Worksheets7th Grade Unit 2
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which best describes NOMADIC culture?
Moving from place to place
Settling in one place to farm
Settling in two places to sell goods
Traveling to ancestral home once in a lifetime
How did Muhammad contribute to Islam?
He conquered many lands and converted others
Islam was founded before he was born
His visions and teachings are in the Koran
He created the Arabic language
What is the importance of the Koran and Sunnah in Islam?
The Koran is the source of Islamic beliefs, while the Sunnah is a guide to Islamic law.
The Sunnah is a legal textbook, while the Koran includes the sayings of Muhammad.
The Sunnah is the source of Islamic beliefs, while the Koran is a guide to Islamic law.
The Koran is a legal textbook, while the Sunnah includes the sayings of Muhammad.
What name is given to the five actions that are the basis of Islamic life?
Five Pillars of Islam
FIvefold Path
Five Virtues
Five Responsibilities
What is the Hajj?
the Islamic duty to fast during Ramadan
the Islamic duty to give money to the poor
the Islamic duty to make a pilgrimage to Mecca
the Islamic duty to pray five times a day
What rights are granted to women in the Koran and Sunnah?
Women can inherit wealth and own property.
Women should financially support men.
Women hold a special status above men.
Women are setup with their husbands.
What are TWO things Christians and Muslims believe about Jesus Christ?
Muslims believe Jesus is a prophet but not the son of God.
Christians and Muslims believe Jesus is the son of God.
Muslims believe Jesus is the son of God but not a prophet.
Christians and Muslims believe Jesus Christ is a messiah.
Which Middle Eastern city is holy to followers of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
Mecca
Jerusalem
Damascus
Jericho
Which religious figure has an important role in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
Abrah
Jesus
Muhammas
John the Baptist
What is the name of Muhammad’s father-in-law?
Abu Bakr
Umar
Khadijah
Aisha Ali
Which were achievements of early Muslim scientists? (2 things!)
Islamic mathematicians developed algebra.
Islamic doctors preserved and added to medical knowledge from the classical world.
Islamic chemists invented gunpowder.
Islamic engineers invented steam engines for railroads, steamboats, and farming tools.
What are some differences between Shia and Sunni beliefs? (2)
Shia Muslims believe Muhammad’s son-in-law, Ali, was the rightful successor.
Sunni Muslims believe that the community should choose Muhammad’s successor.
Shia Muslims believe that the community should choose Muhammad’s successor.
Sunni Muslims believe Muhammad’s son-in-law, Ali, was the rightful successor.
Why did Islam split into two groups, Shia and Sunni?
Shia and Sunni Muslims disagreed over the rightful successor to Muhammad.
Shia and Sunni Muslims disagreed about the treatment of women
Shia and Sunni Muslims disagreed about the authority of the Koran.
Shia and Sunni Muslims disagreed about the importance of the holy city of Mecca.
What did Umayyad merchants establish to expand trade?
Oceanic navigation schools
A banking system
The Silk Road
The madrasahs
Which factor contributed to the swift Muslim conquests throughout the Middle East?
The Persian and Byzantine empires were tired and bankrupt after a long war.
Persian and Byzantine government leaders were eager to convert to Islam.
Muslim soldiers were physically superior to the Byzantine and Persian troops.
Muslim soldiers were paid more money than Byzantine and Persian troops.
Why was the spice trade important to Muslim rulers?
Muslim leaders believed that controlling the spice trade would allow them to establish colonies in the Americas.
Muslim rulers demanded spices as tribute from the kingdoms in Africa.
Muslim rulers wanted spices from Asia for their religious ceremonies.
Muslim leaders wanted to keep control of spice trade routes because European demand for spices was increasing.
How did the Abbasid and Umayyad governments differ? (2 answers)
The caliph was more important in the Abbasid government than in the Umayyad government.
The Umayyad government focused on war, while the Abbasids focused on gathering knowledge.
The Abbasids treated citizens equally, while the Umayyad’s favored Arabs over non-Arabs.
Abbasids stopped waging war against the Byzantines, while the Umayyads continued to fight.
Which is an accurate description of Abbasid rule?
Abbasid rule led Muslim society into a golden age of culture, science, and prosperity.
Abbasid rule caused Muslim scholars and teachers to reject science and intellectual pursuits.
Abbasid rule resulted in a decline in Muslim power in the Middle East.
Abbasid rule motivated Muslim armies to conquer most of Europe.
Which city was the capital of the Abbasid caliphate?
Baghdad
Damascus
Aleppo
Basra
What impact did Muslim scholars have on the history of medicine?
Muslim doctors created the humoral theory of medicine, which was based on body fluids.
Muslim doctors were the first to dissect bodies and examine the human body.
Muslim scholars destroyed classical medical texts, which limited the work of doctors until the Renaissance.
Muslim scholars preserved classical medical texts, which advanced the work of doctors during the Renaissance.
What kind of mathematics did al-Khwarizmi develop?
geometry
algebra
calculus
arithmetic
What was the “House of Wisdom”?
library
mosque
courthouse
prison
How were the Fatimid caliphate’s beliefs different from the Abbasid caliphate?
The Fatimids believed in Shia Islam.
The Fatimids believed in Sunni Islam.
The Fatimids believed that non-Muslims should be forced to convert to Islam.
The Fatimids believed the Jewish Torah was a religious text equal to the Koran.
The Fatimid caliphate was named for Fatimah, Muhammad’s: _____
wife
mother
daughter
aunt
What title was given to the rulers of the Seljuq Turks?
sultan
emir
caliph
vizier
What caused the First Crusade?
The Byzantine emperor asked the pope for military help against Muslim forces.
The Abbasid caliph asked the Turkish ruler for military help against Christian forces.
European nobles wanted to establish colonies throughout Southwest Asia.
European nobles wanted to unite the Holy Roman and Byzantine empires.
What was a positive effect of the increased contact between Europeans and Muslims during the Crusades?
Europeans met Islamic bankers, who helped finance the rebuilding of war-torn Europe.
Europeans learned Islamic military tactics, which later helped them conquer the Americas.
Europeans adopted Islamic politics, which brought democracy to Europe from the Middle East.
Europeans encountered Islamic learning, which later helped bring about the Renaissance.
Which commander defeated the crusader forces at the Battle of Hattin in 1187?
Saladin
Muhammad
Harun al-Rashid
Barbarossa
What is the name of this landmass?
African peninsula
Arabian peninsula
Indian pen
Egyptian peninsula
