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Islamic World

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name for a person that follows Islam?

a)

Muhammad

b)

Judeo-Christian

c)

Muslam

d)

Islamite

2.

The Islamic kingdoms were mostly located around what area?

a)

Americas

b)

Arabian Peninsula

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

3.

What kinds of titles were given to political and religious leaders in the Islamic world

a)

Caesar

b)

Kings and Queens

c)

El Presidente

d)

Caliph and sultan

4.

What was the name of the prophet of Islam?

a)

Muhammad

b)

Abraham

c)

Mecca

d)

Medina

5.

What was the name of the most holy and sacred city in Islam?

a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

Rome

c)

Mecca

d)

Constantinople

6.

Which one of these pictures best represents the style of art found in Islam?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

What was the name of the Islamic holy text/book?

a)

Bible

b)

Quran/Koran

c)

Old Testament

d)

Ten Commandments

8.

Islamic art is primarily focused on what kinds of elements?

a)

People

b)

Animals

c)

Nature

d)

Geometric shapes

9.

Islamic leaders were concerned with geography. What statement below is evidence for that?

a)

They believed it was important to stay local and not travel

b)

They prayed several times a day

c)

They translated books about geography and made maps

d)

They created an incredible defense system

10.

Which of the following are examples of the kinds of architecture found in Arabia/Islam world during this era?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

What are two contributions that were made to math by the Islamic world?

a)

invention of the circle

b)

algebra

c)

a number system that was different from Roman Numerals

d)

multiplication and division

12.

What was a contribution to health and medicine from the Islamic world?

a)

better understanding of oxygen and blood circulation

b)

identifying that the normal temperature is 98.6

c)

the first open heart surgery

d)

cures for diseases like polio and smallpox

13.

Muslims prioritized science and medicine by...

a)

making it illegal to become a doctor

b)

encouraging people to pray away their diseases

c)

creating hospitals and medical schools

d)

making doctors the most important career

14.

The development of the __________ ________________ was a key contribution of the Islamic world to science

a)

ice cream

b)

scientific method

c)

space shuttle

d)

periodic table

15.

What was the purpose of the navigational tool called quadrants?

a)

helped them know which ocean was the Pacific and which was the Atlantic

b)

it was a mathematical concept to help count the stars

c)

helped determine how high a star, moon, planet was above the horizon to help with navigation

d)

divided all of the earth into four parts

16.

The Islamic world was able to spread through which of the following? Select ALL that apply

a)

travel and trade

b)

military conquest

c)

the Pope's teaching

d)

secret tunnels with missionaries

17.

How was Islam able to spread to the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia so quickly?

a)

People of other religions were dead.

b)

Traders traveling along the Silk Road interacted with people of different cultures.

c)

Roman emperors ordered Islam to be the only acceptable religion.

d)

Muhammed visited with people in each continent and they converted.

18.
Group of traders that travel together.
a)
caravan
b)
cavalry
c)
nomads
d)
patrons
19.
Describe the geography of Early Arabia
a)
Dry Deserts and Plains 
b)
Tropical Rain forest 
c)
Windy and mountainous 
d)
cold and damp 
20.
Which of the following was an important piece of literature written by a Muslim author?
a)
The Princess and the Pea
b)
Romeo and Juliet
c)
Arabian Nights
d)
The Land Before Time
21.
What is this instrument called?
a)
globe
b)
astrolabe
c)
compass
d)
armillary sphere
22.
Which Empire seized Constantinople in 1453?
a)
The Shahs 
b)
The Ottoman Turks 
c)
The Byzantines 
d)
The Seljuks 
23.
an Oasis is..... 
a)
a group of traveling merchants and animals
b)
A green area in a desert fed by underground water
c)
Islamic code of law
24.

What military innovations that helped the Ottomans develop a strong army

a)

poison and gases

b)

use of cannons and soldiers on horse

c)

bow and arrows

d)

golden swords

25.

After Mehmed II and the Ottomans conquered Constantinople, what were TWO effects

a)

They renamed the city to Istanbul

b)

The city became bankrupt

c)

The occupation of the city helped expand their wealth and trade opportunities, helping the Ottoman Empire grow

d)

All Muslims living in the city were killed by the Ottomans

26.

Following the conquest of Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire increased their territory, trade, wealth, art/architecture, medicine, and education. This was a sign of

a)

the end of the Ottomans

b)

the beginning of the country Turkey

c)

Ottoman Golden Age

d)

the continuation of Rome