Christianity and Islam

Group that believed Umayyad caliphs should rule

• Sunnis

• Bedouin

• Shia

• Muhammad

Desert herders who traveled from oasis to oasis in search of water?

• Sunnis

• Bedouin

• Shia

• 8th graders

Caliphs who governed the Arab Empire from Damasus?

• Bedouin

• Sunnis

• Shia

• Umayyads

Followers of Muhammad who believed his son-in-law should rule after Muhammad's death

• Umayyads

• Sunnis

• Shia

• Bedouin

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

• True

• False

Even tough farming was important, most Muslims lived in cities

• True

• False

The Quran provides Muslims with guidelines on how to live and stresses the need to treat others fairly.

• True

• False

The message of Jesus- people should love God and one another- agreed with Jewish teachings.

• True

• False

Crucifixion of criminals and political rebels was a common method of punishment by the Romans.

• True

• False

Christians, unlike the Jews, believed that multiple gods could be worshipped

• True

• False