1) "life was harsh and dangerous in the arid Arabian climate, and without a regular supply of water, families could not survive and settle in one place a) Arabian Desert b) Mecca 2) "Finding enough water...to survive was a constant struggle, and there were barely enough crops and cattle to feed everyone" a) Arabian Desert b) Mecca 3) "People bustled throughout the streets, and merchants shouted about their wares" a) Arabian Desert b) Mecca 4) "rich and poor lived side by side" a) Arabian Desert b) Mecca 5) "At night... the sky is very clear, and the temperature plummets" a) Arabian Desert b) Mecca 6) Which of the following did not occur during the first 8 years of Muhammad's life? a) He was sent to live among the Bedouins b) He became his uncle's closest advisor c) His grandfather died d) He was separated from his foster family. 7) Of what city did Muhammad become arbiter in 622? a) Damascus b) Yathrib c) Cordoba d) Baghdad 8) What title did Muhammad's successors take? a) prophet b) sultan c) general d) caliph 9) Whom did the Muslims fight at the Battle of Yarmouk a) the crusaders b) the Byzantines c) the Sunnies d) the Persians 10) Shiite and Sunni Muslims disagreed over what? a) whether Mecca should be the capital of the Islamic empire b) strategy at the Battle of Yarmouk c) who should be caliph 11) After the civil war, ___ ruled the Islamic empire for almost one hundred years. a) the Umayyads b) Uthman c) the Byzantines 12) The Dome of the Rock is located in ____ a) Spain b) Mecca c) Medina d) Jerusalem 13) What city served as the capital of the Islamic empire during the Classical Ages? a) Damascus b) Baghdad c) Jerusalem d) Constantinople 14) Which of the following was a characteristic of Islamic architecture? a) flat roofs b) detailed portraits of Muhammad c) pointed arches 15) Which of the following was one of the causes of the Crusades? a) Muslim Turks did not allow Christians pilgrams b) The Islamic world was wealthier than Europe c) The Muslim armies were exhausted 16) What were the caliph's specially trained soldiers called? a) the calvary b) the Mamluks c) the crusaders 17) The holy book of Islam a) Umar b) Saladin c) Qur'an 18) Muhammad's son-in-law who served as caliph a) Ali b) Uthman c) Saladin 19) Caliph who was said to favor his own family and clan a) Ali b) Saladin c) Uthman 20) let the Muslims against the Christians in the Third Crusades a) Saladin b) Canon c) Umar 21) a book written during the Islamic Classical Ages a) the Qur'an b) Uthman c) The Canon of Medicine

Middle Ages Test Review

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