Key Version A 1) What is the Key Version? a) A b) B 2) What is the climate in most of the Arabian Peninsula? a) Artic b) Desert c) Forest d) Tropical e) Tundra 3) What is the distance of the Arabian Peninsula from north to south? a) 12 miles b) 120 miles c) 1,200 miles d) 12,000 miles e) 120,000 miles 4) Who were a group of nomadic Arab herders that lived in the Arabian Peninsula? a) Athenians b) Bedouins c) Minoans d) Spartans e) Trojans 5) What is a vocabulary word for a group of people related by blood or marriage? a) Allah b) Clan c) Nomad d) Oasis e) Pilgrimage 6) The Arabian Peninsula is located between what 3 continents? a) Africa, Antarctica, Australia b) Africa, Asia, Europe c) Antarctica, Europe, North America d) Asia, Australia, Europe e) Europe, North America, South America
7) The Arabian Peninsula is located between
what bodies of water? a) Arctic Ocean, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Persian Gulf b) Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Persian Gulf c) Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Persian Gulf d) Pacific Ocean, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Persian Gulf e) Southern Ocean, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Persian Gulf 8) By the early 600s C.E., most Arabs moved into what cities? a) Aden, Mecca, Medina b) Athens, Aden, Mecca c) Athens, Mecca, Sparta d) London, Mecca, Medina e) Paris, Mecca, Medina 9) Where do Muslims travel to for a pilgrimage known as Hajj? a) Athens b) Constantinople c) Delphi d) Mecca e) Rome 10) a) b) c) d) e)
Who built the Kaaba as a temple to God?
Abraham Adam Jesus Moses Octavian
11) In Arabic, what is God called?
a) Allah b) Augustus c) Jesus d) Muhammad e) Prophet 12) Christians, Jews, and Muslims share the belief in one God. What is the vocabulary word for belief in one God? a) Democracy b) Monarchy c) Monotheism d) Oligarchy e) Polytheism
13) What is a vocabulary word for a person
who follows the religion of Islam? a) Athenian b) Christian c) Jew d) Muslim e) Roman
19) Muslims do NOT eat meat from what
animal? a) Chicken b) Cow c) Pig d) Sheep e) None of the above
14) Who told Muhammad that he was, You are
the messenger of God? a) Abraham b) Gabriel c) Jesus d) Julius Caesar e) King Leonidas
20) What do Muslims follow to live their
religion and serve their community? a) Bill of Rights b) Hammurabis Codes c) Five Pillars d) Justinian Codes e) Ten Commandments
15) What is a vocabulary word for when
Muhammad and his followers moved from Mecca to the city of Yathrib? a) Allah b) Caliph c) Hijrah d) Mosque e) Oasis
21) What is the day of worship for Muslims?
a) Monday b) Friday c) Saturday d) Sunday e) First of the month
16) What was Yathrib was later renamed?
a) Aden b) Constantinople c) Mecca d) Medina e) Sparta 17) What is the holy book of Islam? a) Bible b) Book of the Dead c) Quran d) Textbook e) Torah 18) What is a vocabulary word for Muhammads words and deeds, which serve Muslims as a guide for proper living? a) Allah b) Clan c) Nomad d) Oasis e) Sunnah
22) What are buildings that Muslims worship?
a) Cathedral b) Church c) Mosque d) Synagogue e) Temple 23) Who believes that Abraham was a prophet? a) Only Christians b) Only Jews c) Only Muslims d) Christians, Jews, and Muslims e) No religion believe Abraham was a prophet 24) What is the holy book of Christians? a) Bible b) Book of the Dead c) Hammurabis Code d) Quran e) Torah 25) What is the holy book of Jews? a) Bible b) Book of the Dead c) Hammurabis Code d) Quran e) Torah
26) Who became the first leader of the Muslim
Empire after Muhammad died? a) Abu Bakr b) Ali c) Uman d) Uthamn e) Umayyad 27) What is the order of the first 4 caliphs? a) 1) Abu Bakr, 2) Ali, 3) Uman, 4) Uthamn b) 1) Ali, 2) Abu Bakr, 3) Uman, 4) Uthamn c) 1) Uman, 2) Abu Bakr, 3) Ali, 4) Uthamn d) 1) Uthamn, 2) Abu Bakr, 3) Ali, 4)Uman 28) What family became leaders of the Muslim Empire, and set up a hereditary dynasty? a) Abu Bakr b) Ali c) Uman d) Uthamn e) Umayyad 29) Where did the family that became leaders of the Muslim Empire move the capital? a) Athens b) Damascus c) Delphi d) Rome e) Sparta 30) What is a group who believed that the caliph should be a relative of the prophet Muhammad? a) Catholic b) Orthodox c) Protestant d) Shia e) Sunni 31) Why were the Bedouins nomads? (DO NOW 09/26/2016) a) Hostile invaders kept them constantly on the move. b) They were hunters and followed animals from place to place. c) They moved from oasis to oasis in search of grazing lands for their herds. d) They relocated when the farmland could no longer support them.
32) How did the Bedouins develop military
skills? (DO NOW 09/26/2016) a) Every man had to serve in the military for a certain number of years. b) Piracy was one of the ways in which they made their living. c) They often had to fight against other clans to protect their water and grazing rights. d) The natural resources of the Arabian Peninsula were highly sought after. 33) In what way did trade affect settlements at the oases? (DO NOW 09/26/2016) a) The settlements grew into large cities. b) They became military bases. c) Trade largely passed through the oasis settlements. d) The population decreased as many people relocated to other regions. 34) What happened after the Hijrah? (DO NOW 09/28/2016) a) Muhammad moved to Baghdad. b) Muhammad and his followers won their first battle. c) Muhammad encountered his first opposition. d) Muhammad became a political and religious leader in Medina. 35) What are two important teachings that are common to Islam, Judaism, and Christianity? (DO NOW 09/29/2016) a) Dietary laws and belief in one God b) Judgment Day and abstinence from alcohol c) Life after death and Judgment Day d) Descent from Abraham and observation of a month of fasting 36) What is the relationship among the Torah, the Bible, and Quran according to Muslims? (DO NOW 09/29/2016) a) They are the same, only written in different languages. b) The Quran continues the story begun first in the Torah and then in the Bible. c) The Bible includes the Torah and the Quran. d) They are all holy books that contain sacred revelations.
37) What is the attitude of Muslims toward the
teachings contained in the Quran? (DO NOW 10/04/2016) a) The teachings are open to interpretation. b) The Quran may be used to support Muslims own opinions. c) The teachings in the Quran are always correct. d) Some of the teachings are outdated. 38) What is the significance of the Quran to Muslims? (DO NOW 10/04/2016) a) The Quran is sometimes referred to in spiritual arguments. b) The Quran is the major influence on Muslims lives. c) The Quran is seen primarily as a great work of literature. d) The Quran is reserved for religious rituals. 39) What might explain why there was no northsouth route through the center of Arabia? (DO NOW 10/05/2016) a) No cities in the northern part of Arabia had products to send south. b) Trade routes across Arabia were planned around the location of oases. c) Parts of central Arabia had unfriendly inhabitants. d) People in central Arabia had no need of products from other regions. 40) Which of the following accurately characterizes trade in the Muslim Empire? (DO NOW 10/05/2016) a) Very little internal trade took place. b) Arab caravans did not extend as far as China. c) A common currency within the empire made trading easier. d) Arabias location was a disadvantage for regional or long-distance trade.