WH_5 Chapter 06 Test Review

Although Justinian is credited with taking the Byzantine Empire to its height, he also

gets the blame for bringing it to financial ruin.

• True

• False

The Crusades were the East’s efforts to free the West from the Muslim invaders.

• True

• False

Al-Râzi and Ibn Sina were famous Muslim mathematicians.

• True

• False

According to Islamic teaching, Noah, Abraham, David, Jesus, and Muhammad are

all considered prophets of Allah.

• True

• False

Muslims claim the Qur’an is the record of Muhammad’s visions from Gabriel.

• True

• False

Constantinople’s location on the Bosporus allowed it to be the vital link between the

East and the West in land and sea trade routes.

• True

• False

Which religion threatened the Byzantine Empire through the invasion of the Turkish peoples?

Who were the Varangians?

What was the name for the uprising that Justinian crushed?

What are the best examples of Muslim architecture?