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Name ____________________________________ Date ___________________ Period _________ Islam: Empire of Faith DVD Worksheet ____1. What fraction of the people on earth are Muslim? a. Nearly 1/8 b. Nearly 1/4 c. Nearly 1/3 d. Nearly 1/2 ____5. Both of Muhammad’s parents had died by the time he was what age? a. 2 b. 6 c. 12 d. 15 ____2. Which of the following things does the muezzin say when he is calling the faithful to prayer? a. “I testify Muhammad is the messenger of God.” b. “God is most great.” c. “I testify there is no other god but God.” d. “Come and pray.” e. All of the above. ____6. After his parents died, who raised Muhammad? a. His grandparents b. His sister c. His uncle ____3. Which of the following was a contribution that Muslim scholars made to Western civilization? a. They reclaimed the wisdom of the Greeks, while Europeans languished in the Dark Ages. b. They gave us the numerals we use for counting. c. They sewed the seeds of the Renaissance, 600 years before the birth of Leonardo da Vinci. d. They contributed to the way we heal the sick. e. All of the above. ____4. Approximately when was Muhammad born? a. 570 AD b. 320 AD c. 650 AD d. 430 AD ____7. How did being an orphan affect Muhammad? a. It made him resent rich people. b. It made him reject his tribe. c. It gave him a concern for people who are left out of society. ____8. How did the Bedouins know about their ancestors and stories of their tribes? a. From their poetry b. From their scholars, who wrote their history down c. From their priests ____9. What was the most important possession that Bedouin tribes fought to protect? a. Wells (water) b. Gold c. Crops d. Cattle ____10. The Kaaba was a cube-shape structure in Mecca, where a. the gods of the Bedouin tribes were kept. b. merchants conducted their business. c. the leaders of the city met to conduct city affairs. ____11. According to tradition, who built the Kaaba? a. Abraham b. Moses c. Muhammad ____12. Why was the area around the Kaaba good for business? a. Because when they were worshipping, they were in a good mood, so they bought more. b. Because there was a zone around the Kaaba where no weapons were allowed, so people could buy and sell in peace. c. Because the Bedouin religion taught that a person should always buys something after they pray. ____13. What local religions were found in Mecca? a. Christians b. Jews c. Animists (people who worship nature spirits) d. All of the above ____14. What “aging empires” were linked with India and China through Mecca? a. Byzantium and Persia b. Egypt and Babylonia c. Greece and Rome ____15. What was Muhammad’s profession? a. A teacher b. A doctor c. A merchant ____16. Who was Khadija? a. Muhammad’s first student b. Muhammad’s wife c. Muhammad’s daughter ____17. How did Muhammad solve the dispute over who would have the honor of returning the Black Stone to the Kaaba after it had been removed while the Kaaba was undergoing repairs? a. He proposed that each of the four leaders take turns carrying the stone into the Kaaba. b. He proposed that the stone should be carried in on a cloth, with each of the four leaders holding a corner. c. He proposed that the leaders play Rock-Paper-Scissors to decide who got to carry the stone into the Kaaba. ____18. When Muhammad had a vision that an angel visited him in a cave, what did the angel instruct him to do? a. Recite in the name of God the Almighty b. Destroy all idols c. Give money to the poor ____19. What was the most important message that Muhammad was to bear to his people? a. That there is life after death. b. That they must fight for their religion. c. That there is only one God. ____20. What was Muhammad’s “social justice” message? a. That all idols should be destroyed. b. That God would punish evildoers. c. That people should share the wealth, and that everyone was equal ____21. The Quran was revealed orally, (and originally it was recited orally by Muhammad), so why did his followers feel that they needed to write it down? a. They believed that writing was more honorable than oral tradition. b. They wanted to make sure it was not corrupted (changed) and the original message was maintained. c. They wanted to change some of the details that they felt were confusing. ____22. What language is the Quran written in? a. Persian b. Egyptian c. Arabic ____23. Why do Muslims generally not make pictures of Muhammad (and if they do, he is shown with a white cloth over his face)? a. They don’t want people to see him as divine, or to pray to the images. b. He was embarrassed about his appearance and did not want to be shown in pictures. c. Neither of the above ____24. Which idea was the hardest for the people of Arabia to believe? a. The idea of life after death b. The idea of one god c. The idea of equality for all ____25. Why were Muhammad’s teachings a threat? a. They were a threat to Mecca’ social order b. They were a threat to their age-old traditions. c. They were an economic threat because of the importance of the Kaaba as a pilgrimage site d. All of the above ____26. What did the tribal leaders demand that Muhammad’s uncle do? a. Declare that Islam was a false religion. b. Remove his clan’s protection from Muhammad, to clear the way for his murder. c. Leave Mecca with his family. ____27. What happened to followers of Muhammad who did not have clan protection? a. They were tortured and killed. b. They were driven out of town. c. They were forced to declare their belief in their old gods. ____28. Why did the people of Yathrib invite Muhammad to come to their city? a. They needed him to come and settle their tribal disputes. b. They were moved by his message of equality for all. c. They had heard that he could perform miracles. ____29. When Muhammad’s followers left Mecca to go to Yathrib, they began a new community. How was this community bound together? a. By blood b. By money c. By faith ____30. The journey of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib is known as the a. Hajj b. Hijrah c. Ramadan ____31. As Muhammad’s work succeeded, the city of Yathrib came to be known as Madinah, which meant “___.” a. The holiest city b. The city of the prophet c. The first city of Islam ____32. The call to prayer has within it the first Islamic pillar, which is the a. Requirement to give to charity. b. Requirement to pray five times a day. c. Affirmation of God’s unity (that there is only one God). ____33. Why is praying together a good thing? a. By carrying out the physical gestures of prayer together, people feel their bodies, minds and souls are unified, all at the same moment. b. It cements the feeling of belonging to a movement, a religion, a community. c. Both a and b. ____34. When the Muslims went out to fight the Meccans, how many were in each army? a. 313 Muslims v. 1000 Meccans b. 1,000 Muslims v. 5000 Meccans c. 10,000 Muslims v. 15,000 Meccans ____35. What caused the tide to turn in favor of the Muslims in the fight between the Muslims and the Meccans? a. The Meccans began to lose heart and many just gave up. b. The Meccans invented a new weapon. c. Bedouin tribes began to join the Muslim army ____36. In what year did Muhammad’s army return to Mecca? a. 622 b. 630 c. 663 ____37. How were the vanquished (defeated) people in a tribal war usually treated? a. They were given some respect, but had to pay taxes to the conquerors. b. The men were killed and the women and children were sold into slavery c. They were required to swear allegiance, and then they were allowed to join with their conquerors. ____38. How did Muhammad treat the Meccans when he returned to the city? a. He embraced the Meccans who had fought him for three years. b. He killed the men and sold the women and children into slavery. c. He arrested all of the people who had attacked his followers before they went to Mendinah, and put them on trial. ____39. What did Muhammad and his troops do when they went to the Kaaba? a. They rode around the Kaaba seven times. b. They destroyed the idols of the tribal gods. c. Both a and b. ____40. Within 200 years, how far had Islam spread? a. Across Arabia b. From Persia to North Africa c. From Spain to China ____41. How far did the Islamic Empire stretch a. From Morocco in the west to the Indus River in the East (where the border of India is today) b. Across Arabia c. Across Europe