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Islam Test Study Guide
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1.) Between what two (2) bodies of water does the Arabian Peninsula lie?
2.) What is the geography of the Arabian Peninsula?
3.) Who were the Bedouins?
4.) What was the Kaaba to the early Arabs?
5.) Who was Muhammad?
6.) Toward what city do Muslims face when praying?
7.) What is the year that marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar?
8.) What was the Madinah Compact of 624 and who created this document?
9.) What is the name of the holy scriptures of Islam?
10.) What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
11.) How many times a day must a Muslim pray?
12.) What is the name of the Muslim God?
13.) How many wives could a Muslim man have?
14.) Who became caliph after Muhammad’s death? This man became the 1st of the Rightly
Guided Caliphs. What relationship did this man have to Muhammad?
15.) Who was the last of the Rightly Guided Caliphs? What relationship did this man
have to Muhammad?
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16.) What is a jihad?
17.) What would happen to Muslim warriors if they were killed in a Jihad?
18.) What were the Muslims that followed Ali called?
19.) According to the Shiites, who could be caliph?
20.) The Sunni Muslims followed the teaching of Muhammad. According to the Sunni
Muslims, who could be caliph?
21.) What was the name of the battle in France that halted (stopped) the Muslim advance
into Europe?
22.) What major accomplishments were made during the Umayyad dynasty that
improved the Muslim “Empire?”
23.) What new capital was built along the Tigris River during the Abbasid Dynasty?
24.) In AD 1055, the Abbasid capital was taken over by a group of invading Turks. Who
were these Turks?
25.) What group of invaders finally ended the Abbasid Dynasty?
26.) What is the common language of Islam?
27.) At what age did Muslim boys enter the Mosque run schools?
28.) Where could the religious, government, and business buildings be found in a Muslim
city?
29.) What was the House of Wisdom?
30.) What was the Islamic view of the Earth?
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31.) The scientist al-Razi classified chemical substances. How could chemical substances
be classified according to al-Razi?
32.) Ibn Sina wrote a book that contained all of the medical knowledge of the time. What
was the name of this book?
33.) What new medical science was developed by the Muslims?
34.) What new math was created by the Muslims?
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