Strayer with Sources Chapter 11 Identification Quiz 1. Nomadic Arabs are known as _________________. a. Shaykhs b. Masai c. Bedouins d. Persians e. Copts 2. The great religious shrine of both pre-Muslim and Muslim Arabia is called the ___________. a. Dome of the Rock b. Temple of Solomon c. Great Shrine d. Great Mosque e. Kaaba 3. The founding prophet of Islam was _______________, who had a series of revelations beginning in 610 C.E. a. Ishmael b. Muhammad c. Zoroaster d. Khadija e. Ali 4. The ________________ is the community of all Muslim believers, the basis of Islamic society. a. hijra b. zakat c. hajj d. umma e. jihad 5. In 751, Arab armies crushingly defeated the forces of China at the Battle of ____________. a. Adrianople b. Talas River c. Beijing d. Tours e. Yellow River 6. In the Islamic Empire, protected subjects who followed other "religions of the book" besides Islam were known as __________________. a. serfs b. jizya c. berbers d. helots e. dhimmis 7. The _______________ was Muhammad's successor as political leader of the Islamic world. a. emir b. caliph c. qadi d. ayatollah e. sultan 8. The leaders of the Shia sect of Islam were known as ____________. a. imams b. emirs c. qadis d. Husaynists e. caliphs 9. In 750 an Arab dynasty known as the ______________ overthrew the Umayyad caliphate. a. Seljukids b. Abbasids c. Tamarids d. Ayyubids e. Alids
Strayer with Sources Chapter 11 Identification Quiz 1. Nomadic Arabs are known as _________________. a. Shaykhs b. Masai c. Bedouins d. Persians e. Copts 2. The great religious shrine of both pre-Muslim and Muslim Arabia is called the ___________. a. Dome of the Rock b. Temple of Solomon c. Great Shrine d. Great Mosque e. Kaaba 3. The founding prophet of Islam was _______________, who had a series of revelations beginning in 610 C.E. a. Ishmael b. Muhammad c. Zoroaster d. Khadija e. Ali 4. The ________________ is the community of all Muslim believers, the basis of Islamic society. a. hijra b. zakat c. hajj d. umma e. jihad 5. In 751, Arab armies crushingly defeated the forces of China at the Battle of ____________. a. Adrianople b. Talas River c. Beijing d. Tours e. Yellow River 6. In the Islamic Empire, protected subjects who followed other "religions of the book" besides Islam were known as __________________. a. serfs b. jizya c. berbers d. helots e. dhimmis 7. The _______________ was Muhammad's successor as political leader of the Islamic world. a. emir b. caliph c. qadi d. ayatollah e. sultan 8. The leaders of the Shia sect of Islam were known as ____________. a. imams b. emirs c. qadis d. Husaynists e. caliphs 9. In 750 an Arab dynasty known as the ______________ overthrew the Umayyad caliphate. a. Seljukids b. Abbasids c. Tamarids d. Ayyubids e. Alids