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7-SS_4-1
Core7 SS Ch. 4 Lesson 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the peninsula where the present-day countries of Spain and Portugal are located? | Iberian Peninsula |
| What is the system of departments and agencies that carry out the work of the government? | bureaucracy |
| Who was the caliph who helped unite the Muslim world by declaring a common language for government and introducing a common coinage? | Abd al-Malik |
| What Muslim Empire, at its height, spanned parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe? | the Umayyads |
| What was the battle at which Christian forces stopped the advance of the Umayyads into Europe? | the Battle of Tours |
| What was the name for govenors who ruled over individual provinces of the Muslim Empire? | emirs |
| Abd al-Malik declared this the official language of government for all Muslim lands? | Arabic |
| Name the pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims hope to make once in their lifetime? | hajj |
| What was the Muslim group that overthrew the Umayyads and took control of the Muslim Empire around 750? | the Abbasids |
| What is the country where Abd al-Rahman re-established the Umayyad dynasty? | Spain (al-Andalus) |