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1
Abu Bakr led several battles to keep Islam together. These were the ________________.
The Jihad
The Caliphate Wars
Ridda Wars
The Sunna Wars
2
Why did Muslims create beautiful calligraphy writing?
They believed writing was holy
They saw writing as a way to speak to Allah
They read lots of books
They couldn’t draw Muhammed
3
Al Razi’s book was called ____________________.
The Comprehensive Book
The Good Book
The Qur’an
The Principia
4
When did Abu Bakr die?
691c.e.
631c.e.
750c.e.
758c.e.
5
Which caliph resisted the Umayyads?
Umar
Ali
Othoman
Uthman
6
The annual pilgrimage to Mecca is called ____________.
The Holy See
The Hijrah
The Anschluss
The Hajj
7
The rules for eating food are called ______________.
Hijrah
Halal
Hijab
Hajj
8
What was Constantinople’s new name?
Kandahar
Istanbul
Mehmetopolis
Adrianople
9
Why was Timur was called Timur the Lame because he ___________.
Was wounded by an arrow
He was short
Was hurt by a rock
Was a better leader than a fighter
10
Who was the first Caliph after Muhammed?
Othman
Uthman
Umar
Abu Bakr
11
Which invention was created by Alhazen?
Telescope
Camera
Compass
Microscope
12
The great Safavid leaders were called __________
Emir
Caliph
Sultan
Shah
13
The Emir, Osman had a massive army the west called ______________.
Ottomans
Jordanaires
Uthmans
Benghazi
14
The people of the desert:
Persians
Bedouin
Ottomans
Nubians
15
The Ottomans used new technology on the battlefield. Their advantage was ______________.
archers and catapults
Gunpowder and cannons
Iron armor
Horses and Cavalry
16
The Ottomans considered the many different religions to b their own nations, called _________.
Hoko
Millets
Tribes
Clans
17
The Ottoman ruler who expanded the empire to its largest was ______________________.
Orkhan I
Murad
Suleyman the Law Giver
Selim the Grim
18
Busy markets with goods from the Silk Road were called ______________.
Bazaars
Oasis
Caravans
Night markets
19
The holy book of Muslims is called ____________.
The Bible
The Kabbalah
The Qur’an
The Torah
20
Muslim caliphs believed they should _________________.
Kill all non-Muslims
Unite all Muslims
Spread Islam to neighboring lands
Conquer the world
21
The Muslims of North Africa are called _________________.
Berbers
Ottomans
Byzantines
Fatimids
22
The Abbasids built a new capital city in _________________.
Damascus
Baghdad
Babylon
Alexandria
23
The Great Mosque of Damascus was built on______________.
A cemetery
An early Greek temple
A ziggurat
An older Byzantine church
24
To control large territories, Suleyman ________________.
Had a strong military and police force
Used a system of laws
Used spies and fear
Had every family responsible for its members
25
The people who follow Islam are called ____________.
Muslims
Ottomans
Arabs
Islams
26
Who captured the Byzantine city of Adrianople?
Mehmed II
Occam
Orkhan I
Murad
27
An oasis is ________________.
A place to get water in the desert
A pilgrimage
A desert town
A holy site in Islam
28
Muslims, Jews and Christians all follow the same god. Muslims call them ____________.
Allah’s Children
Believers of the Way
True Believers
People of the Book
29
The academy of literature and science was called ________________.
The House of the Rising Sun
The Temple of Knowledge
The Academy of Allah
The House of Wisdom
30
The Battle of Ankara between Timur and Bayezid I happened in ______________.
1456
1422
1402
1434
31
Muhammed died in _____________.
691c.e.
632c.e.
629c.e.
570c.e.
32
Muslim scientists believed that math and science was a way to ____________.
Pray and worship Allah
Understand Allah
Make things for Allah
Control the world
33
What did Muhammed do to bring peace and unity to the Muslims of Medina?
He wrote the laws of the Medina Charter
He issued 10 commandments from God
He used his armies to bring order
He declared himself the supreme ruler
34
The site where Muhammed is thought to have been taken to heaven in 691c.e.
Medina
The Dome of the Rock
The Kabba
The Church of the Holy Sepulcher
35
A leader of a Muslim kingdom was called __________.
Ottoman
Emir
Sultan
Caliph
36
The Islamic Law is called _______________.
Jihad Law
Shi’a Law
Sharia Law
Sufi Law
37
Who conquered the Umayyads?
Ottomans
Abbasids
Safavid
Fatimids
38
The Muslim world was important for the West, because they _______________.
They cured common diseases in the West
Kept knowledge after they fall of Rome
They taught the West to build better cities
They developed technologies for Rome
39
The caliphs who knew Muhammed were known as _______________.
The Three Great Caliphs
The Specially Selected Caliphs
The Loyal Caliphs
The Rightly Guided Caliphs
40
A famous Islamic story tradition is _________________.
The 1001 Nights
Prince Ali and his Magical Lamp
The 40 Thieves
The 101 Dalmatians
41
The main beliefs of Islam are known as ___________________.
The Eight Steps
The Ten Commandments
The Eight Fold Path
The Five Pillars
42
A Muslim Overlord or Emperor was called _______________.
Emir
Caliph
Ghazi
Sultan
43
Finish the quote about Moses ben Maiman: From Moses to Moses there were ……
Moses’ toeses
magical moments
No more Moses
none like Moses
44
Where did most Arabs live?
