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WorksheetsSpread of Islam
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
When Muslims pray, they face towards:
The East (always)
The Kaaba in Mecca
Jerusalem
The nearest mosque
Which is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
Giving alms or charity
Fasting during Ramadan
Being baptized
Making a hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca
The Hijra marks Muhammad's flight from Mecca to?
Damascus
Baghdad
Jerusalem
Medina
The place of worship for a Muslim is a:
Synagogue
Church
Mosque
Temple
The Muslim holy text is called the:
Torah
Gospels
Bible
Quran
Why did Islam divide into different sects (groups)?
Muslims disagreed over who would be the successor to Muhammad
Muslims disagreed over the use of icons
Muslims disagreed over the fasting during Ramadan
Muslims disagreed over whether Muhammad was the messenger from Allah
The two Muslim sects are called what?
Sufi and Sunni
Buddhist and Sunni
Sunni and Shi'a
Hebrew and Sufi
The start of the Muslim calendar is what year?
600 BCE
622 CE
1600 CE
1220 BCE
What does it mean that Muslims, Jews and Christians are called “people of the book”?
Each religion’s holy texts is exactly the same
A portion of each religion’s holy text is the same
They all read books
All of their holy texts include the teachings of Jesus
What was the capital of the Abbasid Empire?
Cairo
Cordoba
Baghdad
Damascus
What was the name of the center of learning under Abbasid rule?
House of Thought
House of Wisdom
House of Education
House of Scholarship
What types of patterns are common in Islamic artwork?
Images of people
Geometric Patterns
Astrolabe
Sculpture
