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Spread of Islam Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the successor to Muhammad called?

a)

Umayyad

b)

caliph

c)

Arab

d)

Muslim

2.

What do Muslims call Jews & Christians?

a)

People of the Earth

b)

People of the Bible

c)

People of the Holy Land

d)

People of the Book

3.

Most Muslims today are . . .

a)

Arab

b)

Sunni

c)

Shia

d)

Caliphs

4.

What city was the center of Islam in Spain?

a)

Mecca

b)

Cordoba

c)

Madrid

d)

Baghdad

5.

Where did Islam begin?

a)

Spain

b)

the Arabian Peninsula

c)

Western Europe

d)

Northern Africa

6.

What two groups were created as a result of the disagreement about who should succeed (come after) Muhammad?

a)

Sunni and Caliphs

b)

Shia and Caliphs

c)

Muslims and Sunni

d)

Shia and Sunni

7.

What group taught Islam in order to win followers?

a)

Sufis

b)

Shia

c)

Sunni

d)

merchants

8.

How did Muslims treat Jews and Christians?

a)

They enslaved them.

b)

They did not allow them to own land.

c)

They usually allowed them to practice their religions.

d)

They made the government officials.

9.

What group believed that the caliphs must be Ali's descendants?

a)

Shia

b)

Arabs

c)

Sunni

d)

Sufis

10.

Who was the city of Cordoba home to?

a)

great Islamic preachers

b)

great Islamic thinkers

c)

great Islamic writers

d)

great Islamic caliphs