Origins of Islam
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History
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6th - 8th Grade
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Easy
Melissa Bard
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11 Slides • 23 Questions
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Hotspot
Where is the Arabian Peninsula located? The select the rectangle that best applies.
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Multiple Choice
How did trade affect the contact between Arabs and other civilizations?
it decreased contact
it increased contact
it had no effect
it isolated them
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Open Ended
What message did Muhammad preach to the people of Arabia?
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Multiple Choice
Where was Muhammad born?
Madinah
Makkah
Yathrib
Jerusalem
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Multiple Choice
In what year did Muhammad have a vision of the angel Gabriel?
570 C.E.
600 C.E.
610 C.E.
650 C.E.
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Multiple Choice
What does Islam mean?
Peace
Unity
Surrendering to the will of Allah
Faith
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Multiple Choice
Who were the first people to become Muslims, or followers of Islam?
Wealthy merchants
Religious leaders
Muhammad's family members
Emperors and Kings
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Multiple Choice
What was the main reason the poor supported Muhammad?
His wealth
His message of sharing
His political power
His military strength
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Draw
Muhammad's Hijrah was his journey fleeing Makkah (Mecca on the map) and moving him and his followers to Yathrib (Medina on the map) for safety.
Draw this journey on the map.
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Multiple Choice
What city did Muhammad's soldiers regain and make a holy city of Islam?
Makka
Madinah
Jerusalem
Cairo
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Multiple Select
What do Muslims, Jews, and Christians have in common regarding their beliefs? (Multiple right answers- select all that apply)
They believe in multiple gods
They believe in one god
They believe Muhammad was the last and greatest prophet
The believe Abraham was the first prophet
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
Belief
Prayer
Pilgrimage
Honesty
Fasting
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Multiple Choice
What is the shari'ah?
A type of prayer
A code of law
A religious festival
A historical event
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Multiple Choice
What did Muhammad leave no instructions about?
How to pray
How to build mosques
Who should be the next leader of Islam
How to write the Quran
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Multiple Choice
What were the first four caliphs known as?
The Four Noble Truths
The Four Horsemen
The Four Seasons
The Four Rightly-Guided Caliphs
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Multiple Choice
What was the main goal of the first four caliphs?
To build large palaces
To conquer Europe
To establish trade routes
To spread and protect Islam
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Multiple Choice
Who were the Umayyads?
A group of Christian leaders
A dynasty of Roman emperors
New caliphs who expanded the Arab Empire
A tribe of African warriors
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Multiple Choice
What did Arab soldiers believe was their duty?
To spread Islam
To trade with Asia
To conquer Europe
To build large cities
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Multiple Choice
What did non-Muslims sometimes have to do under Muslim rule?
Convert to Islam
Leave the region
Change their language
Pay a special tax
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Multiple Choice
What did the term "Arab" eventually come to mean?
A resident of Arabia
A speaker of Arabic
A follower of Islam
A trader in the Middle East
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Multiple Choice
What country has more Muslims than any other nation in the world today?
Saudi Arabia
Indonesia
India
Egypt
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Match
Match the correct terms together.
A person who practices Islam
Allah
Muhammad
Quran
Hijrah
Muslim
"God" in Arabic
The last and final Islamic Prophet
The word of God
Muhammad's journey to Yathrib (Madinah)
Muslim
"God" in Arabic
The last and final Islamic Prophet
The word of God
Muhammad's journey to Yathrib (Madinah)
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Reorder
Reorder the following in chronological order.
Muhammad was orphaned
Muhammad heard the voice of an angel in a cave
Muhammad and his followers went on the Hijrah
Muhammad died
The Umayyad Dynasty took power
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