Social Studies T2 Review P1

Who were the Visigoths?

Did the Umayyad make the Caliphate bigger of smaller?

Where did Zab battle took place?

The Visigoths are the Muslim army that led by Tariq ibn Ziyad to defeat king Roderic in Iberia

• True

• False

Tariq ibn Ziyad the governor of Ifriqiyah is the one who sent Mousa ibn Nussier to fight against the Visigoths

• True

• False

Caliph Al-walidibn Abd Al Malik who led a Muslim army across the sea from Ceuta in North Africa and landed in Gibraltar and defeated the Visigoths

• True

• False

The Umayyads moved the capital city from Madinah to ..............

• Baghdad

• Damascus

• Makkah

Muawiya created a ………………because his son and his grandson became caliphs after

• dynasty

• naval army

Abd AL-Malik ibn Marwan is often called ‘father of kings’ because….

• four of his sons became caliphs

• he was the oldest Umayyad Caliph

Omar ibn Abd AL-Aziz was called AL-Khalifat-us-Saleh’ because he was simple and religious.

• True

• False