Early Islamic History Part 1

John Greene explains that unlike Judaism and Christianity, Islam is not well understood by the Western World because people believed the history of Europe to be more important. Which concept applies?

• Racism

• Ethnocentrism

• Ageism

• Xenophobia

Who is Muhammad?

• One of the many gods of Islam

• The founder of Christianity

• The founder of Islam

• An angel delivering a message from god

In what century did Islam begin?

• 7th century C.E. (600s C.E.)

• 22nd century C.E. (2100s C.E.)

• 6th century C.E. (600s C.E.)

• 7th century B.C.E. (600s B.C.E.)

What was Muhammad's job?

• A 6th grade teacher

• A general like Radulf

• A politician like Snooty Buttoo

• A caravan trader

What part of the world does Islam begin?

• Ancient Rome

• East Asia

• Egypt

• Arabian Peninsula

How did the people in the Arabian peninsula organize themselves before Islam?

• They organized by tribe

• They organized by nation

• They organized by job/career

• They organized according to whether they practiced Judaism or Christianity

Before people practiced Islam, people of the Arabian Peninsula were polytheistic. What does this mean?

• They worshipped only one god

• They worshipped multiple gods

• They worshipped the Greek gods and goddesses

• They worshipped the sun

Islam is...

• a polytheistic religion

• not a religion, but a philosophy

• the oldest religion in the whole world

• a monotheistic religion

The Quran is...

• one of the many Islamic gods

• one of the 5 pillars of Islam

• An important place of worship for Muslim people

• important Islamic text

Why do we study history of Islam in 6th grade humanities?

• because their political structure is like Greece and Rome

• because it's the next obvious civilization in the timeline after Greece and Rome

• to learn about a history/culture/religion/people that is often misunderstood

• to combat the prejudice and discrimination that our society often has around the Islamic World and Muslim people