Worksheetsislamic empires
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Muhammad expanded Islam by conquering all of ___ first:
Syria
Persia
Arabia
Northern Africa
After the death of Muhammad, Muslims appointed a “successor to Muhammad” called a __________, who acted as the main political and religious leader of the Islamic community.
pope
sunni
caliph
prophet
What is a caliphate?
name of the building caliphs worked in
name for an Islamic kingdom/empire
name for a group of Arab city-states
name of a sacred Muslim text
After the death of Ali, the last “rightly guided caliph,” Islam split into Sunni and Shia over a dispute about:
who should be allowed to lead the Muslim community
what the five pillars of Islam should be
where the capital of the Muslim empire should be located
whether the emperor should have more power than religious leader
Which branch of Islam believed the Islamic world should be ruled by descendants of Ali (therefore related to Muhammad)?
Shiites
Sunnis
Sufis
Caliphs
Most Muslims today believe any pious (religiously dedicated) Muslim can lead the Islamic world. This sect of Islam is called...
Sunni
Shi'a
Sufi
Caliph
What was the Pact Muslims made when they conquered non-Muslims (like Christians)?
Christians had to convert to Islam or be killed
Christians could believe what they want as long as the paid a tax and obeyed Islamic law.
Christians could believe what they want if they agreed to be slaves.
If they did not convert they were kicked out of the empire
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
Who is the founder of Islam?
Muhammad
Jesus
Gautama
