Islam
Quiz
Version A
#1. What does “Islam” mean in
Arabic?
a)
b)
c)
d)
“the spirit of God”
“there is no god but God”
“Submission to the will of God”
“Muhammad is the messenger of God”
#2 What is the symbol for Islam?
a) A
c) C
b) b
d) d
#3 What city was Muhammad from?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Mecca
Medina
Damascus
Jerusalem
#4 What do Muslims believe about
Muhammad?
a)
b)
c)
d)
He
He
He
He
was
was
was
was
the
the
the
the
last and greatest of the prophets.
only son of the one true God.
first and only prophet of God.
combination of God and man.
#5 Much of the
trade (particularly
that of idols) took
place around a
cubed stone
temple called the
a)
b)
c)
d)
Ka’aba
Buraq
Hijrah
Caliph
#6 What year was
Muhammad born in?
a)
b)
c)
d)
1525 B.C.E
624 B.C.E
0
570 C.E
#7 What was the
name of the angel
that spoke with
Muhammad in the
cave near Mecca?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Michael
Raphael
Gabriel
Uriel
#8 Who is Allah?
a)
b)
c)
d)
A prophet
God
An Angel
A priest
#9 The angel in the
cave told Muhammad
that the cubed
stone temple was
built by
a) Moses and Aaron
b) Siddhartha and Lao
Tzu
c) Abraham and
Ishmael
d) Isaac and Joseph
#10 Who was
Muhammad’s wife?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Abu Talib
Mary
Khadijah
Amina
#11 Meccans initially resisted
Muhammad’s teachings because
a) the teachings promoted war
b) the people feared Mecca would lose its position as a
pilgrimage center
c) the teachings upheld the worship of more than one god
d) the people did not find his ideas appealing
#12 What is the
Hajar el Aswad?
a) a stone from
heaven
b) a daimond
c) An idol
d) Symbol of Islam
#13 What city invited Muhammad to come
and live with them when he and his fellow
Muslims were being persecuted?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Mecca
Medina
Damascus
Jerusalem
#14 What was the
first city that
Muhammad became
the ruler of?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Mecca
Medina
Damascus
Jerusalem
#15 8 years after fleeing this city,
Muhammad had returned as a conqueror.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Mecca
Medina
Damascus
Jerusalem
#16 Before he died, Muhammad had taken
over all of this land a)
b)
c)
d)
Rome
Judea
Arabia
Persia
#17 Islamic house
of worship
a)
b)
c)
d)
Church
Mosque
Synagogue
Cathedral
#18 Which city
is important to
Judaism,
Christianity, and
Islam?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Rome
Constantinople
Mecca
Jerusalem
#19 Who of the following is not regarded as a
prophet by Muslims?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Jesus
Paul
Abraham
Mohammed
#20 Why was the Hijrah important?
a) Muhammad was accepted as a political leader in
Medina.
b) It was during the Hijrah that Muhammad first
heard the voice of God.
c) Muhammad sounded the call to prayer from its
roof in Mecca.
d) It was the first battle that Muhammad won.
#21 Where did Islam begin?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Iberian Peninsula
Africa
Arabian Peninsula
Europe
#22 Toward what city do Muslims pray?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Medina.
Mecca.
Jerusalem.
Damascus.
#23 The Islamic, Judaic, and Christian
faiths share a belief in:
a)
b)
c)
d)
polytheistic gods
A monotheistic god
the divinity of Jesus
Mohammad as the most recent prophet
#24 The holy book of Islam that contains the
revelations that Muhammad received from the
angel Gabriel
a)
b)
c)
d)
Vedas
Qur’an
Bible
Torah
#25 In the Muslim
Empire, which
language helped trade
and stimulated
intellectual activity?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Latin
Persian
Arabic
Greek
#26 Which of the following is true about the
Koran?
a)
b)
c)
d)
It was recorded by Mohammed’s followers.
It includes the Old and New Testament.
It was written by Mohammed.
It has been changed over time.
