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Rise & Spread of Islam

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What color is the Kaaba?

a)

Red

b)

White

c)

Black

d)

Blue

2.

Muhammad was born around this year

(a)  

3.

570 is 5 years after this event

a)

the Nika Riot

b)

the death of Justinian

c)

the birth of Jesus

d)

the 1st Super Bowl

4.

Aside from the Byzantines, who was the other GREAT POWER prior to the rise of Islam?

a)

Sassanian Persia

b)

Achaemenid Persia

c)

Seljuk Turks

d)

Parthian Persia

5.

What clan did Muhammad belong to?

a)

Saud

b)

Quraysh

c)

Abbasid

d)

Hashemite

6.

The Hashemites are part of this tribe

a)

Hawazin

b)

Quraysh

c)

Umayyad

d)

Delhi

7.

Muhammad was raised by his uncle, named _______

a)

Abu Talib

b)

Abu Bakr

c)

Ali Baba

d)

Hussein

8.

Muhammad & Khadija's daughter was named

a)

Amani

b)

Aisha

c)

Farah

d)

Fatimah

9.

Whose house acted as the 1st Islamic mosque?

a)

Ali

b)

Bilal

c)

Arkam

d)

Ziyad

10.

In what year does the Islamic calendar begin?

a)

610

b)

619

c)

620

d)

622

11.

What happened in 622?

a)

the 1st Revelation

b)

the death of Khadijah

c)

the Hijrah

d)

the building of the Kaaba

12.

Yathrib was later renamed __________

a)

Mecca

b)

Medina

c)

Muhammad Ali

d)

Cairo

13.

What role did Khalid have in early Islam?

a)

he was the 1st Caliph

b)

he was the Last Prophet

c)

he was a Great General

d)

he was a Great Scholar

14.

The First Caliphate is known as the _______ Caliphate

a)

Muhammadan

b)

Rashidun

c)

Umayyad

d)

Abbasid

15.

Rashidun means ________

a)

"related to the Prophet"

b)

"apostate"

c)

"first"

d)

"rightly guided"

16.

How many Rashidun Caliphs were there?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

17.

Who was Caliph during the Ridda Wars?

a)

Abu Bakr

b)

Umar

c)

Uthman

d)

Ali

18.

When did the Rashidun Caliphate end?

a)

630

b)

632

c)

661

d)

750

19.

The 1st Umayyad Caliph

a)

Muawiya

b)

Muhammad Abduh

c)

Osman

d)

Hulegu

20.

To which Rashidun Caliph was Muawiya related?

a)

Abu Bakr

b)

Umar

c)

Uthman

d)

Ali

21.

Damascus is in this modern country

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

c)

Egypt

d)

Syria

22.

Who led the winning side at the Battle of Tours?

a)

Muawiya

b)

Yazid

c)

Charles Martel

d)

Charlemagne

23.

The Battle of Rajasthan halted Umayyad expansion into _________

a)

Europe

b)

China

c)

Russia

d)

India

24.

What battle occurred in 680?

a)

Karbala

b)

Tours

c)

Rajasthan

d)

Talas

25.

Who lost the Battle of Karbala?

a)

Muawiya

b)

Yazid

c)

Ali

d)

Husayn

26.

What was Husayn's relation to Muhammad?

a)

son

b)

son-in-law

c)

grandson

d)

cousin

27.

The Umayyad's established a Muslim presence in this modern European country

a)

Italy

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

England

28.

The Umayyads were overthrown in this year

a)

661

b)

680

c)

711

d)

750

29.

Who overthrew the Umayyads?

a)

the Rashidun

b)

the Crusaders

c)

the Abbasids

d)

the Mongols

30.

In 1258, the Abbasids were overthrown by the _________

a)

Seljuks

b)

Ottomans

c)

Mongols

d)

Franks

31.

Capital city of the Abbasids

a)

Baghdad

b)

Damascus

c)

Cordoba

d)

Mecca

32.

Who captured Jerusalem in 1099?

a)

Byzantines

b)

Persians

c)

Crusaders

d)

Abbasids

33.

This Islamic leader recaptured Jerusalem in 1187

a)

Amr

b)

Khalid

c)

Genghis Khan

d)

Saladin

34.

How many Pillars of Islam are there?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

35.

What are Muslims required to do during Ramadan?

a)

Fast

b)

Sleep

c)

Not Speak

d)

Make War

36.

Muslims are required to make the Hajj to this city

a)

Mecca

b)

Medina

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Damascus