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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. ____ 1. The majority of the Arabian Peninsula is comprised of __________. a. oases c. deserts b. farmland d. flood plains ____ 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 ____ 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 ____ 4. The following traits best describe which group of people? -domestication -fixed settlement communities -large families a. nomadic groups b. sedentary groups ____ 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 ____ 6. The Arabian peninsula is connected to which of the following two continents? a. Africa and Asia b. Africa and Europe ____ 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 ____ 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 ____ 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