5 Written Questions

1. found a divided land and won power. he found the people in spain that liked the umayyads and strengthened his position by making treaties with other muslim groups. he later attacked the ruling factions and defeated them. he declared himself emir of muslim spain.
2. christians
3. they think that abraham was a prophet of god like the jews and chris. and all these religions believe in the same God. and all religions have similar holy books followers of all these religions believe in heaven hell and final judgment day.
4. he thought that god spoke to him through the angel Gabriel.
5. maimonides died and muslim groups broke away and formed their own kingdoms. christian got control of the entire arabian peninsula

5 Matching Questions

1. why did muhammad and his followers migrate to Yathrib?
2. what was one important element that made Cordoba a major cultural center?
3. what happened to the last of the umayyad leaders?
4. why did the abbisids support the art and learning?
5. why were the abbasids such poor leaders?

1. a some liked easy living and didnt care a lot about their government duties. they did little to protect merchants from attacks from bandits. thsi hurt trade a lot so they raised taxes. really soon people got tired of the abbasids behavior.
2. b it had 70 libraries and the largest one had 400,000 books.
3. c because they were very rich and some wanted to display their wealth
4. d muhammad had little succsess spreading his beliefs and meccans persecuted the early muslims
5. e they were murdered except for abd al-Rahman who escaped and want to spain were he restarted a umayyad dynasty

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. through force
   1. why were the abbasids such poor leaders?
   2. why did the muslim community split?
   3. how did the umayyads govern their empire?
   4. how did the abbasids hold onto power?
2. he was a master at the form of quatrain in poetry
   1. how did Abd al-Rahman win control of muslim spain?
   2. why did the muslim community split?
   3. how did Omar Khayyam contribute to muslim civilization?
   4. how did the umayyads govern their empire?
3. he wanted everyone to know that he was ready to challenge the power of the Abbasid and Fatimid caliphs
   1. what is the importance of the oases on the peninsula?
   2. what was the role the Seljuk Turks played in the decline of the Abbasids?
   3. what type of people occupied the Arabian peninsula?
   4. What was the attitude of the caliphs of Cordoba toward the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad?
4. he was the greatest doctor of all time. he published a 30 volume medical encyclopedia that covered everything from surgery to teeth.
   1. what is the importance of the oases on the peninsula?
   2. What contributed to the decline of al-Andalus?
   3. what contribution did al-Zahrawi make to the golden age in al-Andalous?
   4. what happened to the last of the umayyad leaders?
5. because they claimed that they were desendents of Fatima, muhammads daughter
   1. why might the Fatimids believe they should be the legitimate caliphs?
   2. what is the importance of the oases on the peninsula?
   3. why did the abbisids support the art and learning?
   4. in what way did Muhammad believe that god talked to him?

5 True/False Questions

1. why was mecca such an important city? → it was muhammads birthplace and where he was old he was a prophet and where he started preaching. the ka'ba was there

   True        False

2. how was the first caliph chosen? → through force

   True        False

3. what is the importance of the oases on the peninsula? → nomads interacted with people that lived a settled life there. they would often trade food that they grew for the nomads animals or their animal products.

   True        False

4. who was Abu Bakr and what were his achievments? → muhammads father-in-law and trusted friend, became the first caliph. he promised he would closely follow muhammad's example. after muhammad died some people stopped paying taxes and some abbandoned islam. Abu reunited they muslim community by force.

   True        False

5. by the 700's what parts of the world did the umayyad empire include? → they were murdered except for abd al-Rahman who escaped and want to spain were he restarted a umayyad dynasty

   True        False