Chapter 4 Islamic Empires

Where did the surviving Umayyad leader go, after the 750 meeting?

• Iberian Peninsula

• Ottoman Peninsula

• Greece

• Egypt

Non-Muslims had to pay a tax or __________________ to be protected by the government.

• fight in wars

• convert to Islam

• become a slave

The (first) Umayyad Caliphate lasted from

• 1258-1515 AD

• 500-751 AD

• 661-750 AD

• 1515-1917 AD

The capital of Syria was also the capital to the Umayyad Caliphate. Name the capital city.

• Baghdad

• Cairo

• Damascus

• Riyadh

What does the word caliph mean?

• A priest of a church

• A religious ruler

• The son of the ruler

• The leader of a family

Who took power away from the Umayyad Caliphate?

• Aztecs

• Rashidun

• Abbasid

• Mongols

who did the Abassids defeat?

• Greeks

• Umayyads

• Romans

the abbasids ruled from 750 CE to _________

• 1250 CE

• 985 CE

• 788 CE

• 1258 CE

when was baghdad created?

• 670 CE

• 730 CE

• 762 CE

• 854 CE

Who built the House of Wisdom?

• Haroon-Al-Rasheed

• Al-Razi

• Mamoon-Al-Rasheed