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WorksheetsEarly Islam
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What continents did Islam spread to?
Africa
Europe
Asia
North America
What is the name of the Islamic holy book?
Quran
Torah
Bible
Sunnah
What is the name for the leaders who were successors of Muhammad?
wanderer
bedouin
imam
caliph
Why does Islamic art not include pictures of living beings?
Muslims could not draw them
an early saying said they should not be represented
Muslims did not believe they were beautiful enough to be shown
Muslims liked sewing better
True or False: The Umayyad Empire included lands in Europe (Spain).
True
False
In the 600s, Islam spread to the north because empires there were ____.
strong
weak
already Islamic
Another word for Caliph is _____.
warrior
prophet
teacher
Islamic religious leader
The Umayyad caliphate, or empire, took over land from Spain to _____.
Mecca
Cairo
the Red Sea
India
The Umayyad empire failed because ____.
communication over such a large distance was difficult
communication in Arabic was so difficult
stronger empires defeated it
the rulers ran out of new land to take over
The new capital of the Abbasid empire was Baghdad, and it was shaped like a ____.
donut
square
circle
triangle
Under the Abbasids, Muslims ____. (check all that are true)
discovered how disease spreads
created the world's first hospital
correctly estimated the size of the earth
developed rockets that could reach the moon
This picture is an example of ____.
a Muslim child's handwriting
Abbasid calligraphy
an Islamic street sign
Chinese calligraphy
What was the primary language of administration and culture in the early Islamic Caliphates?
A) Arabic
B) Persian
C) Latin
D) Greek
Which city became the capital of the Islamic Caliphate during the Umayyad dynasty?
A) Mecca
B) Medina
C) Damascus
D) Baghdad
What was the significance of the Hijra in early Islam?
A) It marked the birth of Muhammad
B) It was the migration to Medina, marking the start of the Islamic calendar
C) It was the first revelation of the Quran
D) It was the conquest of Mecca
