The Rise of Islam

Question 1

What is Arabia?

Answer 1

A hot and dry desert land

Question 2

What is Islam?

Answer 2

A religion based on messages Muhammad received from God?

Question 3

What is a Muslim?

Answer 3

A follower of Islam

Question 4

Who is Muhammad?

Answer 4

The prophet of Islam

Question 5

What is a prophet?

Answer 5

A person who tells messages from God

Question 6

What is Allah?

Answer 6

The GOD of Islam

Question 7

What is the Kaaba?

Answer 7

A cubed shaped shrine in Mecca

Question 8

What is a shrine?

Answer 8

A place in which people worship GOD

Question 9

What is the Koran?

Answer 9

The Holy Book of Islam

Question 10

What is a mosque?

Answer 10

A building of Muslim prayer

Question 11

What is an oasis?

Answer 11

A fertile area in a desert

Question 12

What is sedentary life?

Answer 12

Life in towns

Question 13

What is a nomad?

Answer 13

A person who moves from place to place

Question 14

What is a hegira?

Answer 14

A journey

Question 15

What is a caravan?

Answer 15

Traders that travel together

Question 16

What is a pilgrimage?

Answer 16

A journey to a sacred place

Question 17

What is a jihad?

Answer 17

A struggle

Question 18

What is a sunnah?

Answer 18

It provides a model of duties and way of life expected of Muslims

Question 19

What is the shariah?

Answer 19

The basis of Islamic law

Question 20

What are the 5 pillars of Islam?

Answer 20

Five acts of worship required by Muslims

Question 21

What is the first pillar?

Answer 21

Saying there is no GOD but GOD and Muhammad is his prophet

Question 22

What is the second pillar?

Answer 22

Praying five times a day

Question 23

What is the third pillar?

Answer 23

Giving to the poor and needy

Question 24

What is the fourth pillar?

Answer 24

Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan

Question 25

What is the fifth pillar?

Answer 25

Traveling to Mecca at least once on a hajj

Question 26

What is a hajj?

Answer 26

A pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 27

What is Mecca?

Answer 27

A rich city in which Muhammad was born

Question 28

What is Medina?

Answer 28

A city where Muhammad and his followers lived

Question 29

What is an important characteristic of the Arabian Peninsula's physical geography?

Answer 29

It's mostly sandy deserts.

Question 30

How would Arabia's location affect it's trade relationships?

Answer 30

It lies in the middle of the three continents, so therefore, it's a good place for trade

Question 31

How many GODS do the people of Islam believe in?

Answer 31

ONE

Question 32

How are the teachings of Islam similar to the teachings of Judaism and Christianity?

Answer 32

They both believe in one GOD and have a holy book

Question 33

How did Muhammad's teachings of Islam challenge older ideas in Arabia?

Answer 33

They used to believe in 300 or more Gods and Muhammad changed it to one GOD

Question 34

One of the five pillars of Islam requires fasting from dawn to dusk during the Holy month of Ramadan; what does fasting mean?

Answer 34

It means no eating or drinking

Question 35

Place the following in order as they appeared in history: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity?

Answer 35

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam