Chapter 15 - 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

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

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Who conquered what remained of the Byzantine Empire in 1453?

• The Mongols

• The Ottoman Turks

• The Seljuk Turks

Istanbul became the new Ottoman capital. It was known before as:

• Rome

• Athens

• Constantinople

• Jerusalem

The Mughal Empire was situated in what modern nation?

• Iran

• India

• Saudi Arabia

• Turkey

All of the following are Muslim/Islamic empires EXCEPT:

• Safavids

• Mongols

• Mughals

• Ottomans

What are people who believe and follow the religion of Islam called?   

• Islams 
• Muslims 
• Arabs 
• Middle Easterners