7th Grade World History Chapter 14: Islamic Civilization

Question 1

The Quran provides Muslims with guidelines on how to live and stresses the need to treat others fairly.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What was the Greek tool improved by Muslim astronomers and used by sailors and scientists to prove the earth is round?

Accepted Answer

astrolabe

Question 3

A Muslim house of worship is called a synagogue.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

The tall tower on a Mosque from which the Muslim call to prayer is made is called a minaret.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Early Muslims believed that a large stone inside the Kaaba came from Mars.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

A green area with water and trees in the desert is called _______.

Accepted Answer

an oasis

Question 7

Followers of Muhammad who believed Umayyad caliphs should be allowed to rule after his death.

Accepted Answer

Sunni

Question 8

After the fall of the Arab Empire to the Mongols, which three Muslim Empires flourished?

Accepted Answer

Ottoman (in Turkey), Safavid (in Persia), Mogul (in India)

Question 9

Which of the following were reasons why the Islam civilization spread:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 10

Where did Muhammad and his followers journey during the Hijrah?

Accepted Answer

from Makkah to Yathrib

Question 11

Followers of Muhammad who believed one of his direct decendants should be the next caliph.

Accepted Answer

Shia

Question 12

Muslims were relatively accepting and tolerant of other religions as long as Muslim rule was respected and taxes paid.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

For 200 years, Seljuk sultans ruled the Arab empire with the Abbasid caliphs.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

When Muhammad and his followers left Makkah in danger and went to safety in Yathrib (Madinah), it was called the Hijrah.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

An important feature of every Muslim city was a marketplace, also called a _________.

Accepted Answer

bazaar

Question 16

The most famous Ottoman sultan was Suleiman I. He organized Muslim law & built schools & mosques throughout the empire.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

To survive the harsh desert climate, early Arabs formed tribes with loyal members. What was a tribal leader called?

Accepted Answer

A Sheikh

Question 18

The people of Yathrib accepted Muhammad as God's prophet and their ruler. They renamed their city _______ meaning ______

Accepted Answer

Madinah "the city of the prophet"

Question 19

Arabic numbers that were passed on to Europeans by Persians and Arab scholars were actually borrowed from which culture?

Accepted Answer

Hindu

Question 20

What is the name of the famous Muslim building in India, built by the Mogul ruler Shah Jahan as his wife's tomb?

Accepted Answer

the Taj Mahal

Question 21

The most widly spoken language in the Muslim world was Arabic.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Which people, in the 1200's, stormed into Baghdad, killed over 50,000 people and effectively ended the Arab empire?

Accepted Answer

the Mongols

Question 23

What is the name given to the followers of Islam?

Accepted Answer

Muslims

Question 24

The Sufis were missionaries, or traveling preachers, who spread the teachings of Christianity.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

What is a caliph?

Accepted Answer

a Muslim leader

Question 26

Hijrah in Arabic means ______________.

Accepted Answer

"breaking off relationships"

Question 27

A group of traveling merchants and animals is called a carnival.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

What do you call a Seljuk ruler meaning "holder of power"?

Accepted Answer

sultan

Question 29

The five pillars of Islam are:

Accepted Answer

belief, prayer, charity, fasting, & pilgrimage

Question 30

What is the religious book of Islam called?

Accepted Answer

Quran

7th Grade World History Chapter 14: Islamic Civilization

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7th Grade World History Chapter 14: Islamic Civilization

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