Islam Quiz

Version A

#1. What does “Islam” mean in Arabic?

a) “the spirit of God”b) “there is no god but God”c) “Submission to the will of God”d) “Muhammad is the messenger of God”

#2 What is the symbol for Islam?

a) A

b) b

c) C

d) d

#3 What city was Muhammad from?

a) Meccab) Medinac) Damascusd) Jerusalem

#4 What do Muslims believe about Muhammad?

a) He was the last and greatest of the prophets.b) He was the only son of the one true God.c) He was the first and only prophet of God.d) He was the combination of God and man.

#5 Much of the trade (particularly that of idols) took place around a cubed stone temple called the

a) Ka’abab) Buraqc) Hijrahd) Caliph

#6 What year was Muhammad born in?

a) 1525 B.C.Eb) 624 B.C.Ec) 0d) 570 C.E

#7 What was the name of the angel that spoke with Muhammad in the cave near Mecca?

a) Michaelb) Raphaelc) Gabriel d) Uriel

#8 Who is Allah?

a) A prophetb) Godc) An Angeld) A priest

#9 The angel in the cave told Muhammad that the cubed stone temple was built by

a) Moses and Aaronb) Siddhartha and Lao

Tzuc) Abraham and

Ishmaeld) Isaac and Joseph

#10 Who was Muhammad’s wife?

a) Abu Talibb) Maryc) Khadijah d) Amina

#11 Meccans initially resisted Muhammad’s teachings because

a) the teachings promoted warb) the people feared Mecca would lose its position as a

pilgrimage centerc) the teachings upheld the worship of more than one godd) the people did not find his ideas appealing

#12 What is the Hajar el Aswad?

a) a stone from heaven

b) a daimondc) An idold) Symbol of Islam

#13 What city invited Muhammad to come and live with them when he and his fellow Muslims were being persecuted?

a) Meccab) Medinac) Damascusd) Jerusalem

#14 What was the first city that Muhammad became the ruler of?

a) Meccab) Medinac) Damascusd) Jerusalem

#15 8 years after fleeing this city, Muhammad had returned as a conqueror.

a) Meccab) Medinac) Damascusd) Jerusalem

#16 Before he died, Muhammad had taken over all of this land -

a) Romeb) Judeac) Arabiad) Persia

#17 Islamic house of worship

a) Churchb) Mosquec) Synagogued) Cathedral

#18 Which city is important to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

a) Romeb) Constantinoplec) Meccad) Jerusalem

#19 Who of the following is not regarded as a prophet by Muslims?

a) Jesusb) Paulc) Abrahamd) Mohammed

#20 Why was the Hijrah important?

a) Muhammad was accepted as a political leader in Medina.

b) It was during the Hijrah that Muhammad first heard the voice of God.

c) Muhammad sounded the call to prayer from its roof in Mecca.

d) It was the first battle that Muhammad won.

#21 Where did Islam begin?

a) Iberian Peninsulab) Africac) Arabian Peninsulad) Europe

#22 Toward what city do Muslims pray?a) Medina.b) Mecca.c) Jerusalem.d) Damascus.

#23 The Islamic, Judaic, and Christian faiths share a belief in:

a) polytheistic godsb) A monotheistic godc) the divinity of Jesusd) Mohammad as the most recent prophet

#24 The holy book of Islam that contains the revelations that Muhammad received from the angel Gabriel

a) Vedasb) Qur’anc) Bibled) Torah

#25 In the Muslim Empire, which language helped trade and stimulated intellectual activity?

a) Latinb) Persianc) Arabicd) Greek

#26 Which of the following is true about the Koran?

a) It was recorded by Mohammed’s followers.b) It includes the Old and New Testament.c) It was written by Mohammed.d) It has been changed over time.

#27 Muhammad also said that all Muslims must perform five duties. What are these 5 duties called.

a) 5 Pillars of Islam

b) Torahc) Dharmad) Shari’a

#28 Which of the following is not one of the Pillars of Islam?

a) Being baptizedb) Making a pilgrimagec) Giving charityd) Fasting during Ramadan

#29 Muslims believe that one should pray five times a day facing

a) Medinab) Cairo.c) Jerusalem.d) Mecca.

#30 The system of law that regulates the family life, moral conduct, and business and community life of Muslims.

a) Torahb) 8 Noble Truthsc) Shari’ad) Karma

#31 What is a caliph?

a) A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government.

b) One of the followers of Jesus who preached and spread his teachings.

c) Godd) A king or queen who has unlimited power and seeks to

control all aspects of society.

#32 When Muhammad died, his companion, named ___________, took over and became the new caliph.

a) Ishmaelb) Abu Bakrc) Abrahamd) Sunni Ali

#33 The division of Islam into Sunni and Shi'a sects resulted from

a) differences over who were the rightful successors to Muhammad.

b) resistance to the Five Pillars.c) disputes over the role of Hebrew prophets.d) conflict over the spoils of Muslim

conquests.

#34 The greatest contribution of Islamic culture to the West was its

a) legal codeb) architecturec) cosmopolitan urban centersd) scholarship

#35 The Muslims used Hindu numbers to create a new type of math. What was it called?a) Trigonometryb) Geometryc) Calculusd) Algebra

#36 An important cultural contribution of the Muslims is the

a) building of churches throughout the empire.b) development of gunpowder.c) preservation of ancient Greek and Roman

texts.d) establishment of trade with Australia.

#37 The most serious threat to the Muslim Empire came from

a) changing economic conditions.b) Byzantine armies.c) internal power struggles.d) Christian missionaries.

#38 How did Islam spread across Africa, Asia, and into Spain?

a) travelersb) Isolationc) lettersd) warfare

#39 At its height, the Islamic empire expanded from

a) East Asia to Europe.b) West Africa to Scandinavia.c) the Indus River Valley to the Atlantic Ocean.d) the Nile River Valley to the Pacific Ocean.

#40 What geographic feature was a barrier between West African kingdoms andthe Muslim Empire?

a) The Ethiopian Highlands

b) The Red Seac) The Nile Riverd) The Sahara

Desert

a) Romeb) Judeac) Arabiad) Persia

#41 According to this map, Muhammad did not hold territory in this location

a)Yemenb)Arabia

c) Iraqd) Oman

#42 This dynasty took over and greatly expanded the Islamic empire after the first four caliphs

a) Abyssid Dynasty b) Umayyad Dynastyc) Achaemenid Dynastyd) Sassanid Dynasty

#43 Look at the map above. During which period did Islam spread farthest north in Europe and Asia?

a) 750 to 945b) 661 to 750c) 632 to 661d) 622 to 632

#44 When the Abassid Dynasty took control of the Muslim Empire, the Umayyad Dynasty was forced to retreat to this land in order to survive.

a) Italyb) Egyptc) Spaind) Greece

#45 When the Abassid Dynasty took control of the Muslim Empire, they moved the capital to this location.

a) Meccab) Damascusc) Jerusalemd) Baghdad

#46 According to this chart, approximately how much larger was the population in Baghdad than Constantinople?

a) 500,000b) 600, 000c) 700, 000d) 900,000

#47 On the map below, which arrow shows the journey called the Hajira

a) 1b) 2c) 3d) 4

#48 Which of the following represents the correct order of the Islamic dynasties from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries?

a) Abbasid, Seljuk, Umayyadb) Abbasid, Shi’ite, Sunnic) Umayyad, Abbasid, Seljukd) Umayyad, Shi’ite, Abbasid

#49 The people who believe in Islam are called

a) Islamitesb) Muhammadian

sc) Ishlamitesd) Muslims