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The Spread of Islam

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What covers most of the Arabian Peninsula?

a)

desert

b)

grassy plains

c)

mountains

d)

swamp

2.

The early Arabians worshipped many gods and goddesses, but which god was considered to be the most important?

a)

Allah

b)

Bedouin

c)

Kaaba

d)

Makkah

3.

Whom do Muslims recognize as the final prophet of Islam?

a)

Abu Talib

b)

Madinah

c)

Muhammad

d)

Yathrib

4.

Muslims, Jews, and Christians have a common belief in

a)

fasting.

b)

gods and goddesses.

c)

one God.

d)

pilgrimage.

5.

The Quran provides Muslims with guidelines for

a)

commerce.

b)

farming.

c)

daily life.

d)

schools.

6.

________ a group of traveling merchants and animals

a)

caravan

b)

herd

c)

none of these

d)

both of these

7.

______ the holy book of Islam

a)

Quran

b)

Bible

c)

Muhammad

d)

none of these

8.

____ desert herders and nomads who went from place to place

a)

Bedouin

b)

caravan

c)

pilgrims

d)

none of these

9.

____ the head of a tribe

a)

Sheihk

b)

Muhammad

c)

Warlord

d)

None of the above

10.

____ a green area in a desert fed by underground water

a)

oasis

b)

spring

c)

a well

d)

none of these

11.

The word sultan means “holder of power.”

a)

true

b)

false

12.

The Sunnis believed that Ali’s descendants should rule Islam.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

The Moguls created a Muslim empire in Northern Africa.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

The first caliphs were opposed to the teachings of Muhammad.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

The Shiites did not agree that the Umayyad dynasty should rule Islam.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

The first caliph to take over after Muhammad’s death was

a)

Abu Bakr.

b)

Ali.

c)

Umar.

d)

Uthman.

17.

Islam was spread by armies, traders, and preachers called

a)

caliphs.

b)

Shiites.

c)

Sufis.

d)

Sunnis.

18.

Soon after Muhammad’s death, the Muslim world split into which two groups?

a)

Caliphs and Sufis

b)

Shiites and Caliphs

c)

Sufis and Sunnis

d)

Sunnis and Shiites

19.

Which famous Ottoman sultan was responsible for the empire’s greatest achievements in law, art, architecture, and literature?

a)

Abu al-Abbas

b)

Akbar

c)

Suleiman I

d)

Uthman

20.

This great Mogul ruler brought peace and order to India in the 1500s.

a)

Abu al-Abbas

b)

Akbar

c)

Suleiman I

d)

Uthman

21.

Muslim rulers advanced Muslim civilization by spreading the Arabic language and providing merchants with

a)

banks.

b)

business records.

c)

coins.

d)

education.

22.

In Muslim society, social groups were based on

a)

education.

b)

family connections.

c)

power and wealth.

d)

religious beliefs.

23.

Who was the Persian doctor who showed how diseases were spread from person to person?

a)

al-Razi

b)

Ibn Khaldun

c)

Ibn Sina

d)

Omar Khayyam

24.

Among his many talents, Omar Khayyam is best known as the poet who wrote

a)

The Arabian Nights.

b)

The House of Wisdom.

c)

Muqaddimah.

d)

the Rubaiyat.

25.

What Muslim tomb did the Mogul ruler Shah Jahan build for his wife in Agra, India?

a)

Alhambra

b)

House of Wisdom

c)

Mosque

d)

Taj Mahal

26.

A Muslim house of worship is called a(n) _____________________________.

a)

church

b)

temple

c)

none of these

d)

both of these

27.

Muslim cities had marketplaces called ____________________________ that were filled with shops and stalls where goods were sold.

a)

bazaars

b)

markets

c)

flea markets

d)

none of these

28.

A(n) ________________________________________ is a tower from which believers are called to prayer.

a)

minaret

b)

temple

c)

mosque

d)

none of these

29.

Muslim astronomers improved a tool called the ________________________________ , which sailors used to determine their position at sea.

a)

astrolabe

b)

compass

c)

sextant

d)

none of these

30.

The people at the lowest level of Muslim society who had no power at all in government were the ___________________________.

a)

farmers

b)

slaves

c)

peasants

d)

none of these