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