Islam Chapter 14

Where did Islam originate?

• India

• Arabian peninsula

• North Africa

• China

What is a major holiday in Muslim culture

• Christmas

• Kwanzaa

• Ramadan

• Hannukah

What are the two holiest cities in Islam

• Mecca and Medina

• Damacus and Jerusalem

• Mecca and Damacus

• Petra and Medina

What forms the basis of Islamic faith?

• Eightfold path

• Five Pillars

• Four Noble Truths

• Three Wise Sayings

What city to Muslims need to face when they pray?

• Timbuktu

• Rome

• Mecca

• Sumer

What facilitated trade and stimulated intellectual activity in the Muslim world?

• mild climates

• Muhammad's death

• Arabic language

• the Quran

What is true of Islam?

• it only accepts the New Testament

• it accepts Mohammad as the only prophet of God

• it accepts Moses and Jesus as earlier prophets

• it accepts the divinity of Jesus Christ

What is the Arabic word for God?

• Allah

• Jesus

• Yahweh

• Quran

Many of the traditions were influenced by which other religions?

• Christianity and Judaism

• Hinduism and Judaism

• Zoroastrianism and Judaism

• Buddhism and Judaism

Where did the Islamic Empire expand?

• into Australia

• all around the world

• the entire continent of Africa

• across Asia and Africa and into Spain