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Ch. 3 Islamic Civilization
Ch. 3 Islamic Civilization
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Chapter 3 Impact California Social Studies World History & Geography Medieval and early modern times
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1
Arabic numbers that were passed on to Europeans by Persian and Arab scholars were actually borrowed from which culture?
Roman
Greek
Hindu
Chinese
2
Non-Muslims in the Ottoman empire had to __________
pay a special tax
leave the empire
hide from the authorities
convert to Islam
3
What covers most of the Arabian Peninsula?
desert
grassy plains
mountains
swamp
4
Who was the Persian doctor who showed how diseases were spread from person to person?
Ibn Sina
Ibn Khaldun
al-Razi
al-Khawarizmi
5
The rulers that came after the Umayyads were the ___________
Arabians
Assyrians
Abbasids
Iraquis
6
Because Muslims are forbidden to create icons and idols, most Muslim artisans focused on ___________
designs of plants, stars, and patterns
plays about the life of Mohammed
portraits of sultans and their wives
building large sailing battleships
7
The Quran provides Muslims with guidelines on how to live and stresses the need to treat others fairly.
False
True
8
The first caliph to take over after Muhammad's death was
Abu Bakr
Umar
Uthman
Ali
9
Even though farming was important, most Muslims lived in cities.
True
False
10
How did the harsh desert climate affect the early Arabs who lived there?
They became merchants and traders
They lived in caves.
They moved closer to Asia Minor
They formed tribes to help them survive
11
Muslim tradition says that Muhammad began preaching
after he was chosen by the caliphs
when he saw the Kaaba
when his father appointed him leader of the faith
after hearing a voice
12
The four leaders of Islam after Muhammad were called _________
Caliphs
Makkahs
Kings of Islam
Hijrahs
13
Eventually the term Arab came to mean only a resident of the Arabian Peninsula, not just a speaker of Arabic.
True
False
14
The Sufis were missionaries, or traveling preachers, who spread the teachings of Islam.
False
True
15
Merchants were well respected in Muslim culture because they
also served as religious leaders
created wealth and were skilled in business
were born into the upper class
held high government positions
16
_______ is the name given to the followers of Islam
Bedouin
Hindu
Muslim
Sikh
17
The people at the lowest level of Muslim society who had no power at all in government were the ___________
enslaved people
workers
artisans
farmers
18
The Quran provides Muslims with guidelines for
daily life
commerce
schools
farming
19
The _________ are followers of Muhammad who believed his son-in-law should rule after Muhammad's death.
Sikh
Sunni
Bedouin
Shia
20
_________ are a group that believed Umayyad caliphs should rule.
Bedouin
Shia
Hindu
Sunnis
21
The Shari'ah Code is
an informal set of customs
a set of standards for new converts to Islam
the Five Pillars of Islam
a code of law based on sacred Islamic writings
22
Islam teaches that Christians and Jews
are people who follow sacred writings
need to be conquered
are also Muslims
believe in false gods
23
The _________ are caliphs who governed the Arab Empire from Damascus
Abbasids
Umayyads
Sunni
Shia
24
Among his many talents, Omar Khayyam is best known as the poet who wrote
The Arabian Nights
The House of Wisdom
Muqaddimah
the Rubaiyat
25
The geography of the Arabian Peninsula could best be described as high plateaus and grassy plains.
False
True
26
The __________ were herders who traveled from oasis to oasis in search of water.
Bedouin
Sunnis
Shia
Muslims
27
Muslims, Jews, and Christians have a common belief in
fasting
one God
gods and goddesses
pilgrimage
28
In Muslim Spain, the Jewish community in Cordoba
was persecuted
was converted to Islam
was forced to leave
lived in peace and prospered
29
What Muslim tomb did the Mogul ruler Shah Jahan build for his wife in Agra, India
Taj Mahal
House of Wisdom
Alhambra
Mosque
30
Which Ottoman sultan was responsible for the empire's greatest achievements in law, art, architecture, and literature?
Abu al-Abbas
Suleiman I
Akbar
Uthman
