Islam and the Islamic Empires

Which two cities on the Arabian peninsula are holy to Muslims?

• Constantinople and Athens

• Cairo and Rome

• Mecca and Medina

• Baghdad and Jerusalem

Which text is considered the holy to the religion of Islam?

• Torah

• New Testment

• Qur'an

• Vedas

Which of the following is an example of Islamic architecture?

• Parthenon

• Dome of the Rock

• Pantheon

• Hagia Sophia

Who is the founder of Islam?

• Muhammad

• Jesus

• Gautama

The Islamic region split into which of the following two sets.

• Sunni and Shia

• Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic

• Mahayana and Theravada

11. As the Muslim Empire grew, Islam spread into all of the following EXCEPT

• Mesopotamia and Persia

• Egypt North Africa, and Spain

• Australia and the Americas

• -

The Islamic religion split into which of the following two sects?

• Sunni and Shi'a

• Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic

• Mahayana and Theravada

Who conquered what remained of the Byzantine Empire in 1453?

• The Mongols

• The Ottoman Turks

• The Seljuk Turks

Istanbul became the new Ottoman capital. It was known before as:

• Rome

• Athens

• Constantinople

• Jerusalem

If you lived in the Safavid Empire you probably would be categorized as a ___ Muslim

• Sunni
• practicing 
• Shia 
• good