Quarter 1 Quizs-World History

To not eat from sun up to sun down is...

The most sacred book of Islam is called the...

This trade route between Asia and Europe cut right through the Middle East.

He was the first caliph

What is Islam's house of worship called?

The Qur'an and the Hadith are the source of Islamic beliefs & practices & combine to make this book.

Which of the following did not apply to Julius Caesar?

Which of the following explains Muhammad's teachings about Christianity and Judaism?

Muhammad wrote this book

The Qur'an and the Sharia laid out clear roles for men and women.

What caused a controversy of belief between the Eastern & Western Churches?

Muhammad removed all idols from this structure because he believed in ONE God, Allah.

Which of the following would a thirsty person look for in the desert?

What is the Islamic law code that combined rules and traditions from other books to show Muslims how to live?

People who brought the religion of Islam to places like Indonesia and Africa because of trade were:

Which capital city of the Islamic world became the center of a golden age of art, science, and learning?

Education was not highly valued in Muslim society.

Islam is the number 1 religion in the world TODAY

What defenses were destroyed by the Turks Cannon attacks?

Which of the following art forms was NOT important in the Islamic world because of its depictions of human and animals?

How did both traders and scholars influence the Byzantine culture?

These religions have common ideas with Islam

What is the LARGEST majority Sect of Islam

What two forms of Christianity resulted from The Great Schism of 1054?

Muhammad’s journey to Medina is known as this.

Which emperor ordered a group of lawyers to organize the legal legacy of the Romans into a unified code?

Islam emphasized the value of building a just and moral society.

ALL of these are examples of material culture, EXCEPT which one?

Before Rome became an empire, it was a republic.

The way people see or interpret history changes over time. Which of the following BEST explains why this happens?

Why did the Christian bishops adopt the Nicene Creed?

Muhammad is considered the founder of this religion

Who were the brothers who brought the written language to the Slavic people?

Medicine was practiced in Islamic hospitals in each of these ways EXCEPT:

Muslim travelers visited distant lands and wrote about what they saw.

This is the person that calls people to prayer at the mosques.

All of these describe marriage practices in Islamic society EXCEPT what?

Muslims may pray 5 times a day... but they often gather in a ? to worship.

Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?

The greatest of the Islamic states became the Ottoman Empire

The Byzantine Empire finally fell to the...

Hajj the 5th pillar means

What business did the Arabs come up with that made them great traders and merchants.

The Mongols spread the religion of Islam to this country

Muslim scholars wrote entirely in English so that other nations could read their works.

Which was NOT a reason for the success of Islamic expansion?

Arabia was able to avoid conquest for most of its history because its climate was...

The nomadic peoples who herded sheep and goats while moving around the Arabian desert were called

Muhammad was forced to leave this city and move to Medina.

The use of foreign Germanic soldiers in the Roman army Weakened the Army

This means successor to Muhammad.

What was the caliphate?

Which of the following principles of the Roman Republic became part of the American system of government?

Which of the following were phases of Muslim expansion?

Which emperor strengthened the empire's defenses, including building a wall across northern Britain?

Pax Ramana was the extended period of peace and prosperity that occurred in the Roman Empire

What was the relationship between the church and government in the Eastern Orthodox Church?

Different social classes existed in the Muslim world.

Where did Islamic merchants do all of their buying and selling?

This sect of Muslims believe that the caliph did not have to be related to Muhammad.

What is a dynasty?

Which of the following words means "having to do with cities?'

A ruling family that holds power through many generations is called a Dynasty

How were Mosaics used in the Byzantine Empire?

This city was a center of Muslim and Jewish Philosophy and culture in Spain.

Islamic cities grew because of their strong economic foundation...who HELPED THIS?

Muslim astronomers created charts that showed the position of the stars and planets.

The belief in one God.

A reform is a change made to improve a system or organization.

Why was the Roman Empire divided into two parts?

What banking idea did merchants come up with to allow traders to buy goods on their journeys?

Arabs came up with all of these mathematical ideas EXCEPT

What does the word pilgrimage mean?

Which of the following is an example of "sedentary"?

This is a Muslim house of worship.

Our modern numbers are based on Arabic numerals.

Muslim scholars, used the position of the stars to determine times for prayer with this...