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Byzantine and Islam Exam Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 2hrs 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The capital of the BYZANTINE EMPIRE and its trading center was called:

a)

Baghdad

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Rome

d)

Constantinople

2.

Which emperor converted to Christianity and legalized the religion?

a)

Justinian

b)

Constantine

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Augustus

3.

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

a)

Constantinople and Athens

b)

Cairo and Rome

c)

Mecca and Medina

d)

Baghdad and Jerusalem

4.

Which text is considered holy to the religion of Islam?

a)

Torah

b)

New Testment

c)

Qur'an

d)

Vedas

5.

Which three religions believe in the same one God, and have the same prophets?

a)

Islam

b)

Greek and Roman Mythology

c)

Christianity

d)

Judaism

6.

Islam split into two groups, the ______ & the _____.

a)

Sunnis, Shiites

b)

Greens, Blues

c)

Sunnis, Sufis

d)

Shiites, Sufis

7.

______ was the founder of Islam.

a)

Muhammad

b)

Abu Bakr

c)

Justinian

d)

Ali

8.

Emperor Constantine moved the capital from Rome to _______

a)

Rome

b)

Alexandria

c)

Nicomedia

d)

Constantinople

9.

Whose organized Roman laws and has strongly influenced European laws today?

a)

Marcus Aurelius’

b)

Constantine

c)

Emperor Justinian

d)

Augustus Caesar

10.

How did Islam spread so fast?

a)

Roman Soldiers

b)

Egyptian Pharaohs

c)

Sumerian Bureaucrats

d)

Trade and Conquest

11.

Constantinople grew rich because it

a)

borrowed money from the Roman Empire

b)

had unstable rulers

c)

was located in a natural crossroads of trade

d)

used "greek fire" to defend its capital

12.

Who conquered Constantinople?

a)

The Franks

b)

The Turkish Muslims

c)

The Holy Roman Empire

d)

The Mongols

13.

What are nomads

a)

People who move from place to place

b)

People who worship Muhammad

c)

People who live in Mecca

d)

Oasis

14.

The building used for Muslim worship.

a)

Mosque

b)

Medina

c)

Sunnah

15.

Who did Bedouin nomads lead through the desert?

a)

traders

b)

leaders

c)

horses

16.

Groups of people traveling together for safety is a

a)

nomad

b)

Muslim

c)

caravan

17.

What geographical feature covers most of the Arabian Penninsula?

a)

Tundra

b)

Desert

c)

Grasslands

d)

Mountains

18.

Which two groups disagreed over the leadership within Islam?

a)

Bedouins and Arabians

b)

Christians and Muslims

c)

Shiites and Sunni

19.

People who practice Islam are called ________

a)

Jews

b)

Muslims

c)

Christians

d)

Arabs

20.

When was the Muslim Culture's golden age?

a)

700-800 CE

b)

800-1100 CE

c)

300 BC - 1100 CE

21.

What kind of writing was especially important to Muslims?

a)

poetry

b)

Essays

c)

Novels

d)

Non-Fiction