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The Islamic World

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did the Umayyads change the caliphates?

a)

The passed the caliphate down through the family line

b)

They moved the capitol to Persia

c)

They gave it to the Abbasids

d)

They abolished it

2.

How did Islam encourage learning?

a)

it punished parents for not educating their children

b)

building libraries and academies for studying

c)

making all children go to school

d)

giving people money for reading

3.

What is calligraphy>

a)

a pretty picture

b)

an instrument

c)

decorative writing

d)

a pattern of shapes and lines resembling flowers and vines

4.

Merchants were honored in the Islamic world.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What is the name for the Islamic law code?

a)

Qur'an

b)

The Sunnah

c)

Five Pillars of Islam

d)

Sharia

6.

Constantinople survived the 1453 invasion of the Ottomans.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Women have equal status with men in Islamic society.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

A caliph is

a)

a sultan

b)

a Muslim ruler

c)

an imam

d)

a souk

9.

Muslim ruled reached as far west as Spain and as far east as Asia.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

a souk is

a)

a madrasa

b)

a group of traveling merchants

c)

a city

d)

a market place