Questions on Islam

The Muslim holy book?

• Torah

• Bible

• Qu'ran

Review the map showing the territory of the Islamic empire throughout the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding areas. Which statement best describes the territory of the Islamic empire in the years following Muhammad’s death in 632 C.E.?

• It unified eastern Asia.

• It expanded to the south.

• It more than doubled in size.

• It reached the Arabian Sea.

Once the Muslims conquered new lands, they engaged in cultural blending which is

• stopping the spreading of a culture throughout a region.

• the mixing of customs, religions, languages, etc. into an existing culture.

• forcing a culture upon a population and preventing the influence and spread of another culture.

• not allowing other cultures to continue practicing religion, language, customs, etc.

Muslim doctors were the first to create ___________, and started pharmacies to teach doctors how to make ______________.

• Hospitals and Medicines

• Literature

• Mapmaking and Navigation

• Textiles and Architecture

Using astrolabes to measure locations, Muslim scholars created __________, to help people in their empire travel faster and safely.

• maps

• a scrapbook

• a stele (writing on stone pillar)

• a film

Choose the two pieces of evidence that best supports this claim: Medieval Muslim scholars greatly contributed to the subject of mathematics that still benefits us today.

• The creation of statistics and computer science that we still use today.

• The creation of algebra and creating the Chinese numerals that we use today.

• The creation trigonometry and physics that we still use today.

• The creation of algebra and creating the Arabic numerals that we use today.

• The creation of chemistry and the cause-and-effect explanations that outline the current practice of history still effect people today.

Which claim best supports these 3 key pieces of evidences that describe the contributions Muslims made for medicine:

• Muslim doctors cured all of the their disease of their time and were far advanced for their time.

• How did Muslims change the world of medicine?

• Muslims greatly contributed to the field of medicine that improved the world.

• Muslim doctors worked in the field of medicine.

What is the significance of the Hijra in Islamic history?

• A) It marks the birth of Prophet Muhammad.

• B) It signifies the migration of Muslims from Mecca to Medina.

• C) It represents the first revelation of the Quran.

• D) It denotes the conquest of Mecca.

Which of the following is one of the Five Pillars of Islam?

• A) Jihad

• B) Zakat

• C) Sharia

• D) Hadith

What is the primary language of the Quran?

• A) Hebrew

• B) Latin

• C) Arabic

• D) Persian