SW Asia Part 2 Review

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  1. 2. After the Ottoman Empire was abolished in 1923 it became the country of ___.
  2. 5. Al-Khwarizmi was the Muslim scholar who developed the branch of mathematics called ____.
  3. 9. TRADE impacted the early spread of ____ because 1) it started in Mecca - a trade city, 2) its founder was a former merchant/trader, and 3) traveling traders helped spread the new religion.
  4. 12. The fall of Constantinople was important historically because it helped spark/start the European _______.
  5. 13. Muslims valued literacy because they wanted to be able to read the ___ and literature flourished.
  6. 14. Christian boys taken from conquered territories and raised as special forces were called _____.
  7. 16. Muslim traders used many over-land trade routes, but they also used ___ trade routes.
  8. 18. Muslim art and architecture did not include drawings of _____ or animals. Instead they used geometric designs.
  9. 19. Muslim hospitals had separate areas for different ____, pharmacies, and performed complex surgeries.
  10. 20. Reading the Quran and speaking about Islam are very important to Muslims, so almost all Muslims know how to read and speak ____.
  11. 21. When Constantine moved the capital to Constantinople it _____ the defenses of the Western Roman Empire.
  12. 23. Most residents of the Byzantine Empire were Christians and most spoke ____..
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  1. 1. Rulers of the Ottoman Empire were called ____ .
  2. 3. Who was the Ottoman ruler when the Ottomans captured Constantinople?
  3. 4. Many goods and inventions made their way from China all the way to Europe, but before they got to Europe they were always traded through Muslims in the ____ ____. (2 words)
  4. 6. Suleiman the Magnificent’s people called him Suleiman the ____.
  5. 7. Many innovations and inventions came from Muslim lands, including - the toothbrush, coffee, advances in optics, surgery, algebra, and the Arabic ______.
  6. 8. _____ was important in Islam because they used it to write the words of the Quran.
  7. 10. Words like census, interim, veto, and memorandum are evidence that ____ had a strong influence on the English language.
  8. 11. Scholars in many Muslim cities collected and ______ many great works of Greek and Roman thinkers.
  9. 15. For Muslims, the Quran is the direct revelation of God. The ____ is not. It is stories about the life of Muhammad.
  10. 17. Constantinople is now present day ____ in Turkey.
  11. 22. Muslim controlled trade routes passed through lands in three continents: ____, Africa, and Asia.