The Islamic World

Islam emerged in Arabia, a land best known for the

• harshness of its hot, dry desert landscape.

• relatively small size of its peninsula.

• heavy rains that blow in from the surrounding seas.

• cold weather on its many high mountain ranges.

Muslims are not permitted to gamble or drink alcohol by the legal code known as the

• Five Pillars of Islam.

• Quran

• Sharia

• Sunnah

How did Muhammad change the Kaaba?

• He had it torn down to the ground.

• He added statues of traditional gods.

• He turned it into an Islamic holy site.

• He moved it from Mecca to Medina.

According to Muslim belief, Muhammad was praying in a cave when he had a revelation in which he was told to

• preach that there was one true God.

• found the holy city of Mecca.

• conquer the Arabian peninsula.

• build a shrine for pilgrims to visit.

Which is Islam’s most sacred text?

• the Quran

• the Sunnah

• the Hadith

• the Sharia

What do Muslims do on a hajj?

• They fast during the day for a month.

• They give wealth to the poor and needy.

• They pray five times each day.

• They travel to the holy city of Mecca.

Which of the following is a central teaching of Islam?

• There is one God and Muhammad was his only prophet.

• Muslims, Jews, and Christians all worship different gods.

• Abraham, Jesus, and Muhammad were all prophets of the same God.

• There is one God, but he can be worshiped in many forms.

The Sunnah is based on accounts by

• people who knew Muhammad.

• Muslim legal expert.

• Muhammad

• Muslim scholars of the 900s.

Which term refers to the ruler of a Muslim state?

• imam

• sufi

• janissary

• caliph

Who did Shias think should succeed Muhammad?

• a relative of Muhammad

• one of the “rightly guided caliphs”

• a member of the Umayyad dynasty

• someone who had won many battles