Medieval Islamic Empires

What happened in 632?

• Muhammad heard the voice of God, or Allah in Arabic, speaking to him and began spreading Islam.

• Muhammad died.

• An Italian mathematician brought the Arabic numerals to Europe.

• Babur founded the Mughal Empire.

Muslims must pray five times a day facing ________.

• East

• Medina

• Mecca

• the nearest mosque

The tall towers where religious officials call Muslims to prayer are called ________.

• mosques

• tags

• astrolabes

• minarets

In 661, Sunnis and Shias had different beliefs about ________.

• who should be caliph

• territory in Jerusalem

• the purpose of jihad

• Muslim Turks' control of Northern India

A caliph was considered ________.

• a political leader but not a religious leader

• both the head of government and the head of Islam

• both the ruler of the east and the ruler of the west

• the leader of the Mughal Empire

The famous caliph thought to be the hero in many Arabian Nights stories was ________.

• ibn Battuta

• Akbar the Great

• Babur "The Tiger"

• Harun al-Rashid

Swahili is a combination of the cultures of ________.

• Muhammad and Jesus

• Sunni and Shia

• the Caliph and the Pop

• Islam and Africa

Who was Muhammad ibn Battuta?

• a Muslim traveler who wrote of his journeys through Egypt, China, Sumatra and Timbuktu

• an Arabian physician who studied the circulatory system

• one of the last Seljuk kings

• a Mughal leader famous for his tolerance

Ottoman sultans remained powerful on the edge of Europe until the ________.

• 1420s

• 1620s

• 1920s

• 1720s

Which of the following is a false statement?

• The numbers we use today came from Arabic numerals.

• Muslim doctors knew about hygiene and blood circulation.

• There were no mosques on the African continent.

• Muslim scientists developed a device that allowed sailors to navigate by the stars.