CH 7 Test Review-History of the Islamic World Name:
1. Why do geographers call Arabia a "crossroads"' location?
2. What is the Sunnah is based on?
3. What might have happened if the Berbers had kept fighting the Muslims in North Africa?
4. What was the most important aspect of life for nomads?
5. What content is included in the Qur'an?
6. What is the Islamic belief in god?
7. After Muhammad's death, what was the title given to Islam's highest leaders?
8. How did Muslims initially show tolerance?
9. Where is water on the Arabian peninsula mainly located?
10. What is an example of something clearly (explicitly) stated in the Qur'an?
11. What is the inner struggle that Muslims go through to obey God?
12. According to the Qur'an, what is paradise?
13. Where did Muhammad go to meditate? What happened there?
14. What is the importance of the hegira, or Muhammad’s trip to Medina?
15. When did the people of Mecca accept Muhammad's teachings?
16. What is the central teaching of the Qur'an?
17. What is the importance to Muslims behind fasting?
18. To judge the rightness of actions, what does Islamic laws rely on?
19. What is the hajj?
20. What family were most early caliphs from?
21. How did Islam change from an Arab religion into a multicultural religion?
22. What were two cities that grew up during the spread of Islam?
23. In 1453, the Ottomans defeated which Byzantine city?
24. Which empire did Suleyman I rule at the height of?
25. What empire blended Muslim and Persian beliefs?
26. What area/region was the Mughal Empire located and who was it started by?
27. What is the Taj Mahal an example of?
28. What military policy did the Ottomans and Safavids have in common?
29. The Safavid Empire began when WHO conquered Persia?
30. Who were Janissaries?