World Studies: ISLAM THROUGH EXPLORATION

What is the Quran?

• a. The most holy city of Islam
• b. The leader of the Muslim world
• c. The pilgrimage Muslims make to Mecca
• d. The holy book of Islam
• e. A place where Muslims go to worship

What are the five basic acts that form the framework of the religion of Islam?

• a. Five Holy Books
• b. The Five Caliphs
• c. Five Pillars of Islam
• d. Five Commandments
• e. The Sacred Five

What was the main job of the griot?

• a. Protecting the village
• b. Storytelling
• c. Fishing for food
• d. Working with iron
• e. Working in the salt mines

Where did the Silk Road get its name?

• a. From the silk that the Romans sold to the East
• b. From the smoothness
• c. From the silk that China sold to the rest of the world
• d. From the silk worms that infested much of the route
• e. From the silk clothing that people wore along the route to keep cool

What was the name of Genghis Khan's people?

• a. Tartars
• b. Muslims
• c. Chinese
• d. Japanese
• e. Mongols

What land did the Vikings originally call home?

• a. Germany
• b. Scandinavia
• c. Russia
• d. Great Britain
• e. France

What land did Leif Eriksson discover and settle long before Christopher Columbus?

• a. India
• b. Africa
• c. England
• d. Iceland
• e. North America

The Pope crowned Charlemagne emperor over what Empire?

• a. German Empire
• b. British Empire
• c. Egyptian Empire
• d. Holy Roman Empire
• e. European Union

What was the Black Death?

• a. Another name for the Guillotine
• b. A disease that killed many people in Europe
• c. The name for secret soldiers in the Roman army
• d. The name of the sword used by King Arthur
• e. A religious cult during the Middle Ages

What animal carried the Black Death and transferred it to humans?

• a. Fleas
• b. Birds
• c. Dogs
• d. Mosquitoes
• e. Cows