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ISLAM
Civilization
WHI SOL #8
Version B
1. What is the symbol for
Islam?
a) A
c) C
b) b
d) d
2. The people who believe in
Islam are called
a)
b)
c)
d)
Ishlamites
Muslims
Islamites
Muhammadians
Muslims
3. This term means “submission to
the will of God.”
a)
b)
c)
d)
Judaism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Islam
#4 Who is the founder of
Islam?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Gautama
Mohammed
Zoroaster
Abraham
Mohammed
5. What year was Muhammad born
in?
a)
b)
c)
d)
0
1525 B.C.E
624 B.C.E
570 C.E
570 C.E
#6 Where did Islam begin?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Arabian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
Africa
Europe
Arabian Peninsula
#7 What city was Muhammad
from?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Damascus
Mecca
Medina
Jerusalem
Mecca
8. What was the name of the
angel that spoke with Muhammad
in the cave near Mecca?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Gabriel
Michael
Raphael
Uriel
Gabriel
9. Who is
Allah?
a)
b)
c)
d)
An Angel
A prophet
God
A priest
God
10. In Mecca, much
of the trade
(particularly that
of idols) took place
around a cubed
stone temple called
the
a)
b)
c)
d)
Hijrah
Ka’aba
Buraq
Caliph
Ka’aba
11. Meccans initially resisted Muhammad’s
teachings because
a) the teachings promoted war
b) the teachings upheld the worship of more than one god
c) the people feared Mecca would lose its position as a
pilgrimage center
d) the people did not find his ideas appealing
the people feared
Mecca would lose its
position as a
pilgrimage center
12. The angel in
the cave told
Muhammad that
the cubed stone
temple was built by
a) Abraham and
Ishmael
b) Moses and Aaron
c) Siddhartha and Lao
Tzu
d) Isaac and Joseph
Abraham and
Ishmael
14. What city
invited
Muhammad to
come and live
with them when
they were being
persecuted?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Jerusalem
Mecca
Medina
Damascus
Medina
16. 8 years after fleeing this city, Muhammad
had returned as a conqueror.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Mecca
Medina
Damascus
Jerusalem
Mecca
17. What was the
first city that
Muhammad became
the ruler of?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Mecca
Medina
Damascus
Jerusalem
Medina
18. According to this map, Muhammad did not
hold territory in this location
a)
b)
c)
d)
a) Iraq
b) Yemen
c) Arabia
d) Oman
Rome
Judea
Arabia
Persia
Iraq
#19 When Muhammad died, his companion,
named ___________, took over and became
the new caliph.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Abraham
Ishmael
Abu Bakr
Sunni Ali
Abu Bakr
#20 What is a caliph?
a) God
b) A king or queen who has unlimited power and
seeks to control all aspects of society.
c) A supreme political and religious leader in a
Muslim government.
d) One of the followers of Jesus who preached
and spread his teachings.
supreme political and religious
leader in a Muslim government.
#21 The
division of Islam
into Sunni and
Shi'a sects
resulted from
a) differences over who were the rightful
successors to Muhammad.
b) conflict over the spoils of Muslim conquests.
c) resistance to the Five Pillars.
d) disputes over the role of Hebrew prophets.
