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Rise of Islam

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ghanima is

a)

Land Tax

b)

Booty Share

c)

An officer in Caliphate

d)

Commander

2.

Why Arabs were successful against Byzantine and Sassanid Empires (Select more than one answers)

a)

Religious conflicts in Both Empires

b)

Nobles were dissatisfied

c)

Arabs were well aware about the desert.

d)

Both empires became self sufficient as Feudalism developed

3.

Which was not a reform by Abd-Al-Malik

a)

He transferred capital from Damascus to Baghdad

b)

He issued Dinars with Arabic Scripts.

c)

He Built the Dome of Rock in Jerusalem.

d)

He declared Arabic as official language of court.

4.

What is Bait-Al- Maal

a)

Legislature

b)

Treasury

c)

Court of Justice

d)

House of wisdom

5.

When did Prophet Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Yathrib / Medina

a)

612 CE

b)

632 CE

c)

622 CE

d)

771 CE

6.

What is Jizya or Jaziya

a)

A tax on Muslims

b)

A tax on Non-Muslims

c)

Land Tax

d)

Booty Share

7.

Put the Islamic Caliphates in the correct chronological order -

a)

Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid

b)

Abbasid, Rashidun, Umayyad

c)

Umayyad, Abbasid, Rashidun

d)

Rashidun, Abbasid, Umayyad

8.
How did the location of the Islamic Empire influence trade with with other Civilizations?
a)
It served as a middleman for trade between Africa, Europe, and Asia.
b)
The Caliphates refused to trade with anyone.
c)
All trade between Europe and Asia was forbidden.
d)
They traded with the Americas.
9.
What was the main cause of the split between Shi'a and Sunni Islam?
a)
Did not share the same religious beliefs
b)
Did not speak the same language
c)
Disagreed over who should be the Caliph of the Empire
d)
Disagreed over the inclusion of Jesus in the Quran
10.

Which Caliphate was led by the 4 "rightly guided" Caliphs?

a)

Rashidun

b)

Ummayad

c)

Abbasid

11.

Which of the three caliphates lasted the longest?

a)

Rashidun

b)

Ummayad

c)

Abbasid

12.
One of the most prominent trade cities on the Arabian Peninsula prior to 600 CE was
a)
Mecca
b)
Medina
c)
Ka'ba
d)
Riyadh
13.
A collection of believers in Islam is called a (n)
a)
Hajj
b)
Umma
c)
Hijra
d)
Quran
14.
Which of the following was NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
a)
5 daily prayers to Mecca
b)
Alms for the poor
c)
Fasting during Ramadan
d)
Islamic Empire should be based on Quran
15.
The formation of which caliphate in 661 led to a split in Islam?
a)
Abbasid
b)
Seljuk
c)
Mamluk
d)
Umayyad
16.
The 2 sects in the split of Islam were the 
a)
Umayyads & Abbasids
b)
Sunnis & Seljuks
c)
Sunnis & Shiites
d)
Meccans & Medinans
17.

The 2nd caliph led a large expansion of Islam across Syria, Egypt, Iran and Iraq. He was

a)
Ali Husayn
b)
Abu Bakr
c)
Umar
d)
Saladin
18.

Which of the following is NOT one of the Five(5) Pillars of Islam?

a)

Shahada

b)

Salat

c)

Jiihad

d)

Zakat

e)

Hajj

19.

The Umayyad dynasty was based in the city of _. The Abbasid dynasty was based in the city of _.

a)

Damascus

b)

Baghdad

c)

Cairo

d)

Kiev

e)

Constantinople

20.

All the following are inventions of the Islamic Golden Age except,

a)

One Thousand and One Nights

b)

Algebra

c)

House of Wisdom

d)

Mosaics

21.

Battle of siffin was fought between-

a)

Ali and Aisha

b)

Ali and Muawiya

c)

Ali and Uthman

d)

All of the above.

22.

this Caliph created an empire from Nile to Oxus River.

a)

Abu bakr

b)

umar

c)

Uthman

d)

Ali

23.

Islamic scholars of the Middle Ages advanced which of the following fields of study?

a)

Medical Knowleldge

b)

Algebra

c)

Astronomy

d)

All of the other choices

24.

Which of the following was the author of the Rubaiyat?

a)

Omar Khayyám

b)

Abu Bakr

c)

al-Ma’mun

d)

Harun a-Rashid

25.

All of the following were achievements of Islamic civilization EXCEPT

a)

inventing algebra

b)

improving the astrolabe

c)

using zero

d)

inventing the abacus

26.

Which of the following is a collection of folktales, fables, and romances?

a)

The Arabian Nights

b)

The Forest of Trees

c)

The Mosque

d)

Muqaddimah

27.

Muslim scholar and scientist Ibn Sina wrote a medical encyclopedia that

a)

formalized many of the period’s myths about human health and medicine.

b)

was translated into Latin and became a basic textbook in Europe.

c)

based many of its treatments and cures on tribal rituals.

d)

is still considered the best medical textbook in the world today.