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Date_____________ Block________
Mr. White’s World History to 1500AD
Islam TEST
Directions: Choose the BEST answer.
____1. Who is the founder of Islam?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Zoroaster
Gautama
Abraham
Muhammad
____2. Where did Islam begin?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Africa
Iberian Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
Europe
_____3. Which of the following is not regarded as a prophet by
Muslims?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Abraham
Paul
Muhammad
Jesus
____4. What famous battle halted the spread of Islam into Western
Europe?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hastings
Tours
Salamis
Agincourt
___5. Which of the following represents the correct order of the Islamic
dynasties from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries?
A. Umayyad, Abbasid, Seljuk
B. Abbasid, Seljuk, Umayyad
C. Umayyad, Shiite, Abbasid
D. Abbasid, Shiite, Sunni
____6. All of the following are one of the Pillars of Islam EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Giving charity
Making a pilgrimage
Fasting during Ramadan
Being baptized
____7. Which of the following is true about the Quran?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It was written by Muhammad
It has been changed over time
It was recorded by Muhammad’s followers
It includes the Old and New Testament
____8. The Hijra marks Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to
A.
B.
C.
D.
Damascus
Jerusalem
Medina/Yathrib
Baghdad
____9. What year marks the first year of the Muslim calendar?
A.
B.
C.
D.
529 A.D/C.E
314 A.D/C.E
622 A.D/C.E
330 A.D/C.E
____10. What city is important not only to Muslims, but to Jews and
Christians as well
A.
B.
C.
D.
Constantinople
Jerusalem
Mecca
Cairo
____11. An important cultural contribution of the Muslims is the
A.
B.
C.
D.
Building of churches throughout the empire
Establishment of trade with Australia
Preservation of ancient Greek and Roman texts
Development of gunpowder
____12. When Muslims pray, they face
A.
B.
C.
D.
The West
Mecca
The nearest mosque
Jerusalem
____13. All of the following are scientific achievements of the
Muslims EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Al Jabr or Algebra
Medicine
Adaptation of Arabic numerals
Invention of the compass
____14. As trade expanded in the Islamic Empire, many people
adopted the Arabic language. This event would be best
characterized by what term
A.
B.
C.
D.
Acculturation
Ethnocentrism
Cultural diffusion
Xenophobia
____15. Which of the following best describes Islam’s opinion of
Christianity and Judaism?
A.
Christians and Jews should be respected as “people
of the book”
B. Islam is the final message of God to humanity, and
has little to do with Judaism and Christianity
C. Both of them are wholly wrong and should be
dismissed out of hand for believing in false prophets
D. Islam excepts Christianity but rejects Judaism
____16. What year was Muhammad born?
A.
B.
C.
D.
529 A.D/C.E
570 A.D/C.E
622 A.D/C.E
330 A.D/C.E
____17. What is an oasis?
A.
A fertile area in a desert watered by a natural well or
spring
B. Area where plant life and animals cannot survive
C. Area located in the Alps mountains on the Roman
peninsula
D. An area where the Red Sea flows into the Tigris River
and meets up to form an oasis
____18. The sacred text of Islam is called what?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Gospels
The Quran
The Bible
The Torah
____24. Based on the Islamic belief, who was the first person to
convert to Islam?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Muhammad
Theodora
Khadija
The Angel Gabriel
____25. What is the name of the building in Mecca that was built by
Abraham and his son Ishmael and once housed numerous idols?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Hagia Sophia
The Kabba
The Dome of the Rock
The Blue Mosque
(Use the diagram to answer questions #26-#28)
Christians worship in
churches.
Christianity, Judaism,
and Islam all worship
one deity, which
makes them ______
belief systems?
Muslims worship
in_____?
____19. Which group makes up 90% of all Muslims today?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Shi’a Muslims
Shiite Muslims
Sufi Muslims
Sunni Muslims
Christians worship on
Sundays
Jews worship on
Saturdays
____20. During the month of Ramadan this is specifically practiced by
Muslims
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fasting
Hajj
Jihad
Giving to charity
____21. This is considered to be the most sacred city in Islam?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Baghdad
Yathrib
Jerusalem
Mecca
____22. Muslims are called to do this five times daily?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pray
Fast
Give to the poor
Declare their faith
____23. Who appeared to Muhammad in the cave and told him to
“Recite”.
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Pope
The Caliph
The Angel Gabriel
Allah
Muslims worship on____?
