Islamic Empires

Who is the founder of Islam?

• Muhammad

• Jesus

• Gautama

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

• Sunni and Shiite

• Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic

• Mahayana and Theravada

Who conquered what remained of the Byzantine Empire in 1453?

• The Mongols

• The Ottoman Turks

• The Seljuk Turks

If you lived in the Safavid Empire you probably would be categorized as a ___ Muslim

• Sunni

• practicing

• Shiite

• good

The Mughal Empire was situated in what modern nation?

• Iran

• India

• Saudi Arabia

• Turkey

The tall towers where religious officials call Muslims to prayer are called ________.

• mosques

• tags

• astrolabes

• minarets

In 661, Sunnis and Shiites had different beliefs about ________.

• who should be caliph

• territory in Jerusalem

• the purpose of jihad

• Muslim Turks' control of Northern India

A caliph was considered ________.

• a political leader but not a religious leader

• both the head of government and the head of Islam

• both the ruler of the east and the ruler of the west

• the leader of the Mughal Empire

What did most people within the Islamic Empires have in common culturally?

• Most practiced the religion of Islam

• The Shia form of Islam

• Most people converted to Orthodox Christianity

• Many remained true to their polytheistic beliefs

What similarity is shared amongst the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths

• All three faiths abstain from eating pork

• all three faiths are monotheistic

• All three faiths worship Jesus as a God

• All three faiths began in India