The Spread of Islam

The first four _____ were leaders of the Arab Empire who were related to or friends of Muhammad.

• Sunnis

• sultans

• sheikhs

• caliphs

The Umayyads governed the Arab Empire from ______.

• Madinah

• Damascus

• Makkah

• Baghdad

Córdoba in ______ was conquered in the 700s and became a center of Muslim culture.

• Spain

• India

• Egypt

• Turkey

The Ottoman Turks built a large and powerful Islamic Empire mostly by ----

• preaching Islam.

• conquering lands.

• teaching people Arabic.

• forcing people to convert to Islam.

When he died, Muhammad left no instructions about the next leader of Islam.

• True

• False

Under the Abbasid leadership of Baghdad, Muslims conquered many lands.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Seljuk Turks conquered Baghdad in 1055.

• True

• False

The Mongols burned Baghdad in 1258, which ended the Arab Empire.

• TRUE

• False

After the fall of Baghdad, various groups divided up the Arab Empire.

• True

• False

Which one of the following statements is true?

• The Moguls conquered Persia.

• The Arabs eventually conquered India.

• Suleiman I was called the Lawgiver.

• he Safavids seized Constantinople.