WH1.2 Dar al-Islam

What does the phrase "Dar al-Islam" mean?

• House of Islam

• Realm of Muslims

• Doorway of Islam

• Road of Islam

Which areas were held by a majority Islamic population?

• Middle East

• India (South Asia)

• West Africa

• Northern Europe

What is the jizya that helped Muslims covert many to Islam?

• a sword

• a tax

• a soldier

• a book

Where was the House of Wisdom that was the center of academic learning where knowledge from the east and west were combined?

• Jerusalem

• Cairo

• Baghdad

• Istanbul

Which of the following contributed to the downfall of the Abbasid Caliphate?

• foreign invasion from the west like the European crusaders

• foreign invasion from the east like the Mongols

• slave rebellions like the Mamluks in Egypt

• rampant disease spread like the Black Death