Islam/Africa Review Game

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

Routes across North Africa

• Silk Road

• Maritime Route

• Trans-Saharan Route

• North European Route

What caused the split between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims?

• Muslim pilgrims no longer travelled to Medina

• Muslim teachers no longer made the Hajj

• The desert tribes declared a lasting truce

• A permanent split occurred within the religion over leadership

Muslims greatest contribution to Western civilization was:

• Using vaults and domes

• Discovering that rays pass from objects to the eyes

• Writing an encyclopedia of geography

• Preserving and advancing knowledge from previous cultures such as Greece and Rome

Where did the Abbasids move the Islamic capital to?

• Jerusalem

• Baghdad

• Tours

• Damascus

What was the lasting impact of pilgrimages to Mecca and other holy Cities?

• Decentralized governments in Europe and the Arabian Peninsula.

• Increased cross-cultural interactions that resulted in the diffusion of literary, artistic, and cultural traditions.

• The flourishing of Mayan city-states.

• The peasant revolts in Western Europe.

How did increased Arabic Trade impact their neighbor regions?

• Increased Bantu Migrations.

• Expanded the Silk Road.

• Influenced maritime migrations of the Polynesian peoples.

• Greatly increased the spread of Islam.

A caliph was considered ________.

• a political leader but not a religious leader

• both the head of government and the head of Islam

• both the ruler of the east and the ruler of the west

• the leader of the Mughal Empire

Why is was the Islamic Empire considered a "cultural crossroads"?

• It connected 3 continents

• It led to contact with the Americas

• It dominated all of Asia

• It connected Asia and the Americas