differences over who were
the rightful successors to
Muhammad
#22 This dynasty took over
and greatly expanded the
Islamic empire after the first
four caliphs
a)
b)
c)
d)
Abyssid Dynasty
Umayyad Dynasty
Achaemenid Dynasty
Sassanid Dynasty
Umayyad Dynasty
#23 When the Abassid Dynasty
took control of the Muslim
Empire, the Umayyad Dynasty
was forced to retreat to this
land in order to survive.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Egypt
Spain
Italy
Greece
Spain
#24 When the Abassid
Dynasty took control of the
Muslim Empire, they moved
the capital to this location.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Damascus
Jerusalem
Mecca
Baghdad
Baghdad
#25 The holy book of Islam that contains
the revelations that Muhammad received
from the angel Gabriel
a)
b)
c)
d)
Qur’an
Bible
Torah
Vedas
Qur’an
#26 The system of law that regulates the
family life, moral conduct, and business and
community life of Muslims.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Shari’a
Torah
8 Noble Truths
Karma
Shari’a
Dome of the Rock
#27 Islamic house
of worship
a)
b)
c)
d)
Church
Mosque
Synagogue
Cathedral
Mosque
#28 The greatest contribution of Islamic
culture to the West was its
a)
b)
c)
d)
cosmopolitan urban centers
legal code
architecture
scholarship
scholarship
#29 The Muslims used Hindu numbers to
create a new type of math. What was it called?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Geometry
Calculus
Trigonometry
Algebra
Algebra
#30 Which city
is important to
Judaism,
Christianity, and
Islam?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Rome
Constantinople
Mecca
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
#31 What
geographic feature
was a barrier
between West
African kingdoms
and
the Muslim Empire?
a) The Red Sea
b) The Nile River
c) The Sahara
Desert
d) The Ethiopian
Highlands
The Sahara Desert
#32 Muhammad also said that all Muslims must
perform five duties. What are these 5 duties
called.
a) Dharma
b) 5 Pillars of
Islam
c) Torah
d) Shari’a
5 Pillars of Islam
#33 In the Muslim
Empire, which
language helped trade
and stimulated
intellectual activity?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Latin
Greek
Persian
Arabic
Arabic
#34 Which of the following is not one of
the Pillars of Islam?
a) Giving charity
b) Fasting during
Ramadan
c) Being baptized
d) Making a pilgrimage
Being baptized
#35 On the map below, which arrow
shows the journey called the Hajira
a)
b)
c)
d)
4
2
3
1
1
#36 Muslims believe that one should pray five times
a day facing
a)
b)
c)
d)
Medina
Mecca.
Cairo.
Jerusalem.
Mecca
#37 Which of the following is true about the
Koran?
a) It was written by
Mohammed.
b) It has been
changed over time.
c) It was recorded by
Mohammed’s
followers.
d) It includes the Old
and New
Testament.
It was recorded by
Mohammed’s followers
#38 An important cultural contribution of the
Muslims is the
a)
b)
c)
d)
development of gunpowder.
preservation of ancient Greek and Roman texts.
establishment of trade with Australia.
building of churches throughout the empire.
preservation of ancient Greek
and Roman texts
#39 Which of the following represents the
correct order of the Islamic dynasties from
the seventh to the thirteenth centuries?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Umayyad, Abbasid, Seljuk
Abbasid, Seljuk, Umayyad
Abbasid, Shi’ite, Sunni
Umayyad, Shi’ite, Abbasid
Umayyad, Abbasid, Seljuk
#40 The most serious threat to the Muslim
Empire came from
a)
b)
c)
d)
internal power struggles.
Christian missionaries.
changing economic conditions.
Byzantine armies.
internal power struggles
#41 At its height, the Islamic empire
expanded from
a)
b)
c)
d)
East Asia to Europe.
the Indus River Valley to the Atlantic Ocean.
the Nile River Valley to the Pacific Ocean.
West Africa to Scandinavia.
the Indus River
Valley to the
Atlantic Ocean
#42 Who of the following is not regarded as a
prophet by Muslims?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Jesus
Paul
Abraham
Mohammed
Paul
#43 Look at the map
above. During which
period did Islam spread
farthest north in
Europe and Asia?
a)
b)
c)
d)
622 to 632
632 to 661
661 to 750
750 to 945
661 to 750
#44 According to this
chart, approximately
how much larger was
the population in
Baghdad than
Constantinople?
a) 700, 000
b) 600, 000
c) 500,000
d) 900,000
600, 000
#45 The Islamic and Christian faiths share
a belief in:
a)
b)
c)
d)
the divinity of Jesus
Mohammad as the most recent prophet
polytheistic gods
A monotheistic god
A monotheistic god
#46 How did Islam spread across Africa,
Asia, and into Spain?
a)
b)
c)
d)
letters
warfare
travelers
isolation
warfare