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Umayyads

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

___________ was the first caliph of the Umayyad Empire.

a)

Sultan Suleiman

b)

Abd al-Malik

c)

Muawiyah

2.

The Umayyads were a large merchant family based in


_______________ .

a)

Antolia

b)

Makkah

c)

Madinah

3.

Abu Sufyan's son was ______________.

a)

Mehmed II

b)

Ertugrul

c)

Muawiyah

4.

The leader of the Umayyads was _____________________.

a)

Abu Sufyan.

b)

Muawiyah

c)

Ali ibn Abu Talib

5.

A series of military operations to achieve a goal/area.

a)

Series

b)

Seige

c)

Campaign

6.

The Umayyad Empire laid an unsuccessful siege against the...

a)

Byzantine Empire.

b)

Roman Empire.

c)

Sassanid Empire.

7.

A military operation in which an army tries to capture a town by surrounding it and cutting off supplies to the people inside.

a)

Campaign

b)

Series

c)

Seige

8.

The two branches of the Umayyad Empire were

the Sufiyan and the ____________.

a)

Abbasids

b)

Mongols

c)

Marwanids

9.

The Sufyanid rule came to an end in ___________.

a)

611 CE

b)

684 CE

c)

654 CE

10.

During the Marwanids there were great achievements in architecture including the building of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.

a)

False

b)

True

11.

During the Marwanid's period _____________________became the official state language.

a)

Arabic

b)

French

c)

English

12.

The Marwanids came to power in _________.

a)

691 CE

b)

684 CE

c)

611 CE

13.

The Sufyan's branch of family ruled from ________ to 684 CE.

a)

665

b)

632

c)

661

14.

The Dome of the Rock in

Jerusalem was built in

________.

a)

691 CE

b)

609 CE

c)

610 CE

15.

The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus was built in

_______.

a)

706 CE

b)

691 CE

c)

734 CE

16.

In which battle was the last ruler of Marwan II

defeated?

a)

The Battle of Nahawand

b)

The Battle of Yarmouk

c)

The Battle of the Great Zab River

17.

The _________empire overthrew the Umayyad caliphate.

a)

Byzantine Empire

b)

Abbasid Empire

c)

Roman Empire

18.

A series of rulers from the same family.

a)

Caliphate

b)

Dynasty

c)

Campaign

19.

The rival dynasty of the Umayyads.

a)

The Abbasid Empire

b)

The Byzantine Empire

c)

The Islamic Empire

20.

The leader of Marwanids was ___________________________.

a)

Abu Sufyan

b)

Selim I

c)

Abd al-Malik

21.

The capital of the Umayyad's Empire was ...

a)

Baghdad

b)

Damascus

c)

Italy