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Early Islam

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What continents did Islam spread to?

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

North America

2.

What is the name of the Islamic holy book?

a)

Quran

b)

Torah

c)

Bible

d)

Sunnah

3.

What is the name for the leaders who were successors of Muhammad?

a)

wanderer

b)

bedouin

c)

imam

d)

caliph

4.

Why does Islamic art not include pictures of living beings?

a)

Muslims could not draw them

b)

an early saying said they should not be represented

c)

Muslims did not believe they were beautiful enough to be shown

d)

Muslims liked sewing better

5.

True or False: The Umayyad Empire included lands in Europe (Spain).

a)

True

b)

False

6.

In the 600s, Islam spread to the north because empires there were ____.

a)

strong

b)

weak

c)

already Islamic

7.

Another word for Caliph is _____.

a)

warrior

b)

prophet

c)

teacher

d)

Islamic religious leader

8.

The Umayyad caliphate, or empire, took over land from Spain to _____.

a)

Mecca

b)

Cairo

c)

the Red Sea

d)

India

9.

The Umayyad empire failed because ____.

a)

communication over such a large distance was difficult

b)

communication in Arabic was so difficult

c)

stronger empires defeated it

d)

the rulers ran out of new land to take over

10.

The new capital of the Abbasid empire was Baghdad, and it was shaped like a ____.

a)

donut

b)

square

c)

circle

d)

triangle

11.

Under the Abbasids, Muslims ____. (check all that are true)

a)

discovered how disease spreads

b)

created the world's first hospital

c)

correctly estimated the size of the earth

d)

developed rockets that could reach the moon

12.

This picture is an example of ____.

a)

a Muslim child's handwriting

b)

Abbasid calligraphy

c)

an Islamic street sign 

d)

Chinese calligraphy

13.

What was the primary language of administration and culture in the early Islamic Caliphates?

a)

A) Arabic

b)

B) Persian

c)

C) Latin

d)

D) Greek

14.

Which city became the capital of the Islamic Caliphate during the Umayyad dynasty?

a)

A) Mecca

b)

B) Medina

c)

C) Damascus

d)

D) Baghdad

15.

What was the significance of the Hijra in early Islam?

a)

A) It marked the birth of Muhammad

b)

B) It was the migration to Medina, marking the start of the Islamic calendar

c)

C) It was the first revelation of the Quran

d)

D) It was the conquest of Mecca