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Origins of Islam Test Review

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    Origins of Islam
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  • How did the Muslim empire treat Jews and Christians differently from Muslims?
    It charged them extra taxes
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  • What teaching by Muhammad most upset the leaders of Mecca?
    The rich should share their wealth
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  • What did Muslims lose as a result of the Reconquista?
    Their land in Spain
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  • What was the overall purpose of the Christians in the Crusades?
    To gain control of Palestine
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  • The Mughal Empire carried Islam to
    Most of India
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  • What did the Inquisition accuse Jews and Muslims of doing?
    Practicing their old religion
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  • Why is Jerusalem holy to Muslims
    Muhammad rose to heaven there
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  • Why is the Qur'an the holy book of Islam?
    It recoreds the words of God spoken by Gabriel
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  • How did the Umayyads contribute to the spread of Islam?
    They conquered new lands
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  • What event in 1095 led Pope Urban II to call Christians to a religious war?
    Many emperors asked for help
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  • How did the Crusades make European monarchs stronger?
    By taking nobles away to fight
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  • After the first four caliphs, what changed in the Muslim empire?
    Islam split into two branches
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  • What are the two branches of Islam?
    Sunnis and Shia
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  • How did some clans boycott Muhammad's clan?
    by refusing to do business with them
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  • Which group conquered the Byzantine Empire?
    Ottomans
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  • Which two countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?
    Spain + Portugal
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