Chapter 14 Review

The geography of the Arabian Peninsula could best be described as high plateaus and grassy plains.

• True

• False

 The Quran provides Muslims with guidelines on how to live and stresses the need to treat others fairly

• True

• False

Sufis won followers by teaching Islam.

• True

• False

Eventually the term Arab came to mean only a resident of the Arabian Peninsula, not just a speaker of Arabic.

• True

• False

Even though farming was important, most Muslims lived in cities.

• True

• False

group that believed Umayyad caliphs should rule

• Bedouin

• Muslims

• Umayyads

• Shia

• Sunnis

desert herders who traveled from oasis to oasis in search of water

• Bedouin

• Muslims

• Umayyads

• Shia

• Sunnis

 followers of Muhammad who believed his son-in-law should rule after Muhammad’s death

• Bedouin

• Muslims

• Umayyads

• Shia

• Sunnis

caliphs who governed the Arab Empire from Damascus

• Bedouin

• Muslims

• Umayyads

• Shia

• Sunnis

the name given to the followers of Islam

• Bedouin

• Muslims

• Umayyads

• Shia

• Sunnis