Islam 3-2 The Spread of Islam

What does the word sultan mean?

• holder of strength

• holder of power

• holder of religion

• holder of freedom

The Sunnis believed what?

• There were multiple Gods.

• Damascus rulers had the right to rule.

• Umayyad caliphs were the rightful rulers

• Ali’s descendants should rule Islam.

Who created the Muslim Empire in Northern Africa?

• The Sultan

• The Ottomans

• Muhammad

• Caliphs

What were the first Caliphs opposed to?

• the teaching of Muhammad

• Moving the Kaaba to another city

• abandoning the Quran's teaching

• traveling west to find new worlds

The first caliph to take over after Muhammad’s death was

• Ali

• Umar

• Abu Bakr

• Uthman

Islam was spread by armies, traders, and preachers called

• caliphs

• Shia

• Sufis

• Sunnis

Soon after Muhammad’s death, the Muslim world split into which two groups?

• Shia and caliphs

• Caliphs and Sufis

• Sufis and Sunnis

• Sunnis and Shia

Which Ottoman sultan was responsible for the empire’s greatest achievements in law, art, architecture, and literature?

• Abu al-Abbas

• Akbar

• Suleiman I

• Uthman

This great Mughal ruler brought peace and order to India in the 1500s.

• Abu al-Abbas

• Akbar

• Suleiman I

• Uthman

The Shia did not agree that the Umayyad dynasty should rule Islam.

• True

• False