Ch3 Lesson 2 The Spread of Islam

The first four _____ were leaders of the Arab Empire who were related to or friends of Muhammad.​

• sheikhs

• 
  caliphs

• Sunnis

  
  

• sultans

  
  

When he died, Muhammad left no instructions about the next leader of Islam.

• False

• True

Seljuk Turks conquered Baghdad in 1055.​

• False

• True

The Mongols burned Baghdad in 1258, which ended the Arab Empire.

• True

• False

The Ottoman Turks built a large and powerful Islamic Empire mostly by​

• 
  

  conquering lands.

  
  

• teaching people Arabic.

  
  

• forcing people to convert to Islam.

  
  

• preaching Islam.

  
  

Córdoba in ______ was conquered in the 700s and became a center of Muslim culture.​

• Egypt

  
  

• India

• 
  

  Turkey

• Spain

Under the Abbasid leadership of Baghdad, Muslims conquered many lands.​

• True

• False

The Umayyads governed the Arab Empire from ______.​

• Madinah

• Baghdad

  
  

• Makkah

• Damascus

The word sultan means “holder of power.”

• True

• False

After the fall of Baghdad, various groups divided up the Arab Empire.

• False

• True