ch. 2 studying

Question 1

Who were the Shias?

Answer 1

Minority

Question 2

who were the Shias?

Answer 2

Believed that only Muhammad’s relatives should become the first caliph
minority
Supported Ali, Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law±

Question 3

The first Muslim dynasty was called the…

Answer 3

Umayyad dynasty

Question 4

Muhammad moved from ______ to ______

Answer 4

Mecca to Medina

Question 5

Judaism had the Torah, the Muslims had the_____

Answer 5

Quarah

Question 6

The Islamic law code is the ____

Answer 6

Sharia

Question 7

The Umayyad dynasty moved its capital to ____

Answer 7

Damascus in Syria

Question 8

In which dynasty did the empire achieve its greatest size?

Answer 8

Umayyad dynasty

Question 9

Ali was assinated because ____

Answer 9

The Sunnis didnt like him.

Question 10

The Arabs rebeled against the ___ dynasty and started the _____ dynasty

Answer 10

Umayyad

Abbasid

Question 11

The abbasid dynasty moved the capital from ___ to ___-

Answer 11

Damascus in Syria

Baghdad, Iraq

Question 12

The capital of ____ was the center of a golden age

Answer 12

Baghdad

Question 13

The ___ Dynasty hired ___ as soliders and gained conrol of Baghdad.

Answer 13

Abbasid

Turks

Question 14

After the Turks, came along the ______

Answer 14

Mongols

Question 15

The ____ invasion ended the golden age

Answer 15

Mongol

Question 16

After the MOngols, came along the _____ empire

Answer 16

ottoman *

Turks

Question 17

What are janissaries?

Answer 17

boys taken from the Christian provinces of southeastern Europe, raised as Muslims, and trained as elite soliders

Question 18

_____ introduced Islam to India

Answer 18

Trade

Question 19

The _____ was formed by a turk in india

Answer 19

Delhi sultanate

Question 20

a group of muslim mongols and turks overran the ____ and founded the ____ empire

Answer 20

Delhi Sultanate

Mughal empire

Question 21

who was the ruler of the Mughal empire

Answer 21

Shah Jahan

Question 22

What did Shan Jahan do?

Answer 22

Built the Taj Mahal

Question 23

The ___ _____ fought the Mughal empire and founded a powerful kingdom in ____ -____

Answer 23

Sikh kingdom

northern india

Question 24

Where are most of the Sikhs today?

Answer 24

India

Question 25

What is the order of the dynasties and empires and where their capital is?

Answer 25

Umayyd - Damascus, Syria
Abbasid - Baghdad
Turks
Mongols 
Ottoman empire - Asia minor
Safavid empire - persia
Delhi sultanate - northern india
mughal empire
Sikh kingdom

Question 26

Who were the Sunnis?

Answer 26

majority
believed that the leader should have political skills.
supported Muhammad’s advisor, Abu Bakr, who became the first calph
hold the Sunnah in high regard.

Question 27

The _____ ___ reached its greatest extent from Mehmed II

Answer 27

Ottoman

empire

Question 28

Who brought about the fall of the byzantine empire by conquering constantinople?

Answer 28

Sultan Mehmed II ( Mehmed II)

Question 29

Mehmed II ruled untill

Answer 29

1481

Question 30

Suleiman invaded _____ , but ended up taking ____ instead

Answer 30

Vienna, Austria

Hungary

Question 31

____ reigned during the ottoman empire’s golden age

Answer 31

Suleiman

Question 32

Who was the leader of the Safavid empire?

Answer 32

Shah Abbas the great

Question 33

The ____ ____ was the most influential

Answer 33

Safavid empire

Question 34

what is the kaaba?

Answer 34

an islamic holy site