The Rise & Spread of Islam

New Islamic empires replaced all of the following, EXCEPT...

• The Roman Empire

• The Byzantine Empire

• The British Empire

• The Sassanid/Persian Empire

Where did Islamic empires originate, geographically?

• Spain

• Arabian Peninsula

• East Asia

• Russia

All of the following increased the spread and adoption of Islam, EXCEPT...

• The expansion of trade routes across Eurasia and Africa

• Holy wars

• Religious pilgrimages

• The rise of the merchant class

TRUE or FALSE: All Islamic rulers were tolerant of Christians and Jews.

• True

• False

Some Islamic rulers allowed Jews and Christians to keep their religion, IF...

• They agreed to adopt Shariah law.

• They agreed to worship in mosques instead of churches.

• They agreed to recognize Muhammad as a prophet.

• They agreed to pay a tax.

The "Golden Age of Islam" reached its height under which of the following?

• The Sassanid Empire

• The Byzantine Empire

• The Umayyad Caliphate

• The Abbasid Caliphate

All of the following are true for the Umayyad Empire, EXCEPT...

• They avoided Christian and Jewish holy sites when building their mosques.

• They implemented religiously tolerant policies.

• They actively worked to preserve new knowledge and technology from the people they conquered.

• They collaborated with Chinese and Indian societies to collect and expand on knowledge.

All of the following were challenges faced by the Umayyad empire, EXCEPT...

• The Abbasids killed almost every member of the Umayyad family.

• There was little conflict among Muslims in the Umayyad empire.

• The Umayyads favored Muslims over Jews and Christians.

• The Umayyads had to establish a new empire in Spain after the Abbasids conquered their territory.

The ruler of the Umayyad empire was called a...

• Prime Minister

• King

• Czar

• Caliph

The "Dome on the Rock" mosque was built where...

• Christians believe that the prophet Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son.

• Jews believe that the prophet Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son.

• Muslims believe the prophet Mohammad ascended to heaven.

• All of the above.