Islam

Where did Islam have its origin?

• Islam first emerged in Mecca, a city in Arabia in the Middle East.
• Canaan, later called the Land of Israel
• Judea, it had once been a part of the ancient Kingdom of Israel
• Egypt, near the ancient pyramids

What happened after Muhammad and his followers returned to Mecca in 630 C.E.?

• They reclaimed the city and established Islam as the dominant faith in Saudi Arabia.
• They were defeated and forced to return to Medina.
• They decided to return to worshiping the pagan gods like the rest of the population.
• They converted to Christianity.

What is the Qu'ran?

• The Muslim holy book, which contains the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
• The daily prayer all Muslims must say five times a day.
• The Muslim house of worship that they attend every week.
• The holiest of Muslim holidays where they fast from sunup to sundown.

What is the Hajj?

• The holiest holiday where Muslims fast from sunup to sundown.
• The Muslim holy book that contains the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
• The daily prayer all Muslims say.
• The Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims are encouraged to do at least once.

Where are some of the places that Islam spread to in the centuries after its origin?

• South Asia to Indonesia
• north into Turkey and the Balkan region of Europe
• east coast of Africa and south of the Sahara
• All of the choices are correct

What is true of Islam?

• it accepts Mohammad as the only prophet of God
• it accepts the divinity of Jesus Christ
• it accepts Moses and Jesus as earlier prophets
• it only accepts the New Testament

Whereas Christians believe in the Bible and Jesus, Muslims believe in the ___ and ____.

• Torah, Moses
• Mandate, Confucius
• Koran, Muhammad
• Umayads, Saladin

Like Christians and Jews, the Islamic religion is -

• monotheistic
• polytheistic
• nontheistic 

1.  After the death of Muhammad, what led to the split between the Sunni and Shia? 

• They could not agree on who should become leader.
• They could not agree if they were allowed to eat pork.
• They could not agree on how many times they should pray each day.
• They could not agree on how to make Greek fire.

Muhammad received visions from ________, which commanded him to spread the message of Islam and create the Qur'an.

• Allah
• Brahmin
• Osama