Islam Vocab 1 Quiz

______ an Arab man whom Muslims honor as the most important prophet of Islam.

____ was a bustling market town and important epicenter of trade between Africa, Asia, and Europe.

___ was the first city with dedicated Muslim community.

The ___ is located in the center of the Haram Sharif Great Mosque in Mecca. More than 2 million Muslims make a pilgrimage to Mecca each year and often circle this sacred site in prayer.

The ___, the sacred text of Islam, teaches that God is all-powerful and compassionate.

Although Muslims may pray anywhere, they often gather in houses of worship called ___.

Over time, Muslim scholars developed the ___, a body of law that includes interpretation of the Quran, examples of behavior from Muhammad's life, and Muslim traditions.

Which of the following is NOT a pillar of faith of Islam?

• Pray 5 times daily

• Declaration of faith

• Charity to the poor

• Fasting from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan

• Obedience to elders

The Arabic word for "God" is ___.

The nomadic ___ people dominated the Pre-Islamic region of the Arabian Peninsula. Muhammad in his youth worked as a shepard amongst them.

• Bedouin

• Zoroastrians

• Jews

• Nestorian Christians