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WorksheetsIslamic World and South Asia
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 28mins
Who started the religion of Islam?
Muhammad
Allah
Buddha
Constantine
What is the name of a follower of Islam?
Muslim
Jewish
Christian
Hindu
What is the Quran?
The law of Islam
A religious community
The sacred book of Islam
The religious leader of Islam
What are the basic acts of worship, or duties, that Muslims must follow?
Four Noble Truths
The Five Pillars
The Eightfold path
Three Wise Sayings
What type of environment describes the Arabian Peninsula?
Rain Forest
Snowy mountains
Mild farm land
Dry desert
The building used for Muslim worship is called a
Mosque
Medina
Sunnah
The Five Pillars of Islam consist of
Faith, Prayer, Donation, Fasting, PIlgrimage
Muhammad, Islam, Allah, Islamic tile, Mecca
Prayer, Pilgrimage, Warfare, Universities, Fasting
Bookmaking, Navigation, Zoology, Calligraphy, Mosque
Islam split into two branches known as
Sunni and Shia
Sonny and Cher
Safavid and Ottoman
Muhammad and Allah
Why did Islam split into 2 branches?
Issue over who could succeed Muhammad
Issue over how to conquer new territories
Issues over Five Pillars of Islam
Issue over the teachings of the Qur'an
Where did Islam begin?
Arabian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
Australia
Europe
Which of the following is NOT considered part of the 5 pillars?
Fasting
Daily Prayer
Pilgrimage
Confession
Where is the Kaaba located?
Medina
Mecca
Jerusalem
Hajira
What is an oasis?
an area of land surrounded by water on three sides
an area of land surrounded by water on all sides
a place where water can be found in the desert
water found in plants in a desert
Which word refers to a person who moves from place to place; typically in search of food and water?
Ramadan
Mosque
migration
Nomad
What is a dynasty?
a large land mass
family that passes down political power from one relative to another
ruler of a country
a political party
Why do geographers call Arabia a "crossroads" location?
It is home to very few cultures, or people.
Trade routes linking Africa, Asia, and Europe run through it.
People from many different cultures live there.
It is where Islam, Christianity, and Judaism started.
After Muhammad's death, the title given to Islam's highest leaders was
successor
caliph
sultan
emperor
Which of the following is NOT a reason that historians say helped the spread of Islam?
Military Conquest
Art
education
taxation
Sharia is...
Islamic Code of Law
A holy Book
a group of traveling merchants and animals
How did Muslims contribute to European knowledge of Plato and Aristotle?
They preserved and translated Greek texts.
They taught in universities in Europe
They met with Catholics to discuss philosophy
They painted beautiful pictures of ancient philosophers
Which Empire seized Constantinople in 1453?
The Shahs
The Ottoman Turks
The Byzantines
The Seljuks
Which of the following also spread where Islam spread to?
Muhammad
Arabic language
political unity
slavery
What is the pilgrimage to Mecca called?
Kaaba
Tajj
Hajj
Medina
True or False: The establishment of trade routes among Asia, Africa, and Europe facilitated the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and inventions, such as paper and steel, between these regions.
True
False
What is one of the contributions that was made to math by the Islamic world?
invention of the circle
algebra
a number system that was different from Roman Numerals
multiplication and division
The Muslim scholar Ibn Sina wrote a famous and influential book on which subject?
Medicine
Algebra
Art
Education
Answer the riddle below:
I am important in mathematics. I came to Muslim lands from India. My name comes from an Arabic word. What am I?
zero
number
division
Calculus
The words and actions of Muhammad are known as...
Shia
Sunni
Sharia
Sunnah
What empire was founded in the 1500s in Persia?
Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
Umayyad Dynasty
Abbasid Dynasty
Under the Umayyad Dynasty what happened with the Muslim empire?
expanded the Muslim empire to its greatest extent
Islam did not spread with the creation of the new empire
Islam was not permitted in the new empire
The Sikh holy book is called?
Tripitaka
Vedas
Guru Granth Sahib
Upanishads
Who founded Sikhism?
Siddhartha Gautama
Abu Bakr
Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Nanak
Sikhs are...
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
What is a Bodhisattva?
A god
Someone who didn't reach nirvana before death
Someone who reached nirvana and was born again without purpose
Someone who reached nirvana and was born again to help others reach nirvana
How did the concept of nirvana change over time?
From a state of perfect happiness to heaven
From heaven to a state of perfect happiness
Both of these!
Neither of these!
Siddhartha Gautama was always seen as a god in Buddhism.
True
False
Which of the following did the Bhakti movement NOT stress?
Personal devotion to god
Males & Females equal
Pray five times per day
Limited power for religious figures
How did the Bhakti movement spread through India?
Conquering new lands
Tamil Poetry
A change in leadership
The Muslims
What faith did the Mughal leaders follow?
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire?
Abu Bakr
Babur
Rumi
Ibn Sina
What was the new Mongol Empire in India called?
The Abbasid Empire
The Safavid Empire
The Mughal Empire
The Hindu Empire
What does the word "maritime" mean?
Land-related
Mountain-related
Valley-related
Sea-related
Which dynasty ruled Southern India and parts of Southeast Asia for almost 400 years after the fall of the Gupta Empire?
The Maurya Dynasty
The Chola Dynasty
The Umayyad Dynasty
None of these!
What helped the Mughal empire grow to be so wealthy?
Everyone followed the same religious ideas.
Trade and their location on the Silk Road.
Their army of war elephants.
Tourist to the Taj Mahal.
What else did Akbar do that made him a strong ruler?
He built many large universities.
He learned many languages.
He unified the people with one religion.
He tolerated political policies and let those he conquered maintain some power.
Why did Shah Jahan build the Taj Mahal?
As a palace for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal
As a tomb for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal
To honor the common people of the Mughal Empire
To match the accomplishments of his father
Where is the Mughal Empire?
A
B
C
D
