Middle East and World History 1 Review

Muslims follow the __________ ____________ in order to go to heaven.

• Four Noble Truths

• Five Pillars

• Eightfold Path

• Ten Commandments

The holy book for Muslims is called what?

• The Bible
• The Vedas
• The Koran
• The Upanishads

When Muslims pray, what do they believe they should face?

• Medina
• Mecca
• Jerusalem
• Baghdad

The geography of the Arabian Peninsula could best be described as high plateaus and grassy plains.

• True

• False

The name given to followers of Islam

• Bedouins

• Christians

• Muslims

• Jews

The Ka'bah is

• The party of Ali. They make up 10% of Muslims today.

• A journey to a sacred place.

• The founder of Islam.

• A shrine in Mecca, and one of the holiest places according to the Islamic faith.

Monotheism is

• Belief in one god.

• The only country with a Shiite majority.

• Shiite term which means the “divinely guided sinless successor of Muhammad.”

• A journey to a sacred place.

Muslims worship _____________

• Many gods

• Yahweh

• Brahman

• Allah

Muslims believe in alms which means?

• Giving money to the poor

• Not eating during Ramadan

• Visiting Mecca once in a lifetime

• Praying 5 times a day

Which language spread as a result of Islam?

• Greek

• Latin

• Arabic

• Persian