Rise and Expansion of Islam

The hegira was Muhammad's journey from Mecca to

• Kaaba

• Medina

• Baghdad

• Damascus

When Muhammad captured the city of Mecca in 630 CE, he had the idols in the Kaaba...

• Memorialized

• Moved to storage

• Destroyed

• rededicated to Allah

The highest leader of the early Islamic Empires, translated to "successor," is the

• caliph

• shah

• sultan

• caliphate

Which caliph helped create the first edition of the Qur'an?

• Abu Bakr

• Umar

• Uthman

• Ali ibn Abi Talib

This caliphate moved the capital from Mecca to Damascus in the 7th century CE.

• Abbasid

• Sunnah

• Shariah

• Umayyad

These Muslims believed that any worthy Muslim could become caliph.

• Shia

• Sunni

• Sunnah

• Salat

This Islamic caliphate took over in 750 CE and moved the capital from Damascus to Baghdad.

• Abbasid

• Umayyad

• Fatimid

• Rashidun

This group of Muslims believed that caliphs had to be directly related to Muhammad

• Sunni

• Sunnah

• Shia

• Zakat

This Islamic Empire conquered Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire in 1453.

• Ottoman

• Safavid

• Mughal

• Mali

Constantinople was conquered in 1453 and its name was changed by its Muslim conquerors to...

• Constantinople

• Baghdad

• Damascus

• Istanbul