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WorksheetsArab Empire Chapter 22 Section 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The word "caliph" means
leader
successor
king
emperor
The first caliph was Muhammad's son.
True
False
Abu Bakr and the next three caliphs after him were called
the Honorable Caliphs
the Submitted Caliphs
the Rightly Guided Caliphs
the Obedient Caliphs
Arab warriors believed that dying in battle for Islam earned them a place in Paradise
True
False
If you gave in without a fight to the Arabs, they would let you keep your land
True
False
Both those who gave in and those who fought had to pay taxes to the Arabs
True
False
Check all that apply to the Umayyads.
They ruled like kings.
They prayed a lot.
They made Arabic the official language.
They set up postal routes.
Check all that apply to the Umayyads.
They repaired irrigation canals.
They built beautiful mosques.
They encouraged the arts.
They built walled cities.
The smaller group of Muslims was called
the Sunni
the Shi'ah
The Umayyads were defeated by the
Ottomans
Byzantines
Abbasids
Syrians
The first 100 years of Abbasid rule was called
the Golden Age of Islam
the Rightly Guided Age
the Great Peace
the Grand Vizier
The capital city of the Abbasids was
Tigris
Damascus
Medina
Baghdad
Under the Abbasids, the definition of "Arab" was
a person from Arabia
anyone who spoke Arabic in the empire
a Muslim
a camel herder
A vizier
stood between the throne and the people
made tools
was a religious leader
conquered new lands
The descendants of Muslim Arabs who married North Africans were called
Goths
Khazars
Rus
Moors
The Moors set up a kingdom in
France
Spain
Denmark
Russia
Scholars translated _______writings into Arabic.
Greek and Indian
Greek and Latin
French and Spanish
Cyrillic and Latin
The first caliph was Muhammad's
son
brother-in-law
brother
father-in-law
Baghdad was built in the shape of a
square
circle
diamond
octagon
Baghdad became one of the major trading centers of the world.
True
False
