Spread of Islam Test Review Part ONE

What geographic feature kept conquering Muslim armies in northern Africa and kept them from spreading further south?

• The Nile River

• The Sahel

• The Sahara Desert

• The Libyan Desert

What geographic barrier in Africa shaped how Islam spread throughout Africa within the first hundred years after Muhammad's death? (Hint: this feature prevented Muslim armies from spreading further south in Africa)

• Sahara Desert

• Namibian Desert

• Himalayan Mountains

• The Nile Delta

Where did Islam begin? (What geographic feature?)

• Sahara Desert

• Arabian Peninsula

• Sinai Peninsula

• Italian Peninsula

What development caused the Arabian Peninsula to grow in importance and develop cities such as Mecca?

• increase in trade on the Arabian Peninsula

• decrease in warfare on the Arabian Peninsula

• spread of Buddhism along the silk roads

• introduction of the religion of Islam

What type of trade increased on the Arabian Peninsula making the Arabian Peninsula more important and caused the development of cities such as Mecca? (Hint: eventually these trade routes linked Mecca down to present-day Yemen)

• nautical trade

• caravan trade

• silk trade

• transcontinental trade

What is the most important and holy city for all Muslims?

• Medina

• Mecca

• Constantinople

• Jerusalem

Where did the religion of Islam begin?

• the city of Mecca on the Anatolian Peninsula

• the city of Medina on the Arabian Peninsula

• the city of Jerusalem on the Arabian Peninsula

• the city of Mecca on the Arabian Peninsula

Which region is culturally and historically similar to the Middle East/Southwest Asia due to the way Muslim armies and Islam spread?

• Sub-Saharan Africa (south of the Sahara)

• North Africa (north of the Sahara)

• Eastern Africa

• South Asia

This religion is monotheistic, originated in Southwest Asia, has Muhammad as the most important prophet and the Koran is the central holy text.

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Islam

• Hinduism

A follower of the religion of Islam is called a

• Muslim

• Jew

• Christian

• Monotheist