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Islamic Civilization AD 600-AD 1629
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What is 6?
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Red Sea
Arabian Sea
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What is 2?
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
Arabian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
3
The first 4 leaders after Muhammad were called
caliphs
sultans
sheikhs
Sufis
4
Ismail proclaimed himself shah, or king, of Persia and founded which dynasty?
Seljuk
Ottoman
Safavid
Mogul
5
What contributions did Muslims make to astronomy?
Muslim astronomers described the expanding universe.
Muslims proved that the moon affects ocean tides.
Astronomers in the Islamic Empire tracked the Earth's orbit.
Muslim astronomers discovered the planet Mars.
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What is F?
Damascus
Baghdad
Madinah
Makkah
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What did the Ottoman Turks rename the Byzantine capital?
Timbuktu
Istanbul
Baghdad
Constantinople
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The leader of each Arab tribe was called a
caliph
shari'ah
sultan
sheikh
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In 1258, who burned Baghdad and killed more than 50,000 people?
Moguls
Seljuk Turks
Mongols
Ottoman Turks
10
The tower from which Muslims are called to prayer is a
mosque
Rubaiyat
Taj Mahal
minaret
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How did the Ottomans rule an empire with many different people and religions?
Muslims paid an extra tax to practice their religion.
Non-Muslims paid a special tax to practice their religion.
No religious worship was allowed in the empire.
Everyone paid a freedom-of-religion tax.
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Which group believed Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law was the rightful heir?
Sunni
Shia
shari'ah
Sufis
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Who governed the Arab Empire from Damascus, Syria?
the Seljuk Turks
the Abbasids
Abu Bakr
the Umayyads
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What is 3?
Persian Gulf
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Arabian Sea
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A bazaar is a
a king
bank
crazy hairdo
marketplace
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According to shari'ah, Muslims cannot eat
sugar
pork
fish
dairy products
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Who was known as "the Conqueror" after he seized Constantinople for the Ottomans?
Osman
Suleiman I
Ismail
Mehmet II
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What is C?
Madinah
Damascus
Baghdad
Makkah
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The Islamic holy book is the
Hijrah
shari'ah
Quran
Kaaba
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What is H?
Spain
Africa
Persia
Arabia
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What is D?
Damascus
Makkah
Baghdad
Madinah
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What is B?
Makkah
Baghdad
Damascus
Madinah
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Muhammad began preaching in which city?
Makkah
Hijrah
Yathrib
Madinah
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What Arab city name means "the city of the prophet"?
Baghdad
Makkah
Yathrib
Madinah
25
A follower of Islam is a
caliph
Muslim
Quran
shari'ah
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What cube-shaped building holds a holy black stone in Makkah?
Kaaba
minaret
mosque
bazaar
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The Mogul ruler Shah Jahan built this as a tomb for his wife.
Taj Mahal
Rubaiyat
Alhambra
the House of Wisdom
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Who seized Baghdad but let the Abbasid caliph manage religious matters?
Mongols
Ottoman Turks
Moguls
Seljuk Turks
29
A sailing tool used to navigate by the position of the stars is a
astrolabe
minaret
Rubaiyat
Alhambra
30
What is 5?
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
31
A religion based on the teachings of Muhammad
Jewish
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
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What is G?
Spain
Arabia
Persia
Africa
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A Muslim house of worship is called a
minaret
mosque
astrolabe
bazaar
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Which of the following is NOT featured in Muslim art?
living creatures
flowers
beautiful writing
stars
35
One of the finest poems ever written was
The Quran
The Astrolabe
The Thousand and One Nights
The Rubaiyat
36
The geography and climate that influenced the Arab way of life was
a cold and mountainous terrain
a cool and rainy flat terrain
a hot desert and dry plains
a tropical rain forest
37
Which country has more Muslims than any other in the world?
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Pakistan
Indonesia
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What is E?
Persia
Africa
Arabia
Spain
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Which group in Makkah felt threatened by Muhammad's preaching of Islam?
farmers
wealthy merchants
poor people
Europeans
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Muslims are considered the founders of chemistry.
True
False
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What is 4?
Mediterranean Sea
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Red Sea
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Akbar led the __ Empire in India.
Mogul
Safavid
Ottoman
Mongol
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A group of traveling merchants and animals is a
oasis
caravan
bedouin
bazaar
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Who was called "the lawgiver" because he organized Ottoman laws?
Akbar
Ismail
Suleiman I
Osman
45
The Abbasids moved the capital to
Constantinople
Cordoba
Baghdad
Damascus
46
The Seljuk ruler called himself the "holder of power" or
sheikh
Osman
caliph
sultan
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The Arab Empire enjoyed a golden age during whose rule?
Umayyads
Abbasids
the first four caliphs
Ottomans
48
About A.D. 750, Shia Muslims rebelled and started the
Safavids
Abbasid Empire
Mogul Empire
Umayyad Empire
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What is 1?
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Caspian Sea
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What is A?
Africa
Persia
Spain
Arabia
