Islamic Empires & Crusades

Muhammad expanded Islam by conquering all of ___ first:

• Syria

• Persia

• Arabia

• Northern Africa

After the death of Muhammad, Muslims appointed a “successor to Muhammad” called a __________, who acted as the main political and religious leader of the Islamic community.

• pope

• sunni

• caliph

• prophet

What is a caliphate?

• name of the building caliphs worked in

• name for an Islamic kingdom/empire

• name for a group of Arab city-states

• name of a sacred Muslim text

During what time did Islam experience the peak of its golden age?

• Four Rightly Guided Caliphs

• Umayyad Caliphate

• Abbasid Caliphate

• Seljuk Turks

Which group completely overthrew the Abbasid empire?

• Mongols: nomadic invaders from Central Asia

• Seljuk Turks: Muslim invaders from Central Asia

• Christian Crusaders

• leaders from Umayyad dynasty

All of the following are true about the Islamic Golden Age EXCEPT:

• the capital of Baghdad became a center of trade and knowledge

• Christian European scholars could go to the House of Wisdom, which paved the way for the European Renaissance

• Muslims preserved Persian, Indian, and Greek texts and made their own discoveries too

• The Pope convinced the population to declare a crusade against Muslim-occupied Jerusalem

The city of Jerusalem was important to what religions? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• Islam

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Judaism

Which two groups fought over control of Jerusalem during the Crusades?

• Muslim Turks and European Christians

• Byzantines and Persians

• Jews and Christians

• Greeks and Romans

The first Crusade got started when the Seljuk Turks did what?

• Prevented Christians from entering Jerusalem
• Attacked the Catholic city of Rome
• burnt down the city of Jerusalem
• Capture the city of Constantinople

Why did so many men volunteer for the Crusades? 

• they were paid generously
• the Church granted forgiveness for anyone who goes on the Crusades 
• Because they wanted to
• because they loved Jerusalem