Why did Muhammad move from Mecca to the city of Medina?

He was not free to preach Islam in Mecca but was in Medina.

Muslims were aided in their conquests by...

Shared faith in Islam which united them

The Muslim group known as the Shia...

are a minority of Muslims today

Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad were all prophets.

How did the Islamic civilization preserve and extend Greek, Persian, and Indian learning?

Translated ancient texts into Arabic

spread Muslim rule throughout almost all of India

Which statement explains the attitude toward reading and writing in much of Muslim culture?

People valued literacy so they could read the Quran

The city of Baghdad was important because it...

was linked to China and other lands by camel caravan routes

The Persian poet Rumi is famous for...

practicing and writing about Sufism

Why was the year AD 630 important for Islam. It was the year...

Muhammad took Mecca, banned old gods, and organized Muslims.

The Islamic text know as the Sunnah...

records the words and actions of Muhammad

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Chapter 15 - Islamic Civilization

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Why did Muhammad move from Mecca to the city of Medina?
He had already established a Muslim community in Mecca.
He wanted to spread his revelations there first.
He didn't want to interfere with worship at the Kaaba.
He was not free to preach Islam in Mecca but was in Medina.
2
Which contributed to the Islamic Civilzation's development of the Arabic Numeral system.
Gupta India
Mauryan India
Hellenistic Empire
Roman Republic
3
What similar feature do nearly all Muslim mosques share?
A large, central, golden dome
A prayer hall facing Mecca
The mosque is taller than all other nearby buildings
Minarets from which the call to prayer is made
4
According to the Five Pillars, Muslims must fast during the holy month of...
Sunnah
Eid al-Fitr
Ramadan
Hajj
5
Muslims were aided in their conquests by...
Alliances with Byzantine and Persian warriors
The relatively small geographic area they tried to conquer
Shared faith in Islam which united them
Willingness to wait many year for rivals to weaken
6
Which of the following is NOT one of the five pillars of Islam?
Charity for the poor
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Five daily prayers
Filial Piety
7
Muslims are not permitted to gamble or drink alcohol by the legal code known as the...
Quran
Sunnah
Sharia
Hijra
8
The Muslim group known as the Shia...
hold drastically different beliefs from Sunni Muslims
are a minority of Muslims today
eventually reunited with the Sunni
are the majority of Muslims today
9
Which two conquered cities marked the spread of the Islamic Civilization?
Athens and Sparta
Jerusalem and Damascus
Rome and Carthage
Constantinople and Baghdad
10
Which Islamic capital fell to the Mongols?
Baghdad
Damascus
Medina
Mecca
11
The expanding Islamic civilization conquered territory from these two weakened empires.
Mongol and Byzantine
Mauryan and Gupta
Byzantine and Persian
Greek and Roman
12
Which of the following is NOT an Islamic belief?
Quran is a sacred text
Karma
Moses is a prophet
Monotheism
13
Muslims believe...
Muslims, Jews, and Christians worship different gods.
Muhammad was God's only prophet.
There are many gods in the universe.
Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad were all prophets.
14
How did the Islamic civilization preserve and extend Greek, Persian, and Indian learning?
Adopted the practice of Zoroastrianism from the Persians
Adopted the practice of Hinduism from India
Used the Roman language of Latin in all official documents
Translated ancient texts into Arabic
15
The Mughal empire...
Ruled much of southeastern Europe from from Constantinople
spread Muslim rule throughout almost all of India
Went to war against their rival Muslims, the Ottomans
conquered much of North Africa
16
What two cities were most important to the early Islamic Civilization?
Baghdad and Timbuktu
Mecca and Medina
Jerusalem and Damascus
Rome and Constantinople
17
The Arab Muslim empire reached its greatest size under the
Ottoman Empire
Mongol empire
Delhi sultantate
Umayyad dynasty
18
The rulers of many non-Arab Muslim states referred to themselves as...
Sultans
Sunnis
Potentates
Caliphs
19
Which two fields of learning have names which come from the Arabic language?
Mathematics and medicine
Architecture and philosophy
Calligraphy and algebra
Astronomy and physics
20
On what peninsula did Islam originate?
Iberian
Italian
Balkan
Arabian
21
The most powerful of the non-Arab Muslim empires that arose was the...
Safavid
Ottoman
Abbasid
Mongol
22
Which statement explains the attitude toward reading and writing in much of Muslim culture?
Only religious writing was acceptable in Muslim culture.
People studies so they could attend university
Arabs had a strong oral tradition, not written history.
People valued literacy so they could read the Quran
23
The city of Baghdad was important because it...
sent sailing ships called dhows to trade with Europe
was linked to China and other lands by camel caravan routes
traded with Africa along the famous Silk Road
produced most goods its citizens needed within its walls
24
The Persian poet Rumi is famous for...
practicing and writing about Sufism
recording his travels across the Muslim world
writing a history of the world in verse
writing the tales in A Thousand and One Nights
25
What issue led to the Sunni-Shi'a division in Islam?
Slavery
Territorial disputes
Succession to Muhammad
Inflation
26
Why was the year AD 630 important for Islam. It was the year...
Muhammad received his revelations from the angel Gabriel.
Muhammad took Mecca, banned old gods, and organized Muslims.
Muhammad and his followers won a vital battle at Badr.
The earliest Muslims made the first hajj.
27
The Islamic text know as the Sunnah...
records the words and actions of Muhammad
explains right conduct for Muslims and their families
was the first text written by Muhammad
details how to make oneself clean before worship
28
Which language facilitated trade and stimulated intellectual activity in the Islamic empire?
Greek
Bantu
Arabic
Latin
29
Which location was NOT a part of the Islamic Empire within 300 years of the death of Muhammad?
Central Asia
Italian Peninsula
Iran
Fertile Crescent

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