History Unit 4 Review

Islam

100

What term refers to a struggle on behalf of Islam?

jihad

200

What is the sacred text of Islam?

Qur'an

300

Which event marked the beginning of the Islamic era?

Hijrah

400

Which description of the term caliph is correct?

a Muslim ruler in the Islamic Empire

500

What is the name for the special religious duties a Muslim must observe?

Five Pillars

Muhammad

100

What was Abu Bakr's relationship to the prophet Muhammad?

father-in-law and friend

200

Which group supported Abu Bakr and believed that Muslim leadership should go to whoever was most capable?

Sunnis

300

Who succeeded Muhammad upon his death as the spiritual and political leader of the Islamic world?

Abu Bakr

400

What group believed the Islamic leadership should stay in Muhammad’s family?

Shi'ites

500

Which examples demonstrate the cultural interaction type known as "coexistence"?

Select the two correct answers.

• a tax levied upon an outside group to give them status and protection
• a trade network that includes members from many different backgrounds
• a rite, such as baptism, that gives one membership within a dominant culture
• an uprising designed to overthrow the government

• a tax levied upon an outside group to give them status and protection
• a trade network that includes members from many different backgrounds

Islam 2

100

What term refers to a struggle on behalf of Islam?

jihad

200

What is a person called who submits to the will of Allah?

Muslim

300

What is the literal meaning of the word Islam in Arabic?

submission

400

What were Muslim scholars famous for?

medical knowledge and mathematical systems that are still in use

500

What research library, staffed by Muslim scholars, became a great center of learning in medieval times?

the House of Wisdom

SW Asia

100

What body of water lies west of Medina and Mecca?

Red Sea

200

What body of water lies between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran?

Persian Gulf

300

What body of water lies on Iran's northern border?

Caspian Sea

400

What is the Rub' al Khali?

a desert in the southern Arabian Peninsula

500

Which direction is the Mediterranean Sea in relation to the Arabian Peninsula?

northwest

Combo

100

What scientific advancement is linked to the Muslim scholar Al-Kwarizmi?

He invented algebra as a new branch of mathematics.

200

Which empire arose in Persia in the third century CE?

The Sasanian

300

Which statements about the empire that ruled Persia in the year 300 CE are correct?

Select the two correct answers.

• It was right along the network of trade routes connecting east and west. 
• It defeated a Roman army and took the emperor captive. 
• It was led by Cyrus the Great.
• It launched an invasion of China.

• It was right along the network of trade routes connecting east and west. It was right along the network of trade routes connecting east and west.
• It defeated a Roman army and took the emperor captive.

400

Which statements about the Islamic religion are accurate?

Select all correct answers.

• Islam is a monotheistic religion.

• Islam was founded on the teachings of Abu Bakr.

• Muhammad claimed to be a divine descendant of Allah.
• Muhammad taught that Islam has roots in Judaism and Christianity.

Islam is a monotheistic religion.

Muhammad taught that Islam has roots in Judaism and Christianity.

500

Which statements accurately describe southwest Asia?

Select all correct answers.

• It is where three continents come together.
• It was home to the world's first civilization.
• It is diverse in its physical and human geography.
• It is isolated from the rest of the world by physical geography.

• It is where three continents come together. 
• It was home to the world's first civilization. 
• It is diverse in its physical and human geography.