slave soldiers in the Ottoman army.

Arab scholars used the astrolabe

to figure out their location on earth.

Which of the following best describes how the Ottoman Empire and Mughal Empire were similar?

They both were made up of Turkish Muslims.

What was the most important difference between the Sunni and the Shia?

The Shia thought that caliphs had to be related to Muhammad.

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1
Minarets were used to
call Muslims to prayer.
hold translations of poetry.
store Islamic texts.
decorate mosques.
2
Janissaries were
slave soldiers in the Ottoman army.
Muslim soldiers who converted to Christianity.
Sunni Muslim soldiers in the Safavid Empire.
prisoners taken by the Mughal Empire.
3
Arab scholars used the astrolabe
to develop a new type of math.
to translate ancient writings.
to build mosques and palaces.
to figure out their location on earth.
4
The leader of the Safavid Empire was called the
Imam
Sultan
Emperor
Shah
5
Akbar’s tolerant religious policy helped
to convert more people to Islam.
to unify the Mughal Empire.
to establish the Mughal Empire in 1526.
to end the warfare between Hindus and Muslims.
6
Which leader unified Arabia into a Muslim state through battle?
Mehmed II
Abu Bakr
Akbar
Babur
7
Which of the following best describes how the Ottoman Empire and Mughal Empire were similar?
They both made Shiism their official religion.
They both were made up of Turkish Muslims.
They both were blends of different cultures.
They both encouraged people to learn Urdu.
8
What was the most important difference between the Sunni and the Shia?
The Sunni believed that Sufism was dangerous.
Sunni's did not want to spread Islam throughout the world.
The Shia thought that caliphs had to be related to Muhammad.
Shia believed that Muslims should not practice tolerance.
9
Muslim calligraphy was a combination of
art and science.
art and literature.
astronomy and geography.
science and mathematics.
10
Al-Khwarizmi’s book about al-jabr was significant because it was the
first Arabic text translated into Latin.
first medical textbook.
first work to study the movement of the planets.
foundation for modern algebra.

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