The Spread of Islam Check-In

What does Dar al-Islam refer to?

• The House of Judaism

• The House of Buddhism

• The House of Christianity

• The House of Islam

Who was the founder of Islam?

• Abraham

• Jesus

• Muhammad

• Moses

What was the significance of Mecca?

• It was the center of the Shia sect

• It was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate

• It was the birthplace of Muhammad

• It was a center of trade

What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

• Five fundamental duties in Islam

• Five daily prayers in Islam

• Five key teachings of Islam

• Five holy cities in Islam

Who were the two main groups that disagreed over the successor of Muhammad?

• Persians and Arabs

• Abbasid and Umayyad

• Sunni and Shia

• Turks and Mongols

What was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age?

• Mecca

• Damascus

• Baghdad

• Cairo

Which scholar is remembered as the inventor of trigonometry?

• Ibn Sina

• Plato

• Nasir al-Din al Tusi

• Socrates

Who sacked Baghdad in 1258, leading to the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate?

• Ali

• Abu Bakr

• The Mongols

• The Seljuk Turks

What was the main side-effect of the Turkic and Mongol invasions on Islam?

• Decline of Islamic culture

• Spread of Islamic knowledge

• Fragmentation of Islamic states

• Conversion of Islamic rulers

What was the special tax paid by non-Muslims in Islamic states?

• Zakat

• Jizya

• Sadaqah

• Khums