THE RISE OF ISLAM

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Section One Matching

Match each item with the correct statement below.

a. caliph
f. Ottoman Empire
b. Muhammed
g. Sunnis
c. Omar Khayyam
h. Hijrah
d. oasis
i. Makkah
e. Indonesia
j. mosque
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began in Turkey
successor to the messenger of God
622 A.D.
mathematician, astronomer, and poet; wrote the Rubiyat
green area in a desert fed by underground water
Muslim house of worship
the largest and richest town in Arabia
founder and prophet of Islam
modern country with more Muslims than any other country
believed the Umayyad dynasty should rule

Match each item with the correct statement below.

a. Islam
f. muezzin
b. Al-Razi
g. minarets
c. Quran
h. Muslims
d. Timbuktu
i. Five Pillars of Islam
e. Taj Mahal
j. Arabesques
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followers of Islam
acts of worship Muslims must fulfill
West African center of Muslim learningbooks traded for more than gold here
beautiful geometric designs
wrote books on disease
crier who calls people to prayer from the minaret
a beautiful Muslim tomb in India
the holy book of Islam
A religion that 1 in 7 people in the world follow
towers of a mosque from which an announcer calls Muslims to prayer

Multiple Choice and Map Section Two

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question
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1. What stretches over most of the Arabian peninsula?

a. fertile farmland
c. desert
b. forest
d. lakes
2. What does Islam mean?
a. surrendering to the will of God
b. go to the desert to pray
c. an eye for an eye
d. seek answers within yourself
3. What happened when Muhammad and his followers left
Makkah?
a. Soldiers pursued them.
b. Madinah made Muhammad its ruler and he became more powerful.
c. Islam vanished.
d. Muhammad died.
4. Who were the Rightly Guided Caliphs?
a. rulers who obeyed Islams teachings
b. a group of wealthy traders
c. five gods
d. missionaries to Africa
5. Sunnis believed that
a. the sun revolved around the
c. they should start a civil war.
earth.
b. Ali should succeed Muhammad.
d. the Umayyad dynasty should
rule.
6. One of the largest and most powerful Muslim empires was
a. the Ottoman Empire.
c. the Byzantine Empire.
b. the Roman Empire.
d. Great Zimbabwe.
7. What country today has the largest Muslim population?
a. Iraq
c. Iran
b. Indonesia
d. Saudi Arabia

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Mecca,
Medina
and any
five
countries
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map.

Section Three Short Answer

1. Why does Islamic art and architecture feature arabesques and
flowers and stars, but no images of Muhammed or other human
figures?

2-4. What is the Hijra? When was it, and why was it important? (3 points)
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5-7. Identify and explain three contributions of the Muslims to modern science, math, or
medicine: (3 points)
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8-12. Name and explain the five pillars of Islam. Use English or Arabic terms, but stay
consistent. (5 points)
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13. About how many people each year visit Mecca, Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage (Hajj)?
14.-15. Name two major contributions of Islamic civilization in art, architecture, literature, or
poetry.
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16. Judaism, ______________________, and Islam are all monotheistic religions and are known as
Abrahamic faiths because of their shared history.