HIST 201 BYU Ch.10, Ch.11 And Ch.12
Test Questions with Correct/Revised
Answers 2025-2026 Updated.
Again, what happened when Alexander the Great dies in 323 BC? - Answer The empire
breaks into three kingdoms (Greece, Egypt, and Seleucid empire)
Who rises up against the Seleucid kingdom (formed after Alexander dies) in the 240's? - Answer
Parthians
After the Parthians beat the Seleucid kingdom what did they form? - Answer The Sassanid
Persian Empire
What caused the Roman empire to split in 285 AD? - Answer Political and Economic crisis
(Disease & Plague, nomads, inflation)
When Rome split in two the West was governed by ___________ and the East was governed by
____________. - Answer Rome; Byzantium (later Constantinople)
What lead to the fall of the Roman empire? - Answer Nomadic invaders (Visigoths) that
sacked Rome in 476 AD
in 602 AD when the last king of the Sassanid Empire invaded Roman territory who was ruling
there? - Answer Constantinople
What countries did the last Sassanid king take? - Answer Syria, Egypt, and Anatolia
What emperor drove the Sassanids back to Iraq?
a. Alexander the Great
b. Constantinople
c. Heraclius
d. Constantine - Answer c. Emperor Heraclius
What language did Heraclius replace with Greek? - Answer Latin
,What Empire did Heraclius begin? - Answer The Byzantine Empire (same as Rome, just
changed capitals)
What left parties weak within the Byzantine empire/ - Answer Wars (internal)
in 629 AD who began a series of raids against the Persians? - Answer Eastern Arabs
The WESTERN Arabs started raiding what empire? - Answer Byzatines in Palestine
After the Arabs overtook the Persian empire and reduced the Byzatine what empire did they
first form? - Answer The Umayyad Empire
After an internal revolt in the 750's in the Umayyads, what dynasty emerged? - Answer
Abbasid
True or False the Arab empire were dynasties, meaning they ran in the family, like the Chinese? -
Answer TRUE
The Abbasid's remained in power until what happened? Who overtook the Abbasid dynasty? -
Answer The Mongol sack of Baghdad in 1258; The Ottomans
When did the religion Islam begin to emerge? - Answer Under the third Umayyad Ruler
Who was the third Umayyad ruler?
a. Abd al-Malik
b. Amir al-Malik
c. Cairo al-Malik
d. Zayan al-Malik - Answer a. Abd al-Malik
T or F: Muslims were believers in the prophets and those submissive to God's will and laws. -
Answer TRUE
T or F: Muhammad was believed to be God's second to last prophet. - Answer FALSE: he was
the LAST prophet (following those like Abraham, Jacob, Moses etc.)
T or F: Muslims believe that Jesus Christ is the Savior - Answer FALSE: they believe that he is
just another prophet not the Savior of the world.
, What things describe the Dome of the Rock? Select all that apply.
a. 1st holiest site in Jerusalem
b. it was commissioned by Abd al-Malik
c. represents the departing point of Muhammad's Night Journey - Answer B&C
A is false because it is the 2ND holiest site not the first
What is the Arabic translation for God? - Answer Allah
What text, that was similar to the Vedics, Sushing, and the Bible, was finished in the 800's under
Arab influence? - Answer The Quran
T or F, the Arab empire united under monotheism that was distinct from Christianity. - Answer
TRUE: they believed in only ONE God, they did not believe in the Trinity
Where was Muhammad born in 571 AD? - Answer Mecca
What was Muhammad's tribe in charge of?
a. They Dome of the Rock
b. Abd al-Malik's grave site
c. The Quran
d. The Kaaba - Answer d. The Kaaba
What two figures were believed to have founded the Kaaba? - Answer Abraham and Ishmael
The Kaaba was founded around what kind of cornerstone? What did the cornerstone represent?
- Answer A black cornerstone
represented God's covenant with Abraham and Ishmael
T or F: by the time Muhammad was born people came to worship a variety of different Gods at
the Kaaba and that is how Muhammad's tribe stayed wealthy. - Answer TRUE
What angel visited Muhammad when he was meditating, and gave him God's law? - Answer
Gabriel
How many books or suras did the Quran have?
