Chapter 3 Quiz
(DO NOW
The Beginnings of Islam
Key Version B
1) What is the Key Version?
a) A
b) B
2) Why were the Bedouins nomads? (DO
NOW 09/25/2017, Page 38)
a) Hostile invaders kept them constantly on the
move.
b) They moved from oasis to oasis in search of
grazing lands for their herds.
c) They relocated when the farmland could no
longer support them.
d) They were hunters and followed animals
from place to place.
3) How did the Bedouins develop military
skills? (DO NOW 09/25/2017, Page 38)
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) The natural resources of the Arabian
Peninsula were highly sought after.
d) They often had to fight against other clans to
protect their water and grazing rights.
4) In what way did trade affect settlements at
the oases? (DO NOW 09/25/2017, Page 38)
a) The population decreased as many people
relocated to other regions.
b) The settlements grew into large cities.
c) They became military bases.
d) Trade largely passed through the oasis
settlements.
5) Muhammads followers were called
Muslims because they
a) accepted the will of God.
b) believed in Muhammad as a prophet.
c) came from Mecca.
d) No longer worshipped many Gods.
6) What happened after the Hijrah?
09/26/2017, Page 40)
a) Muhammad and his followers won their first
battle.
b) Muhammad became a political and religious
leader in Medina.
c) Muhammad encountered his first opposition.
d) Muhammad moved to Baghdad.
7) What are two important teachings that are
common to Islam, Judaism, and
Christianity? (DO NOW 09/27/2017, Page
40)
a) Descent from Abraham and observation of a
month of fasting
b) Dietary laws and belief in one God
c) Life after death and Judgment Day
d) Judgment Day and abstinence from alcohol
8) What is the relationship among the Torah,
the Bible, and Quran according to
Muslims? (DO NOW 09/27/2017, Page 40)
a) The Bible includes the Torah and the
Quran.
b) The Quran continues the story begun first
in the Torah and then in the Bible.
c) They are the same, only written in different
languages.
d) They are all holy books that contain sacred
revelations.
9) What is the attitude of Muslims toward the
teachings contained in the Quran? (DO
NOW 09/28/2017, Page 42)
a) Some of the teachings are outdated.
b) The Quran may be used to support
Muslims own opinions.
c) The teachings are open to interpretation.
d) The teachings in the Quran are always
correct.
10) What is the significance of the Quran to
Muslims? (DO NOW 09/28/2017, Page 42)
a) The Quran is reserved for religious rituals.
b) The Quran is the major influence on
Muslims lives.
c) The Quran is sometimes referred to in
spiritual arguments.
d) The Quran is seen primarily as a great work
of literature.
11) What is the importance of the Sunnah? (DO 17) The Arabian Peninsula is located between
NOW 09/28/2017, Page 42) what bodies of water?
a) It contains the revelations sent from God a) Arctic Ocean, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and
through Gabriel. Persian Gulf
b) It contains the Islamic dietary b) Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and
restrictions. Persian Gulf
c) It records the early history of Islam, c) Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Arabian Sea,
written by Muhammad. and Persian Gulf
d) It shows Muslims how to live their faith d) Pacific Ocean, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and
through Muhammads example. Persian Gulf
e) Southern Ocean, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and
12) What is the climate in most of the Arabian Persian Gulf
Peninsula?
a) Artic 18) By the early 600s C.E., most Arabs moved
b) Desert into what cities?
c) Forest a) Aden, Mecca, Medina
d) Tropical b) Athens, Aden, Mecca
e) Tundra c) Athens, Mecca, Sparta
d) London, Mecca, Medina
13) What is the distance of the Arabian e) Paris, Mecca, Medina
Peninsula from north to south?
a) 12 miles 19) Where do Muslims travel to for a pilgrimage
b) 120 miles known as Hajj?
c) 1,200 miles a) Athens
d) 12,000 miles b) Constantinople
e) 120,000 miles c) Delphi
d) Mecca
14) Who were a group of nomadic Arab herders e) Rome
that lived in the Arabian Peninsula?
a) Athenians 20) Who built the Kaaba as a temple to God?
b) Bedouins a) Abraham
c) Minoans b) Adam
d) Spartans c) Jesus
e) Trojans d) Moses
e) Octavian
15) What is a vocabulary word for a group of
people related by blood or marriage? 21) In Arabic, what is God called?
a) Allah a) Allah
b) Clan b) Augustus
c) Nomad c) Jesus
d) Oasis d) Muhammad
e) Pilgrimage e) Prophet

16) The Arabian Peninsula is located between 22) Christians, Jews, and Muslims share the
what 3 continents? belief in one God. What is the vocabulary
a) Africa, Antarctica, Australia word for belief in one God?
b) Africa, Asia, Europe a) Democracy
c) Antarctica, Europe, North America b) Monarchy
d) Asia, Australia, Europe c) Monotheism
e) Europe, North America, South America d) Oligarchy
e) Polytheism
23) What is a vocabulary word for a person 29) Muslims do NOT eat meat from what
who follows the religion of Islam? animal?
a) Athenian a) Chicken
b) Christian b) Cow
c) Jew c) Pig
d) Muslim d) Sheep
e) Roman e) None of the above

24) Who told Muhammad that he was, You are 30) What do Muslims follow to live their
the messenger of God? religion and serve their community?
a) Abraham a) Bill of Rights
b) Gabriel b) Hammurabis Codes
c) Jesus c) Five Pillars
d) Julius Caesar d) Justinian Codes
e) King Leonidas e) Ten Commandments

25) What is a vocabulary word for when 31) What is the day of worship for Muslims?
Muhammad and his followers moved from a) Monday
Mecca to the city of Yathrib? b) Friday
a) Allah c) Saturday
b) Caliph d) Sunday
c) Hijrah e) Tuesday
d) Mosque
e) Oasis 32) What are buildings that Muslims worship?
a) Cathedral
26) What was Yathrib was later renamed? b) Church
a) Aden c) Mosque
b) Constantinople d) Synagogue
c) Mecca e) Temple
d) Medina
e) Sparta 33) Who believes that Abraham was a prophet?
a) Only Christians
27) What is the holy book of Islam? b) Only Jews
a) Bible c) Only Muslims
b) Book of the Dead d) Christians, Jews, and Muslims
c) Quran e) No religion believe Abraham was a prophet
d) Textbook
e) Torah 34) What is the holy book of Christians?
a) Bible
28) What is a vocabulary word for Muhammads b) Book of the Dead
words and deeds, which serve Muslims as a c) Hammurabis Code
guide for proper living? d) Quran
a) Allah e) Torah
b) Clan
c) Nomad 35) What is the holy book of Jews?
d) Oasis a) Bible
e) Sunnah b) Book of the Dead
c) Hammurabis Code
d) Quran
e) Torah
 36) Who became the first leader of the Muslim
Empire after Muhammad died?
a) Abu Bakr
b) Ali
c) Uman
d) Uthamn
e) Umayyad

37) What is the order of the first 4 caliphs?

a) 1) Abu Bakr, 2) Uman, 3) Uthamn, 4) Ali
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

38) 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

39) Where did the family that became leaders of

the Muslim Empire move the capital?
a) Athens
b) Damascus
c) Delphi
d) Rome
e) Sparta

40) 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