Lesson 4.3

Which term refers to the non-Arab ruler of a Muslim state?

• imam

• sufi

• janissary

• sultan

The _____ Muslims believe only a relative of Muhammad should be caliph.

• Shia

• Sunnis

• Suffism

• Imam

The majority of Muslims are

• Shias

• Ottomans

• Safavids

• Sunnis

The collapse of which empires allowed the Muslim empire to expand?

• Sasanian

• Byzantine

• Greek

• Ottoman

Which factor helped spread Islam?

• People were looking for new beliefs.

• Merchants carried the faith to new lands.

• Rulers forced all non-Muslims to convert.

• Muslims offered complete religious freedom to all.

Match the following vocabulary words to the correct definition

• Islamic lifestyle of controlling desire

• sufism

• successor to Muhammad

• dynasty

• series of rulers from the same family

• sultan

• ruler of a Muslim country

• Shias

• minority of modern Muslims

• caliph