The Spread of Islam and its Empire

By the early 1500s, where had Islam spread from its origins in Mecca and Medina?

• Only within the Arabian Peninsula

• Exclusively in modern-day Iraq

• Throughout Europe

• Across Arabia, Asia Minor, Central and Southern Asia, and North Africa

What geographical challenges did Islam's spread overcome?

• The Sahara Desert and the Rocky Mountains

• The Arabian Desert and mountains such as the Hindu Kush and the Altai

• The Amazon Rainforest and the Alps

• The Gobi Desert and the Andes

Which caliphate was responsible for the early Islamic conquests that reached from India to Spain?

• The Umayyad caliphate

• The Abbasid caliphate

• The Ottoman Empire

• The Fatimid caliphate

What was a consequence of the Umayyad caliphate imposing nuisance taxes on religious minorities?

• Religious minorities left the empire in large numbers

• The Umayyad caliphate was quickly overthrown

• Many people converted to Islam

• Trade in the region ceased entirely

Which dynasty replaced the Umayyad rule in the Fertile Crescent and created a golden age of education and culture?

• The Ayyubid dynasty

• The Ming dynasty

• The Seljuk dynasty

• The Abbasid dynasty

What was al-Andalus?

• The capital city of the Abbasid caliphate

• A trade route connecting Asia and Europe

• A famous library in Baghdad

• A region in southern Spain conquered by Muslim Moors

Who completed the expulsion of the Moors from Spain in 1492?

• Charlemagne and Pope Leo III

• Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette

• Ferdinand and Isabella of Castilla and Leon

• Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon