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The Rise of Islam: Chapter 3 test
Name____________________________
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. The majority of the Arabian Peninsula is comprised of __________.
a. oases
c. deserts
b. farmland
d. flood plains
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2. What two rivers help bring life to the dry desert landscape of the Arabian Peninsula?
a. Nile and Indus
c. Euphrates and Nile
b. Tigris and Euphrates
d. Indus and the Tigris
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3. In ancient Arabia, the availability of __________ and grazing land were two factors which determined
where nomadic tribes migrated.
a. oil reserves
c. camels
b. water
d. religious freedom
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4. The following traits best describe which group of people?
-domestication
-fixed settlement communities
-large families
a. nomadic groups
b. sedentary groups
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c. Hunter-gathers
d. Bedouins
5. -non-permanent civilizations
-traveling in search for food
-small families
The above traits best describe which of the following groups?
a. nomads
c. Romans
b. sedentary groups
d. farmers
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6. The Arabian peninsula is connected to which of the following two continents?
a. Africa and Asia
b. Africa and Europe
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c. Europe and Asia
d. None of the above
7. Where did people practice agriculture on the Arabian Peninsula?
a. in the desert
b. on the oases
c. on the coast
d. in the mountains
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8. In A.D. 610, Muhammad named his new faith Islam and the followers of this religion __________.
a. Jews
c. Christians
b. Buddhists
d. Muslims
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9. Like Judaism and Christianity, Islam is a __________ religion.
a. animistic
b. polytheistic
c. monotheistic
d. ancestor worshipping
____ 10. How are Christianity, Judaism, and Islam similar?
a. The three religions have holy books.
c. The three religions teach that Jesus was
the son of God.
b. The three religions were founded by
d. The three religions require people to take
Abraham.
pilgrimage to a holy city.
____ 11. The most important rituals and practices of the Islamic faith can be found in the Muslim holy book,
__________.
a. the Bible
c. the Torah
b. the Qur'an
d. a mosque
____ 12. Muslims structure their daily routines around the __________, which comprise the main practices and
rituals of the Islamic faith.
a. Five Pillars of Islam
c. seven sacraments
b. Ten Commandments
d. five rites
____ 13. The chart below is describing the name of specific religious document. Which term belongs in the
empty box in the chart?
a. The Analects
b. Bible
c. Qur'an
d. Theravada
____ 14. The Shari'ah, a combination of the Qu'ran and the Sunnah, not only influenced the lives of the
Muslims, but was also used________________.
a. for punishment against criminals
c. for religious laws
b. for the laws of business
d. for international crimes
____ 15. Islamic beliefs and practices are dictated by the Qur'an and the __________.
a. Sunnah
c. The Analects
b. Bible
d. Theravada
____ 16. Which of these BEST explains a reason why the Sunnah is an important book for Muslims?
a. The Sunnah offers strategies for resolving c. The Sunnah helps Muslims as a guide for
family issues.
a proper way of life.
b. The Sunnah provides Muslims with
d. The Sunnah is a holy text that contains the
information about the Jewish Torah.
true words of Allah.
____ 17. The Five Pillars of Islam can best be described as which of the following?
a. the cities considered sacred by Muslims
c. the basic duties of every Muslim
b. the ruins of the first mosque in Mecca
d. the main disciples of Muhammad
____ 18. A Muslim house of worship is called a _____________________.
a. synagogue
c. mausoleum
b. church
d. mosque
____ 19. Muhammad taught that ________________ was the only god.
a. Allah
c. Confucius
b. Buddha
d. Abraham
____ 20. Why is the Ka'bah sacred?
a. It is the holy book for the followers of
Islam.
b. It is the central shrine and mosque of
Islam.
c.
He was the successor to Muhammad.
d.
He was appointed as the first Caliph.
____ 21.
The government the Romans created in 509 BC was a republic.
A republic is a government
a. controlled by a king
b. run by elected officials
c. controlled by an army
d. run by nobles
____ 22. Spanish, Italian, and French are called Romance languages because _____________.
a. they are all derived from Latin, the
language of the Romans
b. they were primarily used in sonnets and
poems dealing with love
c. they were exclusively used in religious
writings
d. they were initially developed as spoken
languages
____ 23. Byzantine Emperor Justinian had the pre-existing Roman Laws reconfigured and compiled into a new
legal system known as the ____________________.
a. New Code
c. Roman Code
b. Justinian Code
d. Byzantine Code
____ 24. What are aqueducts?
a. indoor plumbing fixtures
b. man-made channels that carry water
c. a type of wild bird found in Italy
d. a type of military cargo boat
____ 25. Which of these did not contribute to the downfall of Rome?
a. Roman engineering
c. diseases
b. vast size of the empire
d. Barbarian invasions