Islamic Civilization 500s-1453

•The one and only God of the Islamic faith is:

(a. Jihad; b. Koran; c. Allah; d. Mecca; e. Sunna)

•Who founded the Islamic religion?

(a.Christ; b. Abraham; c. Buddha; d. Khomeini; e. Muhammad)

•What is the Islamic term meaning "holy war"?

(a. Jihad;         b. Koran;     c. Allah;     d. Mecca;     e. Sunna)

•What is the name of the original Islamic Holy Book?

(a. Jihad;         b. Koran;     c. Allah;     d. Mecca;     e. Sunna)

•What is the name for the book of customs or law code based upon the traditions of what Muhammad had said and done?

(a. Jihad;         b. Koran;     c. Allah;     d. Mecca;     e. Sunna)

•Who stopped the Muslims from conquering France at the Battle of Tours in 732 A.D.?
(a. Charlemagne; b. Charles Martel; c. Joan of Arc;     d. Constantine).

•During which time did the Islamic empire reach the height of its power and cultural splendor?
(a. Ommiad dynasty;     b. Abbasid dynasty; c. period of the first 4 Caliphs;

d. After the Seljuk Turks took Baghdad)

•Who wrote more than a hundred medical treatises in which he summarized Greek medical knowledge and added his own acute clinical observations? He studied small pox, stomach cancer and diseases of the eyes. He excelled in optics.

(a. Rhazes; b. Aveorroes; c. Omar Khyyam; d. Harun al-Rashid).

•Whose reign was the most spectacular of the Muslim rulers? He was a contemporary of Charlemagne of France with whom he exchanged embassies and presents.
(a. Rhazes;     b. Aveorroes; c. Omar Khyyam;     d. Harun al-Rashid).

•Who is the author of the Rubaiyat and Book of 1001 Nights.
(a. Rhazes;     b. Avicenna;     c. Aveorroes;     d. Omar Khyyam;     e. Harun al-Rashid).

•In philosophy (a. Rhazes; b. Aveorroes; c. Omar Khyyam;

d. Harun al-Rashid), tried to harmonize the Islamic faith with Aristotelian reason.