MP3 Benchmark Study Tool Mrs.C

The holy city of Islam was called

• Mecca

• Central Asia

• Buddhism

• Incan

The characteristics of Islam included all EXCEPT

• monotheistic

• five pillars

• believers in Abraham

• Algebra

The holy book of Islam is called

• Qur'an or Koran

• Shintoism

• Buddhism

• Five Pillars

The death of Ali and debate over his successor led to this

• weaken Byzantine

• Sunni-shia split

• trade route

• sugar farming

The event that stopped Islam from spreading into France and Western Europe was

• Shintoism

• Battles of Toures

• Buddhism

• Persian Empire

The Franks stopped the Muslims at the Battle of Toures

• true

• false

This allowed Islam to spread into the fertile crescent and Central Asia

• Silk road

• the weakening of the Byzantine and Persian Empires

• local religion's

• Buddhism

Islam was able to spread through Asia and Northern Africa by using this

• trade routes

• boats

• Arabic Alphabet

• Silk road

After the death of Muhammed Islam was able to spread rapidly because of

• deserts and mountains

• trade routes

• sugar farming

• close proximity to China

Cultural and Scientific Contributions included all EXCEPT

• Arabic Alphabet

• Mosaics

• Universities

• translating Greco-Roman works into Spanish