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WorksheetsUnit 2 -- Southwest Asia/North Africa
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 16mins
New caliphs who governed the Arab empire from Damascus were known as the
Umayyads
Moguls
Ottomans
Savafids
The Arab city whose name means “the city of the prophet” was
Baghdad
Madinah
Mecca
Yathrib
How far had Islam spread by the time of Muhammad’s death?
Throughout the Arabian Peninsula
All the way across North Africa
Into China
It stayed only in Mecca and Medina.
What language was used to write the Qur’an and Sunnah?
Hebrew
Latin
Greek
Arabic
Which of the following is NOT a Muslim duty listed in the Five Pillars?
Honoring your mother and father
Charity
Fasting during Ramadan
Pilgrimage
Which of the following best describes the Sunnah?
A story of Muhammad’s adventures in Medina.
A guide to a moral customs based on Muhammad’s sayings.
The primary duties of a Muslim.
A law code for non-Muslims
What job did Muhammad and many other Arabs hold?
Scholar
Priest
Judge
Merchant
Which number identifies the Red Sea?
1
5
2
3
Which number represent the Arabian Peninsula?
6
4
5
3
Which number identifies the Mediterranean Sea?
6
2
1
4
Put the events of Muhammad’s Life in order.
Fled to Medina, Had a Vision of Gabriel, Began Preaching
Began preaching, Had a Vision of Gabriel, Fled to Medina
Fled to Mecca, Had a Vision of Gabriel, Began Preaching
Had a Vision of Gabriel, Began Preaching, Fled to Medina
Select the items that make up the primary teachings of Islam.
Sunnah
Sunni
Quran
Five Pillars of Islam
Shia
Which group in Makkah felt threatened by Muhammad’s preaching of Islam?
farmers
poor people
wealthy merchants
Europeans
What is the landscape and climate like on the Arabian Peninsula?
Mostly jungle with wet, humid conditions.
Mostly tundra with cold, dry conditions.
Mostly desert with dry, hot conditions.
Mostly rolling hills with wet, and temperate conditions.
What happened when Muhammad and his followers left Makkah?
Islam was banned everywhere.
Madinah made Muhammad its ruler.
Muhammad died.
Soldiers pursued them.
Which civilization created this artistic and architectural structures?
Greek
Roman
Islamic
Egyptian
Muslim art featured
Perspective that created 3-D images
Figures of living beings
Floral designs, shapes and beautiful writing
Figures of humans
An example of a Muslim contribution to literature is
The Vedas
The Apocrypha
The Poisonwood Bible
The Arabian Nights
What areas of Math did Muslims contribute to?
Calculus
Differential Equations
Geometry
Algebra
A medical accomplishment of the Muslims was
Discovering microbes
Understanding and identifying diseases
Inventing a new way to suture wounds
Inventing the first surgeries
Based on the image above, what can be said about the diffusion of Islam?
The religion of Islam had overtaken Christianity in the Byzantine Empire
Islam spread throughout all of Arabia by the time of Muhammad's death
Military conquests played little to no role in the diffusion of Islam
Islam eventually spreads to the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe
The image above shows the territory controlled by the Umayyad Empire. Which of the following methods did the Umayyads use as their primary way of spreading the religion of Islam?
The Umayyads allowed Islam to spread naturally by word of mouth
The Umayyads used trade as their primary mechanism for spreading Islam
The Umayyads spread the religion of Islam primarily through conquest
The Umayyads sent envoys to different regions urging people to adopt the religion of Islam
As Islam spread throughout Africa and Asia, which cultural element also spread that increased the success of Arab Muslim merchants?
Government imposed prices allowed for trade to be easily regulated and maintained
Arab merchants had perfected their craft through years of practice
Arab merchants success can be attributed to the diffusion of the Arabic language
Government regulations required conquered people to trade exclusively with Arab Muslims
Based on the image above, what can we assume about the influence of Arabic merchants?
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Sea trade routes made up the majority of commerce in the Middle East
Arab merchants had little control over the established trade routes
Arab merchants had great influence and trade throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe
Trade routes with Asia, particularly with China, were the most important to Arab merchants.
