WorksheetsThe Middle East and Asia
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 26mins
What are Bedouins?
What two empires bordered Arabia in the sixth century?
Byzantine Empire and Sassanid Empire
What function did the Ka'aba serve prior to the birth of Muhammad?
What is the Arabic word for God?
What is the holiest city in Islam?
Who was the founder of Islam?
According to Muslim belief, which angel visited Muhammad?
Where did Muhammad go on the Hijrah?
How often are Muslims supposed to pray?
The Muslim month of fasting and meditation is called
What is the pilgrimage Muslims should make to Mecca called?
Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
Convert at least one person to the faith
What is the Muslim holy book?
In Islam, the example of Muhammad is called
What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have in common?
The successors of Muhammad were called
Who was the first caliph?
What are the two main sects of Islam?
Where did Umayyad's settle in Europe after being overthrown by the Abbasids?
Which group of people belonged in the highest class of Muslims?
People born into Islam
Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians
Those that converted to Islam
Non-Muslims
How were women viewed in Islam?
What are ghazis?
Who was the founder of the Ottoman Empire?
What Byzantine city fell to the Ottomans in 1453?
Suleiman the Magnificent was also known as
Suleiman the Lawgiver
What is the janissary corps?
What is the millet system?
A type of grain used in the Ottoman Empire
Allowing religious minorities some political freedoms in small nations called millets.
A military strategy used in ancient Rome.
A religious practice in ancient Greece.
According to Muslim belief, what revelation was made to Muhammad?
Jesus was the Messiah.
A great empire would come from Muhammad.
Christianity needed reform.
There is no god but Allah, and other gods needed to be abandoned.
Islam started in which modern country?
The main overland trade route connecting Asia and Europe was
What title was given to the leader of the Ottoman Empire?
Which empire was conquered by the Ottomans in 1453?
The peak of the Ottoman Empire was reached under which sultan?
Where are the Steppes?
Europe
Africa
Central Asia
The Middle East
What do pastoralists do?
What was Genghis Khan's birth name?
What were some of the first groups Genghis Khan attacked?
Japanese and Koreans
Indians and Persians
Chinese and Muslim traders
Russians and Egyptians
How was the Mongol Empire divided after Genghis Khan's death?
What is the Pax Mongolica?
A period of cultural decline across Asia during the Mongol Empire's rule.
A period of religious revival across Europe during the Mongol Empire's rule.
A period of peace and stability across Asia during the Mongol Empire's rule,
A period of war and instability across Asia during the Mongol Empire's rule.
What was one of Kublai Khan's primary goals when he became the Great Khan?
Conquer all of China
Conquer Japan
Conquer India
Increase trade between Europe and Asia.
Kublai Khan unsuccessfully attempted to invade which country twice?
Which European trader made observations about Kublai Khan's court?
Where does Korea get its name?
From the Koryo dynasty
The Silla Dynasty was able to control Korea with the help of which outside power?
The Koryo Dynasty paid tributes to which other empire?
Japan
The Khmer
The Mongols
Dai Viet
What was the earliest religion of Japan?
Japan borrowed all of the following from China EXCEPT
Buddhism
Civil-service for government jobs
Writing
Samurai
Samurai means
One who serves
One who fights
One who walks with the wind
Noble warrior
The Samurai were guided by a code of behavior called
What is a shogun?
What type of pottery was popular in Korea?
