3.2 & 3.3 Quiz

Question 1

Which of the following was probably the main reason the Ottoman Empire lasted so long?

Accepted Answer

The rulers practiced religious tolerance

Question 2

Who developed medical encyclopedias that contained recommended treatments for illnesses?

Accepted Answer

al-Zahrawi

Question 3

A ruler of the Ottoman Empire is called

Accepted Answer

sultan

Question 4

While the Umayyads were ruling, Islam split into what two branches?

Accepted Answer

Sunni & Shi'ite

Question 5

Who tried to join Islam with Aristotle and Plato’s work?

Accepted Answer

Ibn Rushd

Question 6

What is a tall, slender tower that is part of a mosque called?

Accepted Answer

minaret

Question 7

How were the Safavids able to create a strong economy?

Accepted Answer

They were at the center of international trade routes

Question 8

What happened near the end of the Safavid Empire?

Accepted Answer

It had poor leadership because of weak shahs

Question 9

Who transformed Cordoba into one of the greatest capitals in the world?

Accepted Answer

Abd al-Rahman III

Question 10

Who led Muslim India to the golden age?

Accepted Answer

Akbar the Great

Question 11

What major achievement in mathematics did the Muslims make?

Accepted Answer

They encouraged the use of the decimal number system

Question 12

What images are seen as trying to imitate God’s act of creation & not allowed in mosques?

Accepted Answer

humans, animals

Question 13

What poet created a 4 line rhyming poem called a quatrain?

Accepted Answer

Omar Khayyam

Question 14

The sympathy for the beliefs and practices of others is called tolerance

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Who fled to Spain in 755 & developed al-Andalus?

Accepted Answer

Abd al-Rahman

Question 16

Muslims built on the ideas of what Greek mathematicians?

Accepted Answer

Euclid

Question 17

A period in history that spanned from the 500s to the 1500s A.D. is called medieval

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

What family came to power immediately after the first 4 caliphs?

Accepted Answer

Umayyads

Question 19

Why was Suleyman I known as “Suleyman the Magnificent”?

Accepted Answer

He led many military conquests and inspired a great cultural era

Question 20

Who had India's most famous building, the Taj Mahal built?

Accepted Answer

Shah Jahan

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