The Origin of Islam
Muhammad was born in ________.
A. Medina
B. Bethlehem
C. Mecca
C. Mecca
What term did the Muslims use to describe those who did not accept Islam?
A. Sunni
B. Infidels
C. Imam
B. Infidels
Who is the Father of Modern Medicine?
A. Plato
B. Alhazen
C. Avicenna
C. Avicenna
Which city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
A. Mecca
B. Constantinople
C. Damascus
B. Constantinople
The flight to Medina is known as the __________.
A. Hegira
B. Hadith
C. Flight to Medina
D. Jihad
A. Hegira
Which city did the Umayyad Caliphate make its capital?
A. Damascus
B. Baghdad
C. Constantinople
A. Damascus
Which branch of mathematics did Muslims invent?
A. Algebra
B. Geometry
C. Arabic Numerals
A. Algebra
What empire delayed the Muslim advance into Asia Minor?
A. Byzantine Empire
B. Ottoman Empire
C. The Battle of Tours
A. Byzantine Empire
What is the most holy book of Islam?
Qur'an
Those who converted to Islam were not allowed to return to their previous faith.
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE (p.29)
What farming improvement did the Muslims make to increase productivity?
irrigation or pump water (p. 32)
Charles Martel effectively ended the Muslim threat at the Battle of Tours.
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
The two major Islamic group are ____ and ______.
Sunni and Shiite
The spread of Islam started within ___________.
the Arabian Peninsula (p.28)
This place became the intellectual center at the beginning of the eighth century.
Baghdad (p.30)
What title did Charles, ruler of the Franks, receive after defeating the Muslim forces?
Charles Martel; “the Hammer”
Compare the belief of Christianity and Islam in terms of Salvation.
Christianity- Salvation is by grace alone through faith in Christ. There is assurance of salvation.
Islam- One must follow the Five Pillars and live a good life. Salvation is determined by Allah.
Give two reasons why the Muslim armies were able to defeat the Sasanid and Byzantine empires so quickly.
Wars between the Byzantines and Sas-sanids weakened the militaries of both countries.
Both taxed their people heavily.
There were many ethnic groups in these countries that had little in common and were open to change.
Contrast the Umayyad dynasty with the Abbasid dynasty.
Umayyad—primarily military expansion
Abbassid—primarily culture and scholarship
Why was the Byzantine Empire able to withstand Muslim conquest from the seventh through the tenth centuries?
Constantinople’s defensible location, its thick walls, and Greek fire