8th Grade History Test

Who traveled to India, Africa, China, and Spain and contributed his knowledge to the study og geography?

• Shah Jahan

• Ibn Battutah

• Ali Sambe

• Mehmed the II

What function do minarets serve in mosques?

• provide a place from which calls to prayer were made

• serve as decoration for the building

• provide a place to observe who is coming in

• provide a place for security cameras

It was one of the most famous sufist poets in the muslim world

• Ali Batu

• Aabid Abdu

• Omar Khayyam

• Aalam Abde

One famous collection of short stories is the

• Stories of Ali Baba

• Stories of Aladdin

• Stories of Sinbad

• Thousand and One Nights

It is the most sacred part of a mosque

• minaret

• the towers

• the mihrab

• the niche

Muslims gather to pray at a

• jihad

• mosque

• monastery

• chapel

It is a person who submits to God and follows the teachings of muhammad

• Arab

• Islam

• Mugal

• Muslim

These men were converted to Islam and became fierce warriors in the Ottoman empire

• royal guard

• janissaries

• the Inmortals

• the king special forces

The two ways of life developed in Arabia´s desert environment were the nomadic and

• caravan

• sedentary

• farming

• hunters

Arabs phylosophers who focused on spiritual issues lead to a movement called

• modernism

• idealism

• pragmatism

• sufism