#27 Muhammad also said that all Muslims must
perform five duties. What are these 5 duties
called.
a) 5 Pillars of
Islam
b) Torah
c) Dharma
d) Shari’a
#28 Which of the following is not one of
the Pillars of Islam?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Being baptized
Making a pilgrimage
Giving charity
Fasting during Ramadan
#29 Muslims believe that one should pray
five times a day facing
a)
b)
c)
d)
Medina
Cairo.
Jerusalem.
Mecca.
#30 The system of law that regulates the
family life, moral conduct, and business and
community life of Muslims.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Torah
8 Noble Truths
Shari’a
Karma
#31 What is a caliph?
a) A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim
government.
b) One of the followers of Jesus who preached and spread
his teachings.
c) God
d) A king or queen who has unlimited power and seeks to
control all aspects of society.
#32 When Muhammad died, his companion,
named ___________, took over and became
the new caliph.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Ishmael
Abu Bakr
Abraham
Sunni Ali
#33 The division of Islam into Sunni and
Shi'a sects resulted from
a) differences over who were the rightful
successors to Muhammad.
b) resistance to the Five Pillars.
c) disputes over the role of Hebrew prophets.
d) conflict over the spoils of Muslim conquests.
#34 The greatest contribution of Islamic
culture to the West was its
a)
b)
c)
d)
legal code
architecture
cosmopolitan urban centers
scholarship
#35 The Muslims used Hindu numbers to
create a new type of math. What was it
called?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Trigonometry
Geometry
Calculus
Algebra
#36 An important cultural contribution of
the Muslims is the
a)
b)
c)
d)
building of churches throughout the empire.
development of gunpowder.
preservation of ancient Greek and Roman texts.
establishment of trade with Australia.
#37 The most serious threat to the Muslim
Empire came from
a)
b)
c)
d)
changing economic conditions.
Byzantine armies.
internal power struggles.
Christian missionaries.
#38 How did Islam spread across Africa,
Asia, and into Spain?
a)
b)
c)
d)
travelers
Isolation
letters
warfare
#39 At its height, the Islamic empire
expanded from
a)
b)
c)
d)
East Asia to Europe.
West Africa to Scandinavia.
the Indus River Valley to the Atlantic Ocean.
the Nile River Valley to the Pacific Ocean.
#40 What
geographic feature
was a barrier
between West
African kingdoms
and
the Muslim
Empire?
a) The Ethiopian
Highlands
b) The Red Sea
c) The Nile River
d) The Sahara
Desert
#41 According to this map, Muhammad did not
hold territory in this location
a)
b)
c)
d)
a)Yemen
b)Arabia
c) Iraq
d) Oman
Rome
Judea
Arabia
Persia
#42 This dynasty took over
and greatly expanded the
Islamic empire after the
first four caliphs
a)
b)
c)
d)
Abyssid Dynasty
Umayyad Dynasty
Achaemenid Dynasty
Sassanid Dynasty
#43 Look at the map
above. During which
period did Islam spread
farthest north in
Europe and Asia?
a)
b)
c)
d)
750 to 945
661 to 750
632 to 661
622 to 632
#44 When the Abassid Dynasty
took control of the Muslim
Empire, the Umayyad Dynasty
was forced to retreat to this
land in order to survive.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Italy
Egypt
Spain
Greece
#45 When the Abassid
Dynasty took control of the
Muslim Empire, they moved
the capital to this location.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Mecca
Damascus
Jerusalem
Baghdad
#46 According to
this chart,
approximately how
much larger was the
population in
Baghdad than
Constantinople?
a) 500,000
b) 600, 000
c) 700, 000
d) 900,000
#47 On the map below, which arrow
shows the journey called the Hajira
a)
b)
c)
d)
1
2
3
4
#48 Which of the following represents the
correct order of the Islamic dynasties from
the seventh to the thirteenth centuries?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Abbasid, Seljuk, Umayyad
Abbasid, Shi’ite, Sunni
Umayyad, Abbasid, Seljuk
Umayyad, Shi’ite, Abbasid
#49 The people who believe in Islam are called
a)
b)
c)
d)
Islamites
Muhammadians
Ishlamites
Muslims