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Early Islamic Civilizations Quiz - Statistics
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- The average score is 25 of 65
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Who is the god of Islam | Allah | 90%
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| Belief in no gods | Atheism | 76%
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| Belief in one god | Monotheism | 76%
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| Belief in multiple gods | Polytheism | 76%
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| Prayer | 76%
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| What is the holy book of Islam? | Qur'an | 76%
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| What is the term for Muslim law? | Sharia | 76%
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| What is the holiest city of Islam? | Mecca | 71%
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| What are the 5 pillars of Islam? | Hajj (Pilgrimage) | 67%
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| What is the Muslim place of worship? | Mosque | 62%
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| They attack the capital. That empire falls, and the next empire is the ______. | Ottoman | 62%
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| Name the three "gunpowder empires" | Ottoman | 62%
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| Who is the first Caliph (after Muhammad dies)? | Abu Bakr | 57%
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| They moved the capital from Damascus to ______. | Baghdad | 57%
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| Fasting | 57%
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| Who is their leader? | Abu Al-Abbas | 52%
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| In 1453 CE the Ottomans surround what city and begin to siege it? | Constantinople | 52%
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| And what did they rename the city after they captured it? | Istanbul | 52%
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| Eventually, that group ends up taking political power. Who invades next? | Mongols | 52%
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| Who invaded in 1398 | Mongols | 52%
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| Mughal | 52%
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| The new empire established was called what? (hint: sounds like Mongol!) | Mughal | 52%
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| Why was their expansion so successful? Exhaustion of the ___ and ___ empires. | Byzantine | 48%
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| Many lower ____ Hindus converted to Islam. This is because Islam rejected the ____ system. | Caste | 48%
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| What is his relation to Muhammad? | Father-in-law / Advisor | 48%
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| What elite soldiers were enslaved, kidnapped Christian children? | Janissaries | 48%
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| Scientists, Lawyers, Judges and Poets: | Men of the {pen} | 48%
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| What caliphate came next? | Umayyad | 48%
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| What caliphate replaces it? | Abbasid | 43%
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| Belief that everything is god | Pantheism | 43%
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| Persian | 43%
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| At its height, the empire was over 4 times larger than what empire? | Roman | 43%
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| By 830 CE the empire begins to fragment. What group moves towards Asia minor and is used as warriors? | Seljuk Turks | 43%
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| They had it across the Mediterranean and all the way to ___? | Spain | 43%
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| It reaches its height at the helm of who? | Suleyman | 43%
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| A religious Muslim ruler is called a what? | Caliph | 38%
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| Before they were stopped by the ___. | Frankish empire | 38%
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| It marked the beginning of Muslim rule in _____. | India | 38%
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| Who is Muhammad | Messenger to Allah | 38%
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| Unlike other Islamic societies, they were very ___ of other religions. | Tolerant | 38%
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| What is the first caliphate? | Rashidun | 33%
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| Which capitalizes on control of _______. | Trade | 33%
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| It bridges Asia & Europe -- allows for domination of what? | Trade | 33%
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| Profession of Faith | 29%
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| They could even own ____! | Property | 29%
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| ___ had better conditions in the Ottoman empire than most other empires. | Women | 29%
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| It begins in 1300 CE in what peninsula? | Anatolian | 24%
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| Soldiers who defended the sultan and the state: | Men of the {sword} | 19%
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| Safavid | 19%
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| Who ended the tax on non-Muslims and opened gov't jobs to Hindus? | {Akbar} the Great | 14%
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| He was succeeded by Selim II, whose nickname was what? | The Drunk | 14%
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| _____ are no longer the ideal citizen. | Warriors | 14%
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| What new military technology did they pioneer? | Gunpowder | 10%
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| What is a caliphate? | Muslim political state | 10%
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| Tithing | 10%
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| That caliphate fades by 750 CE. Why? | Corruption | 5%
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| Okay, let's pivot. What was established in the late 1100s by Muslim rulers in modern day Afghanistan? | Delhi Sultanate | 5%
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| Along with superior _____. | Fighting techniques | 5%
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| He was very committed to enforcing what? | Laws | 5%
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| Merchants, Tax collectors and artisans who carried out trade: | Men of {negotiation} | 5%
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| Farmers and herders who produced food for the community: | Men of the {husbandry} | 5%
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| Hindus were allowed to practice their religion, but they had to pay an additional _____. | Poll tax | 5%
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| He moved the capital to | Samarkand | 5%
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| And who is their leader? | Tamerlane | 5%
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| They _____ the government. | Expanded | 0%
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