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Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Towards what city do Muslims pray?
a)
Mecca
b)
Medina
c)
Jerusalem
d)
Damascus
2.
What branch of Islam believes that only a relative of Muhammad is qualified to be a caliph, and thus Ali should have been the first caliph?
a)
Sufi
b)
Shi'a
c)
Sunni
d)
Sharia
3.
The Ten Commandments and the Five Pillars of Islam share the idea of
a)
creating a social class structure for society
b)
Promising a simplistic lifestyle
c)
Judging people by their religion and deeds
d)
Giving guidelines for living
4.
How were the Mongols and the Bedouins similar?
a)
They both came from the Eurasian steppe
b)
They were both nomadic
c)
They both came from the Arabian Peninsula
d)
The both practiced Orthodox Christianity
5.
Due to a necessity to be familiar in navigation to trade and pray towards Mecca, Muslims developed an extensive knowledge in the field of __________
a)
Physics
b)
Astronomy
c)
Mathematics
d)
Medicine
6.
What is the name for the law code laid out in Islam’s holy book that regulates family life, moral conduct, business, and community?
a)
Sunni
b)
Hadith
c)
Hijra
d)
Shari'a
7.
All of the following are examples of uses of salt EXCEPT:
a)
Preservation of food, especially meat
b)
Essential nutrient in the human body
c)
Essential ingredient in gunpowder
d)
Flavor enhancer and seasoning
8.
The branch of Islam that has the majority of followers within the region is __________
a)
Sufi
b)
Shi'a
c)
Sunni
d)
Shari'a
9.
Arabia’s location made it important for what activity?
a)
Climbing
b)
Trading
c)
Governing
d)
Herding
10.
What is the correct order of existence of the West African kingdoms?
a)
Ghana, Songhai, Mali
b)
Mali, Ghana, Songhai
c)
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
d)
Songhai, Mali, Ghana
11.
What are the similarities between all the West African Empires?
a)
All grew as commercial and cultural centers
b)
All came out of the Roman Empire
c)
All opposed the slave trade
d)
All took Christianity as their main religion
12.
Which of the following factors made trans-Saharan trade possible?
a)
The growth of cities
b)
The introduction of camels
c)
The discovery of salt
d)
The increase in population
13.
Who first brought Islam to West Africa?
a)
Crusaders
b)
Priests
c)
Mansa Musa
d)
Traders from the North
14.
What became a common language in West Africa after Islam was introduced?
a)
English
b)
Swahili
c)
Arabic
d)
Swahili
15.
Which description best characterizes the city of Timbuktu?
a)
Port on the water route to East Asia along the Red Sea
b)
Major urban and industrial center on the Silk Road
c)
Commercial and cultural center of West Africa
d)
Holiest city of Islam and site of pilgrimage
16.
The journals of early travelers such as Ibn Battuta of Morocco, Marco Polo of Italy, and Mansa Musa of Mali are examples of __________
a)
Primary sources describing observations made by the travelers
b)
Works of fiction intended to describe the adventures of the travelers
c)
Secondary sources that recorded the travelers' interpretation of history
d)
Outdated resources for historical research
17.
The Muslim place of worship is called a __________
a)
Minaret
b)
Hadith
c)
Ka'aba
d)
Mosque
18.
Muhammad left Mecca for Medina because _______.
a)
He believed Allah commanded him to do so
b)
He wanted to spread his message to new places now that he had secured a following in Mecca
c)
His teachings made it unsafe for him to remain there
d)
The Ka'aba had been destroyed and there was no place to worship in Mecca
19.
Beautifully styled writing that is a distinctive feature of Islamic art is called__________.
a)
Arabesque
b)
Calligraphy
c)
Script
d)
Minaret
20.
Islam spread to places such as West Africa and Southeast Asia because ________.
a)
Escaped Umayyad princes set up dynasties there
b)
Muslims fought major battles there
c)
The Abbasids conquered those lands
d)
Growing commercial efforts of the Muslims traders traveled there
21.
People who accepted the Umayyad rulers were known as _____.
a)
Meccans
b)
Sunnis
c)
Shi'a
d)
Sufis
22.
Which of the following was NOT one of the major accomplishments of Islamic scholars?
a)
Translation of ancient Greek texts into Arabic
b)
Advancements in astronomy
c)
Medicine
d)
The invention of gunpowder
23.
Who was chosen as the first successor to Muhammad?
a)
Mansa Musa
b)
Abu Bakr
c)
Suleyman I
d)
Aurangzeb
24.
Some Meccans did not accept Muhammad's teachings because he __________.
a)
Had a career as a merchant
b)
Criticized their belief in many gods
c)
Refused to share the angel's message
d)
chose to live in Yathrib
25.
In the first years after Muhammad's death, the Muslim community was led by four _________.
a)
Muhammad's sons
b)
Muhammad's wives
c)
Sultans
d)
Caliphs
26.
What leader of Mali converted to Islam and undertook a legendary pilgrimage to Mecca traveling to Mecca through Egypt and across the Arabian Peninsula handing out massive amounts of gold demonstrating the wealth of West Africa?
a)
Askia Muhammad
b)
Mansa Musa
c)
Sundiata
d)
Sunni Ali
27.
Ghana became a trading empire after _______.
a)
A long war with the Abbasids
b)
Europeans visited Timbuktu
c)
Traders learned to cross the Sahara Desert
d)
Silk was discovered in the area
28.
What effect did Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca have on the kingdom of Mali?
a)
It began the use of camels as a domesticated animal
b)
It introduced Mali's wealth to Europe
c)
It increased the size of Mali's army
d)
It caused the conversion of Mali to Christianity
29.
The Five Pillars of Islam include all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
Prayer five times per day
b)
Alms giving
c)
Pilgrimage to Mecca
d)
Reincarnation
30.
Which is generally true of Islamic art?
a)
It contains the signature of Muhammad
b)
It contains words from the Shari'a
c)
It does not contain human or animal figures
d)
It depicts Muhammad and the important events in his life
31.
Which text is essential to the practice of Islam?
a)
New Testament
b)
Torah
c)
Analects
d)
Qu'ran (Koran)
32.
The split between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims occurred as a result of _________.
a)
Disagreement over leadership in Islam after the death of Muhammad
b)
Conflict over the translation of rituals into native languages
c)
Different interpretations of religious texts
d)
Disagreement over the role of the annual pilgrimage
33.
Judaism, Islam, and Christianity share a belief in ______.
a)
Papal supremacy
b)
Teachings of the Qu'ran
c)
Reincarnation and the Four Noble Truths
d)
An ethical code of conduct and monotheism
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