Test Questions with Correct/Revised
Answers 2025-2026 Updated.
Again, what happened when Alexander the Great dies in 323 BC? - Answer The empire
breaks into three kingdoms (Greece, Egypt, and Seleucid empire)
Who rises up against the Seleucid kingdom (formed after Alexander dies) in the 240's? - Answer
Parthians
After the Parthians beat the Seleucid kingdom what did they form? - Answer The Sassanid
Persian Empire
What caused the Roman empire to split in 285 AD? - Answer Political and Economic crisis
(Disease & Plague, nomads, inflation)
When Rome split in two the West was governed by ___________ and the East was governed by
____________. - Answer Rome; Byzantium (later Constantinople)
What lead to the fall of the Roman empire? - Answer Nomadic invaders (Visigoths) that
sacked Rome in 476 AD
in 602 AD when the last king of the Sassanid Empire invaded Roman territory who was ruling
there? - Answer Constantinople
What countries did the last Sassanid king take? - Answer Syria, Egypt, and Anatolia
What emperor drove the Sassanids back to Iraq?
a. Alexander the Great
b. Constantinople
c. Heraclius
d. Constantine - Answer c. Emperor Heraclius
What language did Heraclius replace with Greek? - Answer Latin
,What Empire did Heraclius begin? - Answer The Byzantine Empire (same as Rome, just
changed capitals)
What left parties weak within the Byzantine empire/ - Answer Wars (internal)
in 629 AD who began a series of raids against the Persians? - Answer Eastern Arabs
The WESTERN Arabs started raiding what empire? - Answer Byzatines in Palestine
After the Arabs overtook the Persian empire and reduced the Byzatine what empire did they
first form? - Answer The Umayyad Empire
After an internal revolt in the 750's in the Umayyads, what dynasty emerged? - Answer
Abbasid
True or False the Arab empire were dynasties, meaning they ran in the family, like the Chinese? -
Answer TRUE
The Abbasid's remained in power until what happened? Who overtook the Abbasid dynasty? -
Answer The Mongol sack of Baghdad in 1258; The Ottomans
When did the religion Islam begin to emerge? - Answer Under the third Umayyad Ruler
Who was the third Umayyad ruler?
a. Abd al-Malik
b. Amir al-Malik
c. Cairo al-Malik
d. Zayan al-Malik - Answer a. Abd al-Malik
T or F: Muslims were believers in the prophets and those submissive to God's will and laws. -
Answer TRUE
T or F: Muhammad was believed to be God's second to last prophet. - Answer FALSE: he was
the LAST prophet (following those like Abraham, Jacob, Moses etc.)
T or F: Muslims believe that Jesus Christ is the Savior - Answer FALSE: they believe that he is
just another prophet not the Savior of the world.
, What things describe the Dome of the Rock? Select all that apply.
a. 1st holiest site in Jerusalem
b. it was commissioned by Abd al-Malik
c. represents the departing point of Muhammad's Night Journey - Answer B&C
A is false because it is the 2ND holiest site not the first
What is the Arabic translation for God? - Answer Allah
What text, that was similar to the Vedics, Sushing, and the Bible, was finished in the 800's under
Arab influence? - Answer The Quran
T or F, the Arab empire united under monotheism that was distinct from Christianity. - Answer
TRUE: they believed in only ONE God, they did not believe in the Trinity
Where was Muhammad born in 571 AD? - Answer Mecca
What was Muhammad's tribe in charge of?
a. They Dome of the Rock
b. Abd al-Malik's grave site
c. The Quran
d. The Kaaba - Answer d. The Kaaba
What two figures were believed to have founded the Kaaba? - Answer Abraham and Ishmael
The Kaaba was founded around what kind of cornerstone? What did the cornerstone represent?
- Answer A black cornerstone
represented God's covenant with Abraham and Ishmael
T or F: by the time Muhammad was born people came to worship a variety of different Gods at
the Kaaba and that is how Muhammad's tribe stayed wealthy. - Answer TRUE
What angel visited Muhammad when he was meditating, and gave him God's law? - Answer
Gabriel
How many books or suras did the Quran have?
