Islamic Empires

Which language was spread by Islamic traders?

• Greek
• Arabic
• Latin
• English

Which two cities on the Arabian peninsula are holy to Muslims?

• Constantinople and Athens
• Cairo and Rome
• Mecca and Medina
• Baghdad and Jerusalem

Which text is considered the holy to the religion of Islam?

• Torah
• New Testment
• Qur'an
• Vedas

Disagreement of the next successor after Muhammad died led to...

• No clear leader
• The end of Islam
• A division in Islam
• War

Who is the founder of Islam?

• Muhammad

• Jesus

• Gautama

The Islamic region split into which of the following two sets.

• Sunni and Shiite

• Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic

• Mahayana and Theravada

The Mughal Empire was situated in what modern nation?

• Iran

• India

• Saudi Arabia

• Turkey

The tall towers where religious officials call Muslims to prayer are called ________.

• mosques

• tags

• astrolabes

• minarets

In 661, Sunnis and Shiites had different beliefs about ________.

• who should be caliph

• territory in Jerusalem

• the purpose of jihad

• Muslim Turks' control of Northern India

What similarity is shared amongst the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths

• All three faiths abstain from eating pork

• all three faiths are monotheistic

• All three faiths worship Jesus as a God

• All three faiths began in India