WorksheetsUmayyads
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
___________ was the first caliph of the Umayyad Empire.
Sultan Suleiman
Abd al-Malik
Muawiyah
The Umayyads were a large merchant family based in
_______________ .
Antolia
Makkah
Madinah
Abu Sufyan's son was ______________.
Mehmed II
Ertugrul
Muawiyah
The leader of the Umayyads was _____________________.
Abu Sufyan.
Muawiyah
Ali ibn Abu Talib
A series of military operations to achieve a goal/area.
Series
Seige
Campaign
The Umayyad Empire laid an unsuccessful siege against the...
Byzantine Empire.
Roman Empire.
Sassanid Empire.
A military operation in which an army tries to capture a town by surrounding it and cutting off supplies to the people inside.
Campaign
Series
Seige
The two branches of the Umayyad Empire were
the Sufiyan and the ____________.
Abbasids
Mongols
Marwanids
The Sufyanid rule came to an end in ___________.
611 CE
684 CE
654 CE
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.
False
True
During the Marwanid's period _____________________became the official state language.
Arabic
French
English
The Marwanids came to power in _________.
691 CE
684 CE
611 CE
The Sufyan's branch of family ruled from ________ to 684 CE.
665
632
661
The Dome of the Rock in
Jerusalem was built in
________.
691 CE
609 CE
610 CE
The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus was built in
_______.
706 CE
691 CE
734 CE
In which battle was the last ruler of Marwan II
defeated?
The Battle of Nahawand
The Battle of Yarmouk
The Battle of the Great Zab River
The _________empire overthrew the Umayyad caliphate.
Byzantine Empire
Abbasid Empire
Roman Empire
A series of rulers from the same family.
Caliphate
Dynasty
Campaign
The rival dynasty of the Umayyads.
The Abbasid Empire
The Byzantine Empire
The Islamic Empire
The leader of Marwanids was ___________________________.
Abu Sufyan
Selim I
Abd al-Malik
The capital of the Umayyad's Empire was ...
Baghdad
Damascus
Italy
