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Spread of Islam

Multiple Choice

Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Which leader unified Arabia into a Muslim state through battle?

a.	Babur	c.	Abu Bakr
b.	Mehmed II	d.	Akbar

After Muhammad’s death, the title given to Islam’s highest leaders was

a.	successor.	c.	sultan.
b.	caliph.	d.	emperor.

Which is the best prediction of what might have happened if the Berbers had kept fighting the Muslims?

a.	The Berbers would have converted to Christianity instead.
b.	Muslim rule would have spread more slowly in North Africa.
c.	The Muslims would have conquered France.
d.	Berber rule would have spread more quickly to Europe.

Muslim merchants could trade with people in many different areas because

a.	Islam had spread to many lands.
b.	the Ottoman Empire had gained control of many regions.
c.	they established many new trade routes.
d.	Arabia was at a crossroads location.

Why did the Abbasids reorganize the government?

a.	to give the Berbers more control
b.	to make it easier to rule their large region
c.	to prevent their empire from growing
d.	to share power with conquered peoples

Which of the following areas was not conquered by the Muslims during the 600s?

a.	the Persian Empire	c.	North Africa
b.	the Byzantine Empire	d.	Spain

Tolerance was

a.	the Muslim practice of accepting other people’s religious beliefs.
b.	the Muslim practice of converting others to Islam.
c.	the Muslim practice of allowing only Christians to practice their religion.
d.	a practice introduced to the Muslims by the Berbers.

Which of the following did the Arabs copy from the Persians?

a.	their method for growing rice and oranges
b.	their use of gunpowder
c.	their form of government bureaucracy
d.	their system for making paper

In what way were Córdoba and Baghdad similar?

a.	They were both located in what is now Iraq.
b.	They both had public water and lighting systems.
c.	They were both centers of culture and learning.
d.	They both exported valuable textiles and jewelry.

10.

What can you infer about how the scholars at Córdoba’s university influenced the spread of Islam?

a.	They helped it by translating writings produced in the Muslim world.
b.	They helped it by teaching Muslim leaders to write in Latin.
c.	They restricted it by only writing in Latin.
d.	They restricted it by only translating Christian writings.

11.

What was the most important factor in the spread of Islam from the 600s to the 1600s?

a.	trading with non-Muslims	c.	translating Arabic texts into Latin
b.	producing Islamic art	d.	conquering non-Muslims

12.

The exchange of beliefs and customs between the Muslims and the people they conquered caused

a.	Judaism and Christianity to spread.	c.	the Muslim Empire to shrink.
b.	their cultures to blend.	d.	trade to become less important.

13.

In what way did the practice of tolerance affect the Jewish people of Córdoba?

a.	They were able to contribute to the city’s cultural growth.
b.	They were required to convert to Islam.
c.	They were required to practice their religion in secret.
d.	They were allowed to export textiles and jewelry.

14.

In what way were the effects of trade and tolerance on the Muslim world similar?

a.	They both allowed other cultures to influence the Muslim world.
b.	They both made new products available to Muslims.
c.	They both caused Muslims to ignore the influence of other cultures.
d.	They both caused Islam to stop spreading.

15.

Janissaries were

a.	prisoners taken by the Mughal Empire.
b.	Sunni Muslim soldiers in the Safavid Empire.
c.	slave soldiers in the Ottoman army.
d.	Muslim soldiers who converted to Christianity.

16.

Which Ottoman leader became known as “the Conqueror”?

a.	Suleyman I	c.	Esma’il
b.	Mehmed II	d.	´Abbas

17.

During Suleyman I’s rule, the Ottoman Empire

a.	took control of the Eastern Mediterranean and parts of Europe.
b.	defeated the Byzantine Empire.
c.	turned the Hagia Sophia church into a mosque.
d.	expanded into Anatolia and conquered Syria and Egypt.

18.

Which of the following best describes the Ottoman Empire between 1453 and 1566?

a.	It greatly expanded its power and territories.
b.	It lost many battles and territories.
c.	It became too large to be ruled from the capital.
d.	It united all of the Muslim empires.

19.

I am committed to this action; God and the Immaculate Imams are with me, and I fear no one.

In the above passage, Esma’il is referring to his

a.	decision to make Shiism the official religion of his empire.
b.	plan to convert Christians to Islam.
c.	idea to turn the Hagia Sofia into a mosque.
d.	goal to make Constantinople the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

20.

