WorksheetsChapter 11 Islam
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 25mins
How did early Arabs survive the hash climate of the Arabia?
water is found at oasis, which are green areas that are fed by underground water
To survive the harsh climate, early Arabs organized into tribes that were loyal to one another.
What is an oases?
water is found at oasis, which are green areas that are fed by underground water
the title for the head of an Arab tribe
What is a sheikh?
To survive the harsh climate, early Arabs organized into tribes that were loyal to one another.
the title for the head of an Arab tribe
Who are the Bedouins?
Desert herders that went from oasis to oasis for water and to graze their animals.
the title for the head of an Arab tribe
What are caravans?
water is found at oasis, which are green areas that are fed by underground water
groups of traveling merchants of animals
What is Mekkah (Mecca)?
Desert herders that went from oasis to oasis for water and to graze their animals.
became the largest and richest town along the trade routes in Arabia
In the middle of Makkah was the _______, a square building surrounded by statues of gods and goddesses.
Pilgrims
Kaaba
__________, people who travel to a holy place, flocked to Makkah to worship the many gods and goddesses.
Kaaba
Pilgrims
In 570 AD a boy named ______________ was born in Makkah. He became an orphan and was raised by his uncle. He would grow up to become a very successful _____________.
Muhammad, merchant
Muhammad, pilgrim
Despite his success as a merchant Muhammad was ________________ with the people in Makkah. He felt that the town leaders should return to the _______ _______.
dissatisfied, old ways
satisfied, new ways
What were three main things that Muhammad felt the people should be doing?
1) Honor their families
2) Be fair in business
3) Help the poor
1) Dishonor their families
2) To not be fair in business
3) Not help the poor
In ______, while in the hills praying, Muhammad said he was visited by an angel who told him to preach _________.
620 AD, Mecca
610 AD, Islam
What does Islam mean?
"not surrendering to the will of Allah"
“surrendering to the will of Allah”
Muhammad preached that all people were _______ and the rich should ______________________.
equal, share their goods (wealth)
unequal, not share their goods (wealth)
The followers of Islam are known as _____________.
Muslims
Islamites
The ________ were attracted to Muhammad’s message. ___________ _____________and _____________ leaders did not like what he was preaching. Many of Muhammad’s followers were _______ and ____________.
poor, wealthy merchants, religious, beaten, tortured
wealthy, poor merchants, nonreligious, safe, helped
In _____ Muhammad and his followers left Makkah and moved north to a town called Yathrib. They renamed it _____________, which means ___________________.
640 AD, Madinah, "the city of the prophet"
622 AD, Muhammad, "the city of light"
What would the year 622 AD be used as?
Later, the year 622 AD would be set aside as the first year of the Muslim calendar (Introduced in the year 638 AD)
Later, the year 622 AD would be set aside as the second year of the Muslim calendar (Introduced in the year 638 AD)
What happened in 630 AD?
Muhammad’s army conquered Makkah and he made it a place to rest
Muhammad’s army conquered Makkah and he made it the holy city of Islam
What happened in 632 AD?
Muhammad would die in the year 632 AD. By this time, Islam had spread to all of Europe.
Muhammad would die in the year 632 AD. By this time, Islam had spread to all of Arabia.
Islam is a monotheistic religion like ___________ and ___________________.
Judaism, Christianity
Hinduism, Nonreligious
What is the Quran?
Holy book of Mecca. It is considered Muhammad's written word.
Holy book of Islam. It is considered Allah’s written word.
List three things forbidden by the Quran.
1) Murder
2) Lying
3) Stealing
1) Hurting
2) Telling the truth
3) Borrowing
List three things that the Quran as rules against.
1) Eating chicken
2) Fasting
3) Bartering
1) Eating pork
2) Drinking liquor
3) Gambling
Muslims are expected to follow the Five Pillars of Islam. (List them below)
1) _Non-belief___________ - (Declare there is no god but Allah & Muhammad is his prophet)
2) _Fasting________ - (Must pray 5 times a day facing toward Makkah)
3) __Prayer____________ - (Giving to the poor)
4) ___Pilgrimage___________- (Must not eat from dawn to dusk during Ramadan)( Holiday that
Last for a month)
5) ___Charity_____________ - (Must travel to Makkah at least once if able)
1) __Belief________________ - (Declare there is no god but Allah & Muhammad is his prophet)
2) _______Prayer___________ - (Must pray 5 times a day facing toward Makkah)
3) __Charity________________ - (Giving to the poor)
4) ___Fasting_______________- (Must not eat from dawn to dusk during Ramadan)( Holiday that
Last for a month)
5) ___Pilgrimage_______________ - (Must travel to Makkah at least once if able)
What is a Caliph?
successor to the Messenger of God
successor to Muhammad
The first person to be caliph was Muhammad’s father-in-law,_____ __________. (632 – 634 AD)
Muhammad
Abu Bakr
What were the first four caliphs known as and why? Rightly Guarded Caliphs because they tried to follow in Muhammad’s footsteps.
