Muslim Empire Notes Quiz

Sedentary Arabs were mainly (pick two) ______ and ________.

• farmers

• traders

• scavengers

• Christians

Muhammas was born in _____ around 570.

• Mecca

• Medina

• Jerusalem

• Ka'aba

Before Islam began, most Arabs were _______.

• polytheistic

• monotheistic

• atheistic

The nomadic people in Arabia were called______.

• Bedouins

• Muslim

• Oasis

• Caliphs

______ and the next 3 leaders who followed him became known as the “rightly guided caliphs”

• Abu Bakr

• Caliph Umar

• Caliph Uthman

• Ali ibn Abi Talib

_______ comes from the phrase Ahl-al Sunnah or people of tradition.

Tradition: practices based on the Prophet Muhammad

• Sunni

• Shi'ite

• Muslim

• Bedouins

_______ translates to Party of Ali.

• They believed leadership of the Muslim community should be through Muhammad’s bloodline...

• Sunni

• Shi'ite

• Muslim

• Bedouins

The Muslim Empire eventually stretched from central Asia, northwestern India, across north Africa, and into _____.

• Spain

• France

• England

• Italy

Mecca was NOT where _______ .

• the Ka'aba is located

• Muhammad grew up

• where Muhammad fled

• Muhammad attacked

Arabia is a/an

• peninsula

• island

• continent

• swamp