10.2 Homework DUE TUESDAY

Chapter 10, Section 2 (Page 310-315)

• Why is the “Dome of the Rock” an important location in the Muslim faith?

• Create a T-Chart which shows the characteristics of Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims (Checkpoint, P. 312)

• What were 3 reasons for the successes of Muslim conquests? (Checkpoint, P. 314)

• How did the Umayyads treat “conquered people”? What advantages do you think this would this have?

• What changes were made under the Abbasid Caliphate?

• Why did the empire of the Abbasid caliphs decline and eventually break up? (Assessment #5)

• Define: Caliph, Sufis, Umayyad Caliphate