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Topic 4- Islamic World & South Asia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What 2 things developed because of the strong central government?

a)

more converts to Islam/ growth of cities

b)

expansion of trade/ Islam

c)

improvements in medicine/ Buddhism

d)

The growth of cities/ expansion of trade

2.

Which Muslim scholar wrote about Medicine?

a)

Muhammad

b)

Avicenna

c)

Rubi

d)

Aladdin

3.

What achievement was made in the field of mathematics?

a)

the concept of zero

b)

medical encylopedia

c)

combined Islamic faith with Greek logic

4.

Arabia is a land best known for what type of climate?

a)

cool, dry climate

b)

hot, humid climate

c)

harshness of its hot, dry desert landscape

5.

The words and actions of Muhammad are known as...

a)

Shia

b)

Sunni

c)

Sharia

d)

Sunnah

6.

Which of the 5 pillars deals with giving to the poor

a)

Fasting

b)

Prayer

c)

Charity

d)

Pilgrimage

7.

What legal code keeps Muslims from gambling or drinking?

a)

Sharia

b)

Shia

c)

Sunnah

d)

Muhammad

8.

What empire was founded in the 1500s in Persia?

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Safavid Empire

c)

Umayyad Dynasty

d)

Abbasid Dynasty

9.

Why did Muhammad move from Mecca to Medina?

a)

He faced persecution in Mecca

b)

He like Medina better

c)

His army was defeated

d)

He wanted to worship in Medina

10.

Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina is called...

a)

THe Quran

b)

The Hajj

c)

a pilgrimage

d)

The Hijra

11.

What was the MAIN way that Indian cultural ideas spread from the Chola empire?

a)

through religion

b)

through trade networks

c)

through Sanskrit

d)

through military conquest

12.

Persian poet Rumi is famous for...

a)

discovery of Sanskrit

b)

wrote about science & astronomy

c)

practicing & writing about Sufism

d)

Wrote an encyclopedia of Medicine

13.

What is a central teaching of Islam?

a)

Jesus is the Son of God

b)

Abraham, Jesus & Muhammad were all prophets of the same God

c)

Abraham is God

d)

Ther is one God and Muhammad was his ONLY prophet

14.

Under the Umayyad Dynasty what happened with the Muslim empire?

a)

expanded the Muslim empire to its greatest extent

b)

Islam did not spread with the creation of the new empire

c)

Islam was not permitted in the new empire

15.

How did the location of the Ottoman empire help it expand?

a)

It was located at a meeting point between Asia & Europe

b)

It was located at a meeting point between Europe & Africa

c)

It was located at a meeting point between Africa & Asia

16.

Which describes the spread of Islam during the Arab conquests?

a)

Islam was not part of the Arab conquests

b)

Islam spread inside & outside the new Arab Muslim empire

c)

Muslims were persectued in the new empire

17.

Which 2 relgions 1st developed in South Asia?

a)

Hindusim/ Christianity

b)

Christianity/ Judaism

c)

Hinduism/ Buddhism

d)

Buddhism/ Judaism

18.

What is a feature shared by Islam & Sikhism?

a)

polytheism

b)

monotheism

c)

the Quran

19.

What are the similarities in the core beliefs of Judaism, Christianity, & Islam (choose 2)

a)

Belief in 1 God

b)

Jews & Christians do not believe Muhammad was a prophet

c)

Muslims & Jews do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God

d)

Giving to the poor

20.

The city of Baghdad was economically important because

a)

It was linked to ARabia & other lands by camel caravan routes

b)

The city was a stronghold if Islam

c)

It was part of the Safavid empire

d)

It was linked to China & other lands by camel caravan routes