Middle Ages & Islam

What is the Hajj?

• The Hajj is a Hindu festival celebrated in India.
• The Hajj is a Buddhist pilgrimage to Lumbini.
• The Hajj is a Jewish holiday observed in Jerusalem.
• The Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca.

What is Jihad?

• Jihad is the struggle for the faith

• Jihad is a form of expansionary war

• Jihad is a peaceful religious practice
• Jihad is a type of holy war

The First Caliph to take over Muhammad's death was ​ (a)  

• Abu Bakr
• Umar
• Ali
• Uthman

Soon after Muhammad’s death, the Muslim world split into which two groups?​ (a)  

• Sunnis and Shia
• Califs and Suffis
• Shia and Calliphs
• Suffis and Sunnis

The city of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?

• Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam

• Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism

• Islam, Christianity, and Judaism

• Shintoism, Legalism, and Tengrism

How did Pope Urban II persuade people to go on a Crusade?

• All people who survive a Crusade would receive 100 pieces of gold.

• All sins would be forgiven and a person could go straight to heaven.

• All families of Crusaders receive a small piece of land (fief).

• No taxes needed to be paid while on a Crusade!

What was the code of conduct that European knights were supposed to follow?

• The 10 Fold Path

• Chivalry
• Feudalism
• Bushido

In feudal Europe, which class was responsible for managing the fiefdoms of a kingdom?

• Peasants

• Clergy

• Knights

• Nobility

Followers of which 3 religions are called "People of the Book"?

• Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism
• Shintoism, Taoism, and Confucianism
• Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
• Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Baha'i

Which of these is not a reason for the 1st Crusade?

• The Seljuk Turks had banned all Christians from the Holy Land

• The Byzantine Empire was being threated with destruction

• High levels of violence/infighting within the warrior classes of Christian Europe

• The desire to create a Byzantine dominated Levantine vassal state