How were conquered peoples treated by the Muslim Empire?

Their religions were tolerated, but restrictions and taxes were imposed.

What do Muslims believe about Muhammad?

He was the last and greatest of the prophets.

What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

the major duties required of all Muslims

Which of the following was NOT true of trade in the Muslim Empire?

China and India were linked by trade for the first time.

What does Islam mean in Arabic?

submission to the will of Allah

What led to internal conflict in Islam after the death of Muhammad?

Muhammad had neither specified a successor nor indicated how to choose one.

Why was Baghdad's House of Wisdom significant?

People translated scientific and philosophical texts into Arabic.

What was the main difference between the Sunni and Shi'a branches of Islam?

Shi'a believed that the caliph needed to be a relative of Muhammad.

What was NOT true of the Muslim class system?

All Muslims were considered first-class citizens.

How did Muslim scholars help preserve European culture?

by translating works of Aristotle and Plato

Why was the Hijrah important?

Muhammad was accepted as a political leader in Medina.

Why did the Muslim way of praying lead to advances in astronomy?

Muslims wanted to know the precise direction of Mecca.

What encouraged Muslim leaders to support places of learning such as the House of Wisdom?

Muhammad's emphasis on study and scholarship

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1
How were conquered peoples treated by the Muslim Empire?
They were treated as equal citizens with Muslims.
They were forced to give up their religions and convert to Islam.
They were allowed to become first-class citizens upon converting to Islam.
Their religions were tolerated, but restrictions and taxes were imposed.
2
What do Muslims believe about Muhammad?
He was a combination of god and man.
He was the first and only prophet of Allah.
He was the last and greatest of the prophets.
He was the only son of the one true God, Allah.
3
What system of law regulates the family life, moral conduct, and the business and community life of Muslims?
umma
shari'a
Five Pillars
Sunna
4
What refers to the migration in 622 of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib?
Khadijah
hajj
Bedouin
Hijrah
5
This is the pilgrimage that each Muslim strives to make at least once in a lifetime.
sukkar
habibi
hajj
suffah
6
This is the Muslim holy book and is considered to be the true word of God only in its original Arabic version.
Hijrah
Torah
Qur'an
Khadijah
7
Who did Muslims consider the "people of the book"?
Jews and Christians
only Muslims
Zoroastrians
the Greeks
8
In what form of art can the greatest cultural blending of the Muslim world be seen?
woodworking
calligraphy
the decorative arts
architecture
9
The Qur'an and what other work form the shari'a, or body of Islamic law?
the Hijrah
the Five Pillars
the hajj
the Sunna
10
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
the major duties required of all Muslims
the various divisions of Islam
Muhammad and the four leaders who followed him
the times during the day when Muslims must pray
11
Which of the following was NOT advanced during the Muslim Empire?
medicine
optics
mathematics
portraiture
12
The academic subject developed by al-Khwarizmi and originally called al-jabr is known by what name today?
geometry
astronomy
optics
algebra
13
Which of the following was NOT true of trade in the Muslim Empire?
Muslims invented the sakk, or check.
One form of currency was accepted throughout the empire.
China and India were linked by trade for the first time.
Traders spoke Arabic throughout the empire.
14
What does Islam mean in Arabic?
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah
there is no god but Allah
one who has submitted
submission to the will of Allah
15
What led to internal conflict in Islam after the death of Muhammad?
On two separate occasions, Muhammad had named different successors.
Muhammad had neither specified a successor nor indicated how to choose one.
Some followers were pacifists who did not wish to continue military action.
Followers could not agree on how to continue his military conquests.
16
Why was Baghdad's House of Wisdom significant?
It was where the Qur'an was translated into ten other languages.
People translated scientific and philosophical texts into Arabic.
It was the seat of learning for the Umayyad's caliphate.
It is the place where "The Thousand and One Nights" was written.
17
What was the main difference between the Sunni and Shi'a branches of Islam?
Sunni wanted to return to the elective system of choosing a caliph.
Sunni named their caliphate after Muhammad's daughter.
The Shi'a did not outwardly oppose Umayyad rule.
Shi'a believed that the caliph needed to be a relative of Muhammad.
18
What was NOT true of the Muslim class system?
Non-Muslims formed the third class.
Some class mobility existed with conversion to Islam.
The fourth class was composed of slaves.
All Muslims were considered first-class citizens.
19
Calligraphy is a type of what?
handwriting
scientific measurement
mapmaking
mathematics
20
This is an Islamic house of worship.
church
synagogue
temple
mosque
21
This became Yathrib's new name.
Damascus
Torah
Mecca
Medina
22
Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
fasting
prayer
faith
military duty
23
What division of Islma believes that only a relative of Muhammad is qualified to be a caliph?
Fatimid
Shi'a
Sunni
Sufi
24
How did Muslim scholars help preserve European culture?
by exempting European scholars from paying taxes
by translating works of Aristotle and Plato
by building the Great Mosque at Cordoba
by halting 100 miles from Paris instead of conquering it
25
Why was the Hijrah important?
It was the first battle that Muhammad won.
Muhammad was accepted as a political leader in Medina.
It was during the Hijrah that Muhammad first heard the voice of Gabriel.
Muhammad sounded the call to prayer from its roof in Mecca.
26
How did the Abbasids control their large empire?
through a strong bureaucracy
through an elaborate reward system
through religious persecution
through military governments
27
Why did the Muslim way of praying lead to advances in astronomy?
Muslims prayed facing the starts.
After the feast of Ramadan ended, Muslims prayed outdoors.
The illumination of the stars symbolized the illumination of the divine.
Muslims wanted to know the precise direction of Mecca.
28
The "protected people," or the Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians, were members of which class in the Muslim society?
second
third
upper
lowest
29
Toward what city do Muslims pray?
Jerusalem
Medina
Damascus
Mecca
30
Who replaced the last of the "rightly guided" caliphs?
Umayyads
Fatimids
Sufis
Abbasids
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What encouraged Muslim leaders to support places of learning such as the House of Wisdom?
a desire to know more than the Greeks or Indian
optical advances that helped a king with bad eyesight
a desire to keep ahead of rival factions within Islam
Muhammad's emphasis on study and scholarship

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