Abu Bakr
Umar
Uthman
Ali
Muhammad
Ali
Abu Bakr
Ali
Under the ________ __________ Caliphs the empire continued to expand, and they made their
capital city in Damascus, Syria. (661 – 750 AD)
Rightly Guarded
Leftly Guarded
What two groups would Muslims divide into and why?
Damascus and Egypt because people were allowed to practice their own religion and pay a special tax.
Damascus and Syria because people were allowed to practice their own religion and pay a special tax.
____ __________ - Muslim dynasty that came after the Umayyad. They would build a new capital city named Baghdad. (Present-day capital of Iraq)
Mosque
The Abbasid
The ______ ________ were nomads and great warriors that came out of central Asia. At first the Abbasid hired them as __________. Soon the Turks saw how weak the Abbasid were and took advantage.
Seljuk Turks, soldiers
Abu Bakr, teachers
The Seljuk Turks would take over much of what is now Iran, Turkey, and then the city of _____________. They allowed the Abbasid caliphs to remain as _________ __________. (1055 AD)
Baghdad, religious leaders
Egypt, nonreligious leaders
Who is a Sultan?
"holder of power"
"holder of no power"
During the 1200s the _______ came out of central Asia building their own empire. In 1258 they stormed the city of _____________ and burned it to the ground. This is the end of the first Arab/Muslim Empire.
Mongols, Baghdad
Monguls, Asia
Name three places that other Muslim Empires would arise.
1) Asia
2) Africa
3) Europe
1) Europe
2) Africa
3) China
One of the largest and most powerful of these new Muslim empires was the ____________ _______. It began in what is today Turkey in the late 1200s AD. (1struler was Osman)
Ottoman Turks
Egyptian Turks
In the year ______ the Ottomans seized the Byzantine capital of _________________. They changed the name to __________ and made it the center of their empire.
1453, Constantinope, Istanbul
1552, Theodosius, Britain
The Ottoman Empire allowed _________ freedom. The conquered people had to pay a special tax to practice their religion.
religious
nonreligious
During the 1500s, the ____________ created another Muslim empire in India. In 1526 they made the city of _________ the center of their empire. (Used guns, cannons, horses, and elephants)
Mongols, Delhi
Monguls, Arabia
__________ - Greatest Mogul ruler. He brought peace and order by treating all his subjects fairly. (1556-1605)
Akbar
Abu Bakr
Why did the Mogul Empire go into decline after the rule of Akbar?
Later rules spent too much money trying to expand later territory. Some rulers tried to force people to convert to Islam, which caused rebellions. (The Mongol empire lasted until the 1850’s, when the British took over India).
Later rules spent too much money trying to expand later territory. A few rulers tried to tell people to convert to Hinduism, which caused rebellions.
Muslims were the leading ________ in the Middle East and Northern Africa until the 1400s. They traded _______, cloths, ______, and carpets for rubies, _____, ivory, and _______.
merchants, spices, glass, silk, gold
sailors, sugar, iron, wood, silver
What is a Mosque?
Muslim house of worship.
Christian house of worship.
What is a Bazaar?
Name for the mosques in Muslim cities.
Name for the market places in Muslim cities.
Muslim society was based on power and wealth. (List the levels below)
1) Government leaders, Landowners
2) Artisans, farmers, and workers
3) Enslaved people (Muslims not allowed to be enslaved)
1) Mosque leaders, Landowners
2) Workers
3) Leaders
Who is Mamun?
Abbasid caliph who founded the House of Wisdom in Baghdad. There Christian, Jewish, and Muslim scholars exchanged ideas.
It is believed that these images would lead to people worshiping Muhammad instead of Allah.
Why are of Muhammad forbidden in Muslim art?
It is believed that these images would lead to people worshiping Muhammad instead of Allah.
It is believed that these images would lead to people worshiping Allah.
How many people in the world today are followers of the Islamic faith?
Today, Islam is one of the major religions in the world. About one out of every six people are followers of Islam.
Today, Hinduism is one of the major religions in the world. About one out of every six people are followers of Islam.
