed to eat pork.
• They could not agree on how many times they should pray each day.
• They could not agree on how to make Greek fire.

What family first came to power over the Islamic Empire after the first four caliphs?

• Abbasids
• Fatimids
• Seljuk Turks
• Umayyads

Which group was responsible for the end of the Umayyad Empire?

• Abbasids
• Byzantines
• Fatimids
• Seljuk Turks

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

• caliph
• emir
• imam
• prophet

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.

As the Arab Empire grew, people who were not Muslims or did not convert to Islam in the conquered territories

• had to give up all of their property to the empire.

• had to pay special taxes.

• were banished from those territories.

• were imprisoned for at least five years.

A majority of Muslims are

• Sunni

• Shi'a