Islam Spreads

Nomads shared their ideas as they

• traveled and traded

• lived by the oasis

• conquered people

• all of these are correct

What is cultural diffusion?

• spreading something when you trade

• spreading ideas, beliefs, languages, diseases to another culture

• people giving other people stuff

• when you trade, travel or have war somewhere

Islam spread through

• traders in Mecca

• caravans traveling through the desert

• fighting in and around Mecca

• all of these are correct

Which is NOT a way that Islam spread?

• the emperor of Islam forced everyone to believe in Allah

• Muslim traders carried the ideas along with their goods

• Islamic scholars traveled to other cities and shared their beliefs

• Muhammad and his armies conquered lands and converted people to the belief of Islam

Which is NOT TRUE of Muslims?

• they shared knowledge throughout Asia, Europe and Africa

• all Muslims learned the language Arabic

• they destroyed the ka'bah when they made it Islam's holy place

• Mecca was taken over and converted to the religion of Islam with Muhammad's army

Muslims had many achievements because they were focused on learning, like-

• Arabic Numerals

• algebra

• House of Wisdom

• all of these are correct

Which is NOT a way that Islam spread throughout Arabia and beyond?

• caravans shared the religion on trade routes

• nomads built mosques at every oasis

• people traveled to other cities to share their knowledge and beliefs of Islam

• Muslims fought and conquered lands in the name of Allah

How did Muslims from different places communicate and work together?

• They learned each other's languages.

• They all learned to speak Arabic.

• Muhammad helped them all to speak to each other.

• They didn't communicate, only Arabs worked together.

Which answer is FALSE, completely untrue?

• The people didn't like Muhammad's ideas at first.

• Muslims are people who believe in the religion of Islam.

• Muhammad built a mosque in Medina and gained followers.

• The mosque is where Muhammad trained his army to conquer Mecca.

Which is NOT an example of how learning was important to the Muslims?

• they founded the House of Wisdom in 830 to research and translate texts

• Muslims developed a rich culture and contributed to the world

• mathematicians translated, studied and spread the work of Babylon, India, China, and Greece

• Arabic promoted learning and became the language of scholarship and science