Islamic Empire and Africa Test Review

Why is Mecca the main holy city for Islam?

• Mecca is the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and the location of the Kaaba.
• Mecca is the city where the first mosque was built.
• Mecca is the city where the Quran was first revealed.
• Mecca is the city with the largest Muslim population.

What is the central belief of Islam?

• The belief in the reincarnation of souls.
• The belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ.
• The belief that there is only one God, Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet.

• The belief in multiple gods and goddesses.

List the Five Pillars of Islam.

• Faith, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, Pilgrimage

• Church, Jesus, Prayer, Family, Country

• Friends, Family, God, Work, Play

• Sabbath, God, Prayer, Temple, Family

Why do practicing Muslims learn to speak Arabic?

• To perform religious rituals
• To understand and recite the Quran
• To study Arabic literature and culture
• To communicate with people from Arab countries

True or False?

Religion influenced law and government in the Muslim world.

• True

• False

On what did the rightly guided caliphs base their leadership?

• The Quran and the teachings of Prophet Muhammad
• The Tipitaka and the teachings of Buddah

• The Bible and the teachings of Jesus
• The Torah and the teachings of Moses

What took place at Baghdad’s House of Wisdom?

• Scholars translated scientific and philosophical texts into arabic

• It was a marketplace for spices and textiles.
• It was a military training center.
• It was a famous restaurant in Baghdad.

Muslim scholars translated the works of which two Greek philosophers?

• Socrates and Pythagoras
• Euclid and Archimedes
• Aristotle and Plato
• Homer and Sophocles

For the most part, how were Jews and Christians treated within the Islamic Empire?

• Their religions were tolerated

• They were treated as slaves
• They were treated with hostility
• They were treated as equals

List areas where the Muslims made advancements.

• philosophy, music, painting, sculpture, engineering
• chemistry, physics, biology, geology, psychology
• history, geography, politics, economics, sociology
• mathematics, science, medicine, architecture, philosophy