WorksheetsThe Spread of Islam
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 21mins
What covers most of the Arabian Peninsula?
desert
grassy plains
mountains
swamp
The early Arabians worshipped many gods and goddesses, but which god was considered to be the most important?
Allah
Bedouin
Kaaba
Makkah
Whom do Muslims recognize as the final prophet of Islam?
Abu Talib
Madinah
Muhammad
Yathrib
Muslims, Jews, and Christians have a common belief in
fasting.
gods and goddesses.
one God.
pilgrimage.
The Quran provides Muslims with guidelines for
commerce.
farming.
daily life.
schools.
________ a group of traveling merchants and animals
caravan
herd
none of these
both of these
______ the holy book of Islam
Quran
Bible
Muhammad
none of these
____ desert herders and nomads who went from place to place
Bedouin
caravan
pilgrims
none of these
____ the head of a tribe
Sheihk
Muhammad
Warlord
None of the above
____ a green area in a desert fed by underground water
oasis
spring
a well
none of these
The word sultan means “holder of power.”
true
false
The Sunnis believed that Ali’s descendants should rule Islam.
true
false
The Moguls created a Muslim empire in Northern Africa.
true
false
The first caliphs were opposed to the teachings of Muhammad.
true
false
The Shiites did not agree that the Umayyad dynasty should rule Islam.
true
false
The first caliph to take over after Muhammad’s death was
Abu Bakr.
Ali.
Umar.
Uthman.
Islam was spread by armies, traders, and preachers called
caliphs.
Shiites.
Sufis.
Sunnis.
Soon after Muhammad’s death, the Muslim world split into which two groups?
Caliphs and Sufis
Shiites and Caliphs
Sufis and Sunnis
Sunnis and Shiites
Which famous Ottoman sultan was responsible for the empire’s greatest achievements in law, art, architecture, and literature?
Abu al-Abbas
Akbar
Suleiman I
Uthman
This great Mogul ruler brought peace and order to India in the 1500s.
Abu al-Abbas
Akbar
Suleiman I
Uthman
Muslim rulers advanced Muslim civilization by spreading the Arabic language and providing merchants with
banks.
business records.
coins.
education.
In Muslim society, social groups were based on
education.
family connections.
power and wealth.
religious beliefs.
Who was the Persian doctor who showed how diseases were spread from person to person?
al-Razi
Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Sina
Omar Khayyam
Among his many talents, Omar Khayyam is best known as the poet who wrote
The Arabian Nights.
The House of Wisdom.
Muqaddimah.
the Rubaiyat.
What Muslim tomb did the Mogul ruler Shah Jahan build for his wife in Agra, India?
Alhambra
House of Wisdom
Mosque
Taj Mahal
A Muslim house of worship is called a(n) _____________________________.
church
temple
none of these
both of these
Muslim cities had marketplaces called ____________________________ that were filled with shops and stalls where goods were sold.
bazaars
markets
flea markets
none of these
A(n) ________________________________________ is a tower from which believers are called to prayer.
minaret
temple
mosque
none of these
Muslim astronomers improved a tool called the ________________________________ , which sailors used to determine their position at sea.
astrolabe
compass
sextant
none of these
The people at the lowest level of Muslim society who had no power at all in government were the ___________________________.
farmers
slaves
peasants
none of these
