Unit 4 Test Prep

What did Shia Muslims believe about the person who should have succeeded Muhammad as the leader of Islam and become the caliph?

• They believed that the caliph must seize control through force

• They believed that the caliph must be related to Muhammad.

• They believed that the caliph must be related to Muhammad

• They believed that the caliph should elected by the Muslim community.

What did Sunni Muslims believed about who should have succeeded Muhammad as a leader?

• They believed that the caliph must be related to Muhammad.

• They believed that the caliph should seize control through force.

• The believed that the caliph must have been born into a wealthy family.

Which of the following are among the Five Pillars of Islam?

• taking a holy pilgrimage to Mecca

• giving charity to the poor

• worshipping Jesus as a divine being

• praying five times a day

Farrorkh is a member of the ethnic group that makes up more than half of the population of Iran. To what ethnic group does Farrokh belong and what religion does he most likely practice?

• Persian and Shia Islam

• Persian and Sunni Islam

• Kurdish and Shia Islam

• Kurdish and Sunni Islam

Hakim lives in Iraq. He is the same ethnicity as the majority of the Iraqi people. He also follows the same religion as most people in Iraq. Which statement BEST describes Hakim?

• Persian and follows Judaism

• Persian and follows Sunni Islam

• Arabic and follows Shia Islam

• Arabic and follows Christianity

During World War II many surviving Jews were looking for somewhere to relocate and start a new life. Many decided to immigrate to Palestine and the land of their religious connection. Eventually, this immigration, along with Zionist conflicts with England led to which major world event?

• The dropping of the atomic bomb

• The breakup of the Ottoman Empire.

• The creation of the State of Israel.

• The beginning of the Holocaust.

Today, in the Middle East there are many conflicts caused by where the boundaries of the countries are drawn. Many boundaries include groups that have historically opposed each other or split groups with commonalities into different countries. This problem is largely a consequences of...

• the way Europe divided the region after the fall of the Ottoman Empire

• treaties that cane after the World War II

• interference from North America and East Asia as they battled for control of the region.

• the natural distribution of resources in the region.

By 1924, the Ottoman Empire no longer existed and the region was divided into several different countries. The impact of the downfall of the Ottoman Empire led to

• a lack of oil

• economic prosperity

• regional conflict between ethnic and religious groups

• a lack of water

The sacred text of Islam

The largest ethnic group with NO country of their own.