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Module 2 Islam and the Arab Caliphate Review
Module 2 Islam and the Arab Caliphate Review
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Test review for Unit 2 exam.
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1
In the Five Pillars of Islam, Muslims must pray five times a day.
False
True
2
What is the umma?
Islamic community
Hadith
jihad
Muslim leaders
3
What is arabesque?
tiny precious stones to make a mural
the art of beautiful handwriting
geometric pattern of tiles
style of modern dance
4
What is a sultan?
leader of Seljuk Turks
leader of a small territory
leader of a Caliphate
leader of Muslims
5
Jerusalem is the site of the Holy Land for Jews, Christians and Muslims.
True
False
6
Shia warriors enlisted the help from the _________ to overthrow the Umayyad Caliphate.
Perisans
Sufis
Fatimids
Sunnis
7
True or False: 90% of the World's Muslims are Shiite (Shia).
False
True
8
Who spoke to Muhammad and relayed the revelations to him?
Allah
Abraham
Abu Bakr
Saint Gabriel
9
What four caliphs are considered the Rightly Guided?
Muhammad, Ali, John, and Abu Bakr
Muhammad, Umayyad, Uman, and Ali
Abu Bakr, Ali, Aladdin, and Muhammad
Abu Bakr, Uman, Uchman, and Ali
10
Muslim philosophers traveled to _________ and _________ to gather knowledge about other cultures.
Europe and Asia
Africa and Europe
Africa and Asia
Europe and India
11
How many pillars of Islam are there?
Three
Six
Two
Five
12
According to Muslims, who are the "People of the Book"?
Jews and Christians
Christians and Muslims
Hindu and Buddhist
Jews and Muslims
13
What is the religious text called in the Muslim faith?
The Quran
The Book of the People
The Hadith
The Holy Bible
14
Islam divides over an argument of who should succeed Muhammad in what caliphate?
Abbasid
Umayyad
Rashidun (Rightly Guided)
Fatimid
15
What Muslim capital was established in Europe?
Jerusalem
Mecca
Cordoba
Baghdad
16
What two groups of people began the spread of Islam in the Middle East?
Franks and Seljuk Turks
Arabs and Persians
Arabs and Mongols
Arabs and Seljuk Turks
17
Who are the Sufis?
a type of Islam that focused on the nature of Allah
a type of Islam that founded the Hadith
a type of Islam that focused on their faith with Allah through feelings
a type of Islam that focused on logic and reason
18
What group of Muslims conquered the Iberian Peninsula (modern- day Spain)?
Abbassids
Umayyads
Arabs
Seljuk Turks
19
Which is MOST likely the cause of the spread of Islam?
trade routes
publications of The Quran
Arab conquest
Muhammad's teachings of Islam
20
The umma believed in unity and peace and all outside the realm of Islam were in chaos.
False
True
21
The Golden Age of Islam is MOST associated with what Caliphate?
The Abbasid Caliphate
The Saladin Caliphate
The Umayyad Caliphate
The Fatimid Caliphate
22
What type of SOCIAL characteristic came out of the Islamic Golden Age?
Mosques
Bazaars
The Astrolabe
Philosophers
23
The Prophet Abraham built the __________ in the city of Mecca.
The Great Mosque of Mecca
Taj Mahal
Kaaba
Hagia Sophia
24
Name the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Mecca
Cordoba
Baghdad
Medina
25
These type of Muslims believe the next leader to the Caliphate should be descendants of Muhammad.
Shia
Rightly Guided Caliphs
Sunni
Islam
26
In the Five Pillars of Islam, which means to travel to Mecca once in a lifetime as a Muslim?
pilgrimage
jihad
Hajj
Kaaba
27
In the Five Pillars of Islam, which means to give charity to the poor?
Almsgiving
Hajj
Ramadan
jihad
28
The four successors after the death of Muhammad in 632 AD are commonly known as the...
Guided and Perplexed
elected caliphs
Rightly Guided
descendants of Muhammad
29
The Muslim religion broke into what two branches after the death of Muhammad?
Shiite and Islam
Shiite and Sect
Sunni and Catholic
Sunni and Shia
30
What is the holy place of worship called in Islam?
Minaret
Church
Mosque
Cathedral
31
What are the the tall, skinny structures outside a mosque called?
Minarets
Columns
Aqueducts
Domes
32
What type of Roman Architecture did the Muslims adopt?
marble, courtyards and columns
domes, columns and arches
mosaics, minarets, and arches
arabesque, mosaics and columns
33
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all ____________ religions.
The Prophet Abraham
Polytheistic
Monotheistic
Paganistic
34
What is a caliph?
an empire
political leader in Islam
political and religious leader in Islam
rightly guided leader
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Why is Mecca a significant city for the Prophet Muhammad?
first worship site and destruction of idols
attacked by Arabs and fled to Medina
first spoke to the Angel Gabriel
Muhammad traveled to the afterlife
