World Religions

In Islam, a place of worship is called a

• Church

• Synagogue

• Mandir

• Mosque

The most important prophet and founder of Islam is named

• Jesus

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Muhammad

• Shiva

The 5 Pillars of Islam include:

• Charity

• Prayer

• Life is suffering

• Faith

In the early years of Islam, the _________ (or righteously guided) caliphs like Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali, played an important role in expanding Islam.

• Abassid

• Seljuk

• Rashidun

• Ilkhanate

Muslims made tremendous discoveries in the fields of geography and astronomy. This was largely due to the influence of Islam in encouraging travel. 2 ways Islam encouraged travel were

• The duty of every Muslim to go on Hajj meant that millions of Muslims would need to travel

• It was the duty of Muslims to spend 2 years in distant converting local people

• The Qu'ran led to millions of people in many areas learning Arabic. This allowed people to more easily travel.

• Every mosque had a planisphere for people to study

The holy text of Islam is called the

• Koran (Qu'ran)

• Torah

• Bible

• Vedas

Islam is the fastest growing religion and has the second most followers of any religion. Roughly _________ people practice Islam.

• 488 million

• 14 million

• 2.2 billion

• 1.6 billion

Major tenets of Islam are

• The 4 Noble Truths

• Karma, Dharma, & Reincarnation

• The 5 Pillars

• The 8 Fold Path

The main point of disagreement between Sunnis and Shias is

• Whether the Qu'ran should be the holy text of Islam

• The use of the 5 pillars as major tenets of Islam

• Whether caliphs need to be descendants of Muhammad (through Ali) or not

• Whether Allah is the only and true God

This is a holy city in western Arabia. The Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution and established the first Muslim community.

• Mecca

• Jedah

• Petra

• Medina