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The Spread of Islam

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a caliph?

a)

A newspaper

b)

Artistic writing

c)

The highest leader of Islam

d)

A poor person

2.

What 2 things helped unify the Islamic Empire?

a)

War and Industry

b)

Spread of Arabic language, Acceptance of the religion of Islam

c)

The use of fertilizer and irrigation

d)

Medicine and Architecture

3.

_______ was the first caliph.

a)

Caliph Abu Bakr

b)

The Prophet Mohammed

c)

Caliph Umar

d)

Caliph Ali

4.

(Choose one or more answers)

What did Caliph Abu Bakr accomplish?

a)

Unified the Arabian peninsula into one Islamic state.

b)

Conquered most of India

c)

Expanded the Muslim Empire into Spain and France

d)

Conquered the Eastern Persian Empire and Western Byzantine Empire

5.

What does this map show?

a)

The Islamic Empire under the Umayyads

b)

The Islamic Empire under Mohammed

c)

Tours, France

d)

The Islamic Empire under Caliph Abu Bakr

6.

What rule did Christians and Jews have to follow during the Bakr Caliphate?

a)

They were required to convert to Islam.

b)

They could not get married.

c)

They were not allowed to go to school

d)

They were not allowed to build houses of worship in Islamic towns.

7.

Shia Muslims believed that the caliph should be

a)

another prophet

b)

awarded to the most qualified candidate.

c)

continued on by blood relatives of Muhammad.

d)

chosen by a lottery.

8.

Approximately what percentage of Muslims are Shi'a?

a)

5-15%

b)

20%

c)

50%

d)

85-90%

9.

Shi'a Muslims wanted to see Mu'awiyah become the caliph after Ali.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

_______ was Mohammed's grandson. He was expected to become the caliph after _______, but was _____ before he could become the caliph.

a)

Ali Ibn Abi Talib, he turned 18, converted to another religion

b)

Ibn Sina, he finished medical school, exiled

c)

Hussein, Abu Bakr, murdered

d)

Uthman, Mohammed died, assassinated

11.

What does this image represent?

a)

The expansion of the Islamic Empire after the first 4 caliphs

b)

The expansion of the Islamic Empire under the Umayyads

c)

The expansion of the Islamic Empire under Mohammed

d)

The expansion of the Islamic Empire after Caliph Abu Bakr

12.

Christians and Jews were tolerated during the Umar Caliphate, but they were required to pay a tribute, or religious tax.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

Caliph Umar further expanded the Muslim Empire by the use of diplomacy.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

Who was the first leader from the Umayyad clan?

a)

The Prophet Mohammed

b)

Caliph Uthman

c)

Caliph Abu Bakr

d)

Mohammed's grandson Hussein

15.

______ created an official edition of the Qu'ran, which _______.

a)

Caliph Umar, made non-Muslims pay religious taxes.

b)

Ibn Sina, defined diseases and treatments for the first time.

c)

Caliph Uthman, unified the empire under one holy book.

d)

Mohammed, allowed sailors to navigate the Mediterranean.

16.

Caliph Uthman was killed when _______.

a)

He awarded high posts to his relatives, and the provinces felt they were being treated unfairly.

b)

He married outside of the Umayyad Clan.

c)

He tried to overtake France and failed.

d)

The Shia rejected him because of his heritage.

17.

Caliph Ali was Mohammed's cousin and son-in-law, who reluctantly became the fourth caliph.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Why was Caliph Ali murdered?

a)

He was too young to be a Caliph.

b)

After he failed to expand into France, his people rebelled against him.

c)

He was challenged by some Umayyad clan members because he was not a blood relative of Mohammed, and tried to stop the civil war through negotiation.

d)

He claimed to be a prophet, but was rejected by the Sunni Muslims.

19.

The Umayyad Dynasty ruled for _____ years.

a)

100

b)

250

c)

500

d)

750

20.

The Umayyads moved the Muslim capital from ______ to ______.

a)

Baghdad, Iraq to Cordoba, Spain

b)

Mecca, Saudi Arabia to Medina, Saudi Arabia

c)

Medina, Saudi Arabia to Damascus, Syria

d)

Constantinople, Turkey, to Baghdad, Iraq

21.

What does this image represent?

a)

The continent of Europe.

b)

The territory of the Islamic World under Mohammed

c)

The expansion of the Islamic Empire under the Umayyad Caliphate.

d)

The expansion of the Islamic Empire under the first 4 caliphs.

22.

Muslims were stopped from further expanding into Europe at the Battle of _____.

a)

Paris, France

b)

Cordoba, Spain

c)

London, England

d)

Tours, France

23.

The cultural cities of learning were ______ in the west and ______ in the east.

a)

Cordoba, Spain and Baghdad, Iraq

b)

Mecca, Saudi Arabia and Medina, Saudi Arabia

c)

Damascus, Syria and Marrakesh, Morocco

d)

Istanbul, Turkey and Cairo, Egypt

24.

What allowed goods to be traded and bought more efficiently?

a)

The use of workers.

b)

The invention of the Atlas.

c)

A Universal Arab coin.

d)

Irrigation.