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7th grade The Islamic caliphates: conquests, trade, Baghdad and the House of Wisdom worksheet

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The Islamic caliphates: conquests, trade, Baghdad and the House of Wisdom

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Circle the best answer.

  1. Esme's chain has a blank box: what happened in 661?

    • The community chose its first caliph after the death of Muhammad
    • The first four caliphs began ruling the Muslim community from Medina
    • The Abbasids took the caliphate and moved the capital to Baghdad
    • The Umayyads took the caliphate and moved the capital to Damascus

  2. Jun's chain has a blank box: what did the caliph al-Mansur do in 762?

    • Moved the capital to Damascus
    • Closed the Silk Roads for good
    • Founded the new capital, Baghdad
    • Gave the caliphate to the Umayyads

  3. By the chain, what moves along the Silk Roads and Indian Ocean routes? Kira's chain has that box blank.

    • Silk, spices and paper
    • Grain, wool and lumber
    • Gold, salt and coal
    • Glass, tin and rice

  4. Luz reads the word caliph. What is a caliph?

    • A successor who leads the Muslim community
    • A merchant who sails to India and back
    • A mapmaker who draws the capital cities
    • A scholar who translates old books into Arabic

  5. Noah reads about the Silk Roads. What were they?

    • A guild of silk weavers in Baghdad
    • A canal dug by the caliph al-Mansur
    • A single paved road across Iraq
    • Trade routes linking China to the Mediterranean

  7. In which years did the first four caliphs rule from Medina, Pia asks?

    • 632–750
    • 632–661
    • 750–762
    • 661–750

  8. Which family ruled from Damascus, Tala asks?

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • The Umayyad family
    • The first four caliphs
    • The Persian emperors
    • The Abbasid family

  9. On Zee's map, one arrow runs north from Medina in 661. Which city does it reach?

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • Baghdad
    • Alexandria
    • Damascus
    • Mecca

  11. Which year does Ari's timeline give for the founding of Baghdad?

    • 750
    • 762
    • 862
    • 726

  12. In which direction does the dotted arrow run from Damascus to Baghdad on Bo's map?

    Use the picture in question 9.

    • West
    • East
    • South
    • North
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The Islamic caliphates: capitals, trade, Baghdad and the House of Wisdom. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can place the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid caliphs on a timeline and a map: Medina, Damascus (661), Baghdad (762).
  • I can follow a chain from Baghdad's place on the Tigris to trade, paper and the House of Wisdom, and say what is a record and what is a tradition.
  • I can follow branching and merging chains to al-Khwarizmi's algebra and algorithm and to astronomy, and say which claims are careful.

Standard: D2.His.1.6-8; D2.Geo.7.6-8 (partial)

Words to know

caliph: a successor to Muhammad who leads the Muslim community

dynasty: a line of rulers from one family

Silk Roads: trade routes linking China to the Mediterranean

tradition: a tale told later, not shown by a record

dinar: a gold coin

Common mistakes

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Your child chose a claim that says more than the evidence shows. Keep the claim as small as the evidence.

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Your child reversed cause and effect. The cause comes first and makes the effect happen.

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