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WorksheetsThe Roots of Islam Section 1 Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
What type of landform is most of Arabia?
desert
river valleys
an island
What is an oasis?
a desert
a wet, fertile area within a desert
a mountain
Why would a town develop near and oasis?
easily able to spot animals
access to water; could farm there
townspeople would be able to take baths
Where is Arabia?
south of North America
south of Australia
east of Africa
Identify two bodies of water which border Arabia.
Arabian Sea and Red Sea
Aegean Sea and Red Sea
Atlantic Ocean and Arabian Sea
What two ways of life developed in Arabia's desert environment?
gatherers and nomadic
hunters and sedentary
nomadic and sedentary
According to Islamic belief, how did Muhammad get the ideas that started Islam?
received a message form his uncle while meditating
received a message 4rom a friend that someone will be visiting him.
received a message from God from an angel while meditating in a cave.
What is one major belief that is the same in Judaism, Christianity and Islam?
Monotheism or belief in one God
polytheism of belief in many gods
buddhism
The holy book of Islam is called?
Bible
Torah
Qur'an
Why did the wealthy people of Mecca want to harm Muhammad?
Muhammad told the merchants to stop trading goods.
Muhammad told the wealthy; Allah wanted them to give to the poor.
The wealth people of Mecca did not like his family.
A follower of Islam is called a
Catholic
Muslim
Christian
When Muhammad fled Mecca in 622, he went to the city of
Baghdad
Cordoba
Medina
A way of life in which people traveled the deserts with their herds in search of food and water is called
Nomadic
Sedentary
Idle
Means " to submit to God"
Muslim
Islam
Qur'an
A house of worship for Muslims is called
church
temple
mosque
