Islamic Empire

Under the Abbasids, Muslims ____. (check all that are true)

• discovered how disease spreads

• created the world's first hospital

• correctly estimated the size of the earth

• developed rockets that could reach the moon

Who was Muhammad

The city of Jerusalem was important to what religions? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• Islam

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Judaism

Which of the following cities was NOT in an Islamic empire?

• Constantinople

• Cairo

• Baghdad

• Damascus

• Cordoba

The Abbasids ended when _______ destroyed the city of Baghdad.

• Mongols

• Umayyads

• Huns

• Germans

Who is Allah?

• The god of Christianity

• God of the Roman Empire

• God of the Islamic Empire

• God of the Islamic dynasty

What is a caliphate?

• name of the building caliphs worked in

• name for an Islamic kingdom/empire

• name for a group of Arab city-states

• name of a sacred Muslim text

What did the 3rd Crusade fail to achieve?

• The Crusaders did not take Jaffa

• The Crusaders did not take Acre

• The Crusaders did not take Jerusalem

• The Crusaders did not make it to the Holy Land

What has contributed most to the social and cultural identity of the Middle East?

• Stable governments

• Strong Islamic influence

• No foreign investment

• The adoption of polytheism

Spread from Arabian Peninsula to West Africa, Central and Southeast Asia

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Christianity