Chapter 3 Section 2 Quiz

What family came to power immediately after the first four caliphs?

• Seljuk Turks

• Abbasids

• Mongols

• Umayyads

Where did the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Rahman flee in 755?

• Spain

• Anatolia

• Algiers

• Balkans

Which of the following was considered a great achievement of Abd al-Rahman III?

• He forced all non-Muslims to leave al-Andalus.

• He conquered the Byzantine and Persian empires.

• He made Cordoba a great center of learning.

• He founded the Ottoman Empire.

Why was Suleyman I known as Suleyman the Magnificent?

• He captured Constantinople.

• He led many military conquests and inspired a great cultural era.

• He established the Safavid Empire.

• He worked to force the people under him to convert to Islam.

How were the Safavids able to create a strong economy?

• They hired mercenaries.

• They controlled the Mediterranean.

• They were at the center of international trade routes.

• They conquered the Umayyads.

Who built the Taj Mahal?

• Shah Jahan

• Akbar the Great

• Shah Ismail

• Abd al Rahman

How did the actions of the Umayyads cause Islam to split into two branches?

• They set up a heredity system of succession for caliphs, and moved the capital to Damascus.

• They moved the capital to Lisbon.

• They moved the capital to Mecca.

• They let anyone who wanted to be a caliph try out for the job.

During their greatest years, how were the cities of Istanbul and Esfahan similar?

• Both were centers of war.

• Both were cities where new leaders lived.

• Both were cultural and artistic centers with many beautiful buildings.

• Both had people who did not practice Islam.

In Cordoba, Christians, Jews, and Muslims lived together under a government that practiced

• religious hate toward others.

• the death penalty for those who practiced a religion other than Islam.

• the art of meditation.

• religious tolerance, sympathy for the beliefs of others.

Janissaries are....

• highly trained and disciplined soldiers in the Ottoman army who were also slaves.

• Muslim religious leaders.

• the supreme ruler of an empire.

• people who lived outside the Muslim Empires.