____26. According to the diagram, which type of religions/belief
system completes the diagram?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Polytheistic belief system
Monotheistic belief system
Hindu belief system
Buddhist belief system
____27. According to the diagram, which place of worship best
completes the diagram?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A synagogue
A church
A temple
A mosque
____28. According to the Venn diagram, those who practice Islam
worship on what day of the week?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Wednesday
____29. The Quran is important to the Islamic religion for all of the
following reasons EXCEPT:
A. It provides guidelines on how Muslims should live their
life
B. It provides ethical standards that emphasize honesty,
generosity, and social justice
C. It was originally written in Arabic and serves as the
unchangeable word of God
D. It was written by the Angel Gabriel and sent to
Muhammad
___30. Both Christianity and Islam believe and practice all of the
following EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Believe in prayer
Believe in giving to the poor
Are monotheistic belief systems
Believe that Jesus delivered the final word of God
___31. Which group makes up only 10% of all Muslims?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Umayyad Muslims
Shiite Muslims
Sufi Muslims
Sunni Muslims
___32. Sunni Muslims believed that the successor to Muhammad
should be
A.
B.
C.
D.
Divinely inspired relationship
Personal relationship
Physical relationship
No relationship at all
___34. What dynasty moved the capital of Islam to Baghdad and held
the golden ages
A.
B.
C.
D.
Monogal Dynasty
Umaydd Dynasty
Muhammad’s Dynasty
Abbassid Dynasty
___35. Where were the Arabian numerals adopted from?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Iraq
Iran
Yemen
India
___36. All of these were reasons why Islam was able to spread so
quickly and unify so many people EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Weak Byzantine and Persian Empires
Efficient Military tactics
It was a polytheistic belief system
It was a group of people unified under one belief
It is started the first year of the Muslim calendar
It marked the start of the first caliph
It marked the turning point in Muhammad’s life
It was when Muhammad fled from Mecca to Medina
___38. All of the following are true about both the Sunni and Shiite
Muslims EXCEPT:
A.
The Sunni Muslims represent 90% of all Muslims
while the remaining 10% identify with Shiite Muslims
B. The Sunni Muslims believe that the leader should
picked by the community while the Shiite Muslims
believed that the leader should be a descendant of
Muhammad
C. The Sunni Muslims believe that the leader should
have a divine relationship with God as where the
Shiite Muslims believe that the leader should not be a
religious leader
D. The Sunni Muslims are concentrated in more areas
than are the Shiite Muslims
___39. The term caliph means what
A.
B.
C.
D.
His son-in-law Ali
Descendants of Muhammad
A leader in the community
Muhammad’s son Fatima
___33. Shiite Muslims believe their Caliph has what type of relationship
with Allah
A.
B.
C.
D.
___37. The Hijra is important for all of the following reasons
EXCEPT:
The new prophet of Islam after Muhammad
Successor to Muhammad
One who is a descendant to Muhammad
One who was the leader of Islam before
Muhammad
____40. All of the following are scientific contributions of Islamic
civilization EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Algebra
Architecture
Medicine
Arabic numerals
___47. This group migrated into the Middle East from central Asia,
they went on to controlled Baghdad but left the Abbasid caliph as a
figurehead
A. Crusaders
B. Seljuks
C. Mongols
D. Ottoman Turks
___48. Ali the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad served as
the_____and was assassinated in what year
A. First caliph, assassinated in 622
B. Third caliph, assassinated in 570
C. Fourth caliph, assassinated in 661
D. Second caliph, assassinated in 1054
(Use the picture above to answer questions #41-#43)
___41. The dotted area on the map represents what
A.
B.
C.
D.
Medina
The Red Sea
Mecca
The Arabian Peninsula
___42. If the letter B in the picture represents Mecca than the letter C
in the picture represents what
A.
B.
C.
D.
Medina
The Red Sea
Mecca
The Arabian Peninsula
___49. The Sunni Muslims are concentrated or mainly located in all
of the following areas EXCEPT:
A. Turkey
B. Saudi Arabia
C. Iran
D. Afghanistan
___50. This dynasty captured Damascus in 750, was formed from
discontented Muslims, and moved the capital to Baghdad
A.
B.
C.
D.
Umayyad Dynasty
Ali Dynasty
Abu Bakr Dynasty
Abbasid Dynasty
EX: What is the name of this building?
___43. The area on the map labeled D represents what
A. Medina
B. The Red Sea
C. Mecca
D. The Arabian Peninsula
___44. All of the following are cultural contributions of Islamic
civilization EXCEPT:
A. Arabic alphabet
B. Medicine
C. Universities
D. Mosaics
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Hagia Sophia
The Kabba
The Dome of the Rock
The Blue Mosque
___45. The group of Christians who captured Jerusalem were known
as who
A.
B.
C.
D.
Crusaders
Seljuks
Mongols
Ottoman Turks
Extra Credit: What are the five times a day that Muslims pray?
1.__________________________________
___46. This group was led by Genghis Khan and later his grandson
who burned and looted Baghdad killing the last Abbasid caliph
A.
B.
C.
D.
Crusaders
Seljuks
Mongols
Ottoman Turks
2.__________________________________
3.__________________________________
4.__________________________________
5.__________________________________