WorksheetsByzantine & Islamic Empires
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which two cities on the Arabian peninsula are holy to Muslims?
Constantinople and Athens
Cairo and Rome
Mecca and Medina
Baghdad and Jerusalem
Who is the founder of Islam?
Muhammad
Jesus
Gautama
The Islamic region split into which of the following two sets.
Sunni and Shia
Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic
Mahayana and Theravada
Istanbul became the new Ottoman capital. It was known before as:
Rome
Athens
Constantinople
Jerusalem
What church/mosque in the Byzantine Empire is its greatest architectural achievement?
Hagia Sophia
Notre Dame
Palace of Muhammad
The Parthenon
Constantinople was a center of ______ between the East and West
religion
trade
war
government
The religious and political successor to Muhammad is known as the
patriarch
caliph
Quran
pope
True or False: The split in Islam is still present today.
true
false
What is known as the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca?
Hajj.
Hijra.
Qadis.
Sharia.
What special head tax did the Umayyad impose upon people who did not convert to Islam?
Hajj
Jizya
Sakk
Ulama
What was the name of Constantinople before the emperor Constantine changed it?
Byzantium
Carthage
Alexandria
Rome
Byzantine Emperor Justinian is best known for his -
persecution of Christians
declining administration
contributions in literature
codification of Roman law
What did the church in the East become known as after the 1054 schism?
The Eastern Church
The Eastern Roman Catholic Church
the Byzantine Church
the Orthodox Church
Which religion encourages followers to take a pilgrimage to this site?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
Which best completes the title of this map?
The Plague
Islam
Judaism
The Crusades
Where did the Abbasids move the Islamic capital to?
Jerusalem
Baghdad
Tours
Damascus
What two empires were weak and as a consequence could not resist the influence of the Muslim rule?
Byzantine and Roman Empires
Byzantine and Persian Empires
Persian and Ottoman Empires
Persian and Greek Empires