What was the most important difference between the Sunni and the Shia?

a.	The Shia believed that the Muslims should not practice religious tolerance.
b.	The Shia thought that caliphs had to be related to Muhammad.
c.	The Sunni believed that Sufism was dangerous.
d.	The Sunni did not want to spread Islam to other parts of the world.

21.

The leader of the Safavid Empire was called the

a.	emperor.	c.	shah.
b.	Imam.	d.	sultan.

22.

Which of the following best summarizes ´Abbas’s influence on the Safavid economy?

a.	He ignored it to focus on conquering lands.
b.	He helped it by encouraging the manufacture of traditional products.
c.	He hurt it by not allowing the people to trade in textiles or carpets.
d.	He helped it by establishing new trade routes.

23.

Akbar’s tolerant religious policy helped

a.	to convert more people to Islam.
b.	to unify the Mughal Empire.
c.	to end the warfare between Hindus and Muslims.
d.	to establish the Mughal Empire in 1526.

24.

Which of the following best describes how the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal Empire were similar?

a.	They both were blends of different cultures.
b.	They both encouraged people to learn Urdu.
c.	They both were made up of Turkish Muslims.
d.	They both made Shiism their official religion.

25.

Which of the following is true of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires?

a.	They were ruled by leaders called shahs.
b.	They practiced religious tolerance throughout their entire history.
c.	They tried to expand their territory through warfare.
d.	They wanted to convert other Muslims to Shiism.

26.

After failing to establish an empire in Central Asia, where did Babur succeed in 1526?

a.	Syria	c.	Istanbul
b.	Iraq	d.	India

27.

Which of the following was the key reason the Mughal Empire collapsed?

a.	Its emperors spent too much money building great monuments.
b.	It expanded so much that the emperors could no longer rule effectively.
c.	Its tolerant religious policies were changed and the people revolted.
d.	It was attacked by both the Ottoman and Safavid empires.

28.

In terms of importance to the spread of knowledge in the Islamic world, which would you rank first?

a.	The scholars made advances in math and science.
b.	The scholars spoke different languages.
c.	The scholars came from different cultures.
d.	The scholars all understood Arabic.

29.

Arab scholars used the astrolabe

a.	to build mosques and palaces.	c.	to figure out their location on earth.
b.	to translate ancient writings.	d.	to develop a new type of math.

30.

Who wrote a medical encyclopedia that was translated into Latin and widely used throughout Europe?

a.	Ibn-Sina	c.	Omar Khayyám
b.	Ar-Razi	d.	al-Idrisi

31.

Muslim calligraphy was a combination of

a.	science and mathematics.	c.	art and science.
b.	art and literature.	d.	astronomy and geography.

32.

What significant geographical discovery did al-Idrisi make?

a.	The valley of al-Ukaydir was surrounded by desert.
b.	Land did not go all the way around the Indian Ocean.
c.	Arabia was a crossroads location.
d.	The Muslim empires had expanded into Asia.

33.

Al-Khwarizmi’s book about al-jabr was significant because it was the

a.	first medical textbook.
b.	first Arabic text translated into Latin.
c.	foundation for modern algebra.
d.	first work to study the movement of the planets.

34.

Ar-Razi

a.	discovered how to diagnose and treat smallpox.
b.	improved the astrolabe.
c.	gathered information to make new maps.
d.	led the spiritual movement known as Sufism.

35.

The Sufism movement was a reaction against

a.	the expansion of Islam into parts of Europe.
b.	the blending of other cultures with Islam.
c.	the developments by Muslims in astronomy.
d.	the interest of Muslims in worldly things.

36.

Minarets were used to

a.	store Islamic texts.	c.	call Muslims to prayer.
b.	hold translations of poetry.	d.	decorate mosques.

37.

In what way did mosques change as the Muslim world grew richer?

a.	They became more elaborately decorated.
b.	Artwork showing people and animals were added to them.
c.	Fewer domes were added to them.
d.	They began to be built to look like the courtyard of Muhammad’s house.

38.

Who was one of the most famous Sufi poets?

a.	Ibn Battutah	c.	Ar-Razi
b.	Omar Khayyám	d.	´Abbas

39.

Which of the following is true of Muslim art, architecture, and science?

a.	They became more important than religion in the Muslim world.
b.	Muslims were only interested in them if they helped spread Islam.
c.	They were all influenced in some way by the Muslim religion.
d.	Islam would not have spread without them.

40.

Which of the following was not true of Muslim calligraphy?

a.	It was painted onto tiles.
b.	It was used in captions for paintings.
c.	It was woven into carpets.
d.	It was hammered into steel sword blades.