Islamic empires

Which two cities on the Arabian peninsula are holy to Muslims?

• Constantinople and Athens

• Cairo and Rome

• Mecca and Medina

• Baghdad and Jerusalem

Which text is considered the holy to the religion of Islam?

• Torah

• New Testment

• Qur'an

• Vedas

Which of the following is an example of Islamic architecture?

• Parthenon

• Dome of the Rock

• Pantheon

• Hagia Sophia

Who is the founder of Islam?

• Muhammad

• Jesus

• Gautama

The Islamic region split into which of the following two sets.

• Sunni and Shia

• Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic

• Mahayana and Theravada

11. As the Muslim Empire grew, Islam spread into all of the following EXCEPT

• Mesopotamia and Persia

• Egypt North Africa, and Spain

• Australia and the Americas

The Islamic religion split into which of the following two sects?

• Sunni and Shi'a

• Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic

• Mahayana and Theravada

Muhammad expanded Islam by conquering all of ___ first:

• Syria

• Persia

• Arabia

• Northern Africa

What is a caliphate?

• name of the building caliphs worked in

• name for an Islamic kingdom/empire

• name for a group of Arab city-states

• name of a sacred Muslim text

Which branch of Islam believed the Islamic world should be ruled by descendants of Ali (therefore related to Muhammad)?

• Shiites

• Sunnis

• Sufis

• Caliphs