Nubia
Arabian Peninsula
Anatolia
Africa
45
At the center of Baghdad sat a __________________.
Castle
Ziggurat
Mosque
Park
46
When cultures come together to make a new culture it is called ____________.
Mixing
Blending
Fading
Shading
47
The Philosopher, Ibn Rushd, created a way of thinking by ____________.
Blending Islam and Greek thinking
Egyptian, Arabic and Anatolian ideas
Byzantine and Persian ideas
Islam and Chinese ideas
48
The Abbasids spent money on art and science because ________________.
They wanted to have more power
They had to change the culture
The wanted to show they were rich
It celebrated Allah
49
Prince Abd al Rahman led his Berber armies to _______________.
Mecca
Constantinople
Damascus
Spain
50
When was Muhammed born?
570c.e.
629c.e.
622c.e.
632c.e.
51
The loyal followers of Ali were more strict in Islam. They were called ____________
Shi’a
Sufis
Sunna
Ottomans
52
When did Muhammed return to Mecca with 10,000 followers to conquer the city?
750c.e.
691c.e.
629c.e.
622c.e.
53
The Hijrah is when ________________________.
Muhammed fled to Medina
Muhammed returned to Mecca
Muhammed led a war against he tribes
The pilgrims come to Mecca
54
The Muslim name for God is _____________.
Allah
Jehovah
Tetragrammaton
Yahweh
55
The Umayyads moved their capital to _______________.
Cairo
Damascus
Medina
Baghdad
56
The Safavids used artists from ________________ to build the capital.
China, Italy and Vienna
India, Babylon, China and Turkey
Japan, Egypt and America
France, England and India
57
The last prophet in Islam was ______________________.
Krishna Uthman
Muhammed
Ali
Abu Bakr
58
The Persian Muslim empire was the ____________.
Abbasid
Safavid
Fatimid
Umayyad
59
The Christian boys brought to serve the government were called ______________________.
Ghazi
Devsherme
Janissairesires
Jordanaires
60
The religion of the Muslims is called __________________.
Matmed
Muslim
Islam
Muhammedan
61
Which city was NOT a major Muslim capital?
Damascus
Cordoba
Babylon
Cairo
62
A Muslim church is called a _______________.
Masque
Macaque
Mosque
Temple
63
Selim the Grim defeated the Safavids at ________________.
The Battle of Chaldrian
The Battle of Ankara
The Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of the Bosporus
64
A clan of Muslims from Muhammed’s group took over. They were called _______________.
The Umayyads
The Safavids
The Fatimids
The Abbasids
65
A Holy War in Islam
Jihad
Jeddah
Shi’a
Ghazi
66
The successor, or “deputy” to Muhammed was called the ________________.
Prophet
Sultan
Caliph
Emir
67
Alkhwarimizi created a new math called Al Jar. This is now known as _________________.
Addition
Subtraction
Algebra
Trigonometry
68
Which sultan attacked Constantinople?
Osman
Mehmed II
Mural
Orkhan I
69
Shah Abbas created a new capital at ______________
Khufu
Esfahan
Baghdad
Rome
70
Al Razi was famous for writing new ideas on ________________.
Math
Literature
Medicine
Astronomy
71
What was the plan for the person to take over after Muhammed?
Muhammed had no plan
The Plan was to divide Islam into areas
The plan was for Abu Bakr to take over
The Plan was for Uthman and Ali to take over
72
To conquer Constantinople, Mehmed II had ___________________.
Used flaming arrows to burn it from inside
men dig under the walls
A large wooden horse presented as a gift
Pulled 70 ships over a mountain
73
The way of living like Muhammed was called _____________.
Sunna
Shi’a
The Devine Way
Sharia
74
Muslims were not required to ________________.
Work past sunset
Join the Army
Go to Mecca
Pay Tax
75
The stone of idols pilgrims walk around is called ___________.
The Kibbutz
the Kabbalah
The Kafka
The Kaaba
76
How did the Bedouin move goods to new markets?
Oceangoing ships
The Royal Road
Ther SIlk Road
Trains pulled by camels
77
What made lots of people join Islam?
Peace
Land
Riches
Equality
78
Women were asked to cover their faces because they were afraid of ____________.
Men
Angels
Jealousy
Devils
79
Warriors for Islam in Anatolia called themselves ___________.
sultans
Ghazis
Timurs
Emirs
80
The great Muslim city of ______________ was in Andalus, Spain
Corona
Dos Equis
Cordoba
Madrid
81
Which empires had been weakened by constant fighting?
Harappan and Seleucid
Byzantine and Persian
Umayyad and Safavid
Ptolemaic and Seleucid
82
When did Muhammed die?
661c.e.
632c.e.
691c.e.
674c.e.
83
What is not a usual way for cultural change to happen?
Migration
Farming
Conquest
Trade
84
Timur’s greatest victory was when he ___________.
Conquered Constantinople
Burned Baghdad to the ground
Tore down the walls of Damascus
Flattened Cairo
85
The Mongol military leader who attacked the Ottomans was _______________.
Ghenghis Khan
Timur
Riz Khan
Kubulai Khan
86
One Umayyad prince survived and fled to _______________.
Egypt
Italy
Oman
Morocco
87
To get a divorce, a man had to _________________.
Give money back to the wife’s family
Give his wife 10 camels
Find a new husband for the woman
Say “I divorce you”, three times