WorksheetsByzantine and Islam Exam Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 2hrs 41mins
The capital of the BYZANTINE EMPIRE and its trading center was called:
Baghdad
Jerusalem
Rome
Constantinople
Which emperor converted to Christianity and legalized the religion?
Justinian
Constantine
Julius Caesar
Augustus
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 holy to the religion of Islam?
Torah
New Testment
Qur'an
Vedas
Which three religions believe in the same one God, and have the same prophets?
Islam
Greek and Roman Mythology
Christianity
Judaism
Islam split into two groups, the ______ & the _____.
Sunnis, Shiites
Greens, Blues
Sunnis, Sufis
Shiites, Sufis
______ was the founder of Islam.
Muhammad
Abu Bakr
Justinian
Ali
Emperor Constantine moved the capital from Rome to _______
Rome
Alexandria
Nicomedia
Constantinople
Whose organized Roman laws and has strongly influenced European laws today?
Marcus Aurelius’
Constantine
Emperor Justinian
Augustus Caesar
How did Islam spread so fast?
Roman Soldiers
Egyptian Pharaohs
Sumerian Bureaucrats
Trade and Conquest
Constantinople grew rich because it
borrowed money from the Roman Empire
had unstable rulers
was located in a natural crossroads of trade
used "greek fire" to defend its capital
Who conquered Constantinople?
The Franks
The Turkish Muslims
The Holy Roman Empire
The Mongols
What are nomads
People who move from place to place
People who worship Muhammad
People who live in Mecca
Oasis
The building used for Muslim worship.
Mosque
Medina
Sunnah
Who did Bedouin nomads lead through the desert?
traders
leaders
horses
Groups of people traveling together for safety is a
nomad
Muslim
caravan
What geographical feature covers most of the Arabian Penninsula?
Tundra
Desert
Grasslands
Mountains
Which two groups disagreed over the leadership within Islam?
Bedouins and Arabians
Christians and Muslims
Shiites and Sunni
People who practice Islam are called ________
Jews
Muslims
Christians
Arabs
When was the Muslim Culture's golden age?
700-800 CE
800-1100 CE
300 BC - 1100 CE
What kind of writing was especially important to Muslims?
poetry
Essays
Novels
Non-Fiction
