Deck 9: The Expansive Realm of Islam

Question 1

Arabic is an Indo-European language.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Before the 6th century the peoples of Arabia lived by _______.

A) raiding
B) trade
C) agriculture
D) herding

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The __________ was a kind of Arab Pantheon.

Answer 3

Ka'ba

Question 4

The core message of the Qur'an is that prayer alone brings salvation.

Question 5

The obligation for Muslims to make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetimes is called _______.

A) ummah
B) sawm
C) hajj
D) hadith

Question 6

The 'People of the Book' are _______.

A) All people with sacred scriptures.
B) Christians.
C) Christians and Jews.
D) Literate peoples

Question 7

Historians know much more about the life of Muhammad than about the lives of Moses or Jesus.

Question 8

The Hadith are _______.

A) part of the Qur'an
B) Non-Qur'anic teachings of the Prophet
C) Tenets of shari'a
D) heresies

Question 9

Muhammad died in

A) 575 ce.
B) 723 ce.
C) 711 ce.
D) 632 ce.

Question 10

The Muslim legal doctrine of the dhimmi covered _______.

A) relations between Arab and Persian Muslims
B) legal succession to the caliphate
C) the protected minorities of Jews and Christians
D) the treatment of polytheists

Question 11

The Abbasids made their capital at _______________.

Question 12

Islam became the majority religion of the empire _______

A) almost immediately
B) within a hundred years
C) not until at least the 10th century
D) not until the Ottomans took over in the 14th century

Question 13

Religious judges were called

A) Qadis.
B) Viziers.
C) Ummahs.
D) Imams.

Question 14

Shi'a Muslims believed that _________ was the first true caliph.

Question 15

The practice of veiling women in public _______.

A) was a traditional Arab practice
B) was a traditional Persian practice
C) was mandated by the Qur'an
D) was a later Turkish interpolation

Question 16

The House of Wisdom at Baghdad was _______.

A) a center of translation for Greek and Roman science and literature
B) a training center for judges
C) a school of philosophy
D) a school of theology

Question 17

Shari'a law is based on _______

A) the Qur'an
B) the Hadith
C) the Arab legal system
D) Both A and B

Question 18

Muslim writers excelled at producing _______.

A) theology
B) history
C) philosophy
D) economics

Question 19

The purpose of Kalam was to _______.

A) create an Islamic school of philosophy.
B) help cultures with traditions of rationalism to accept Islam
C) create a unified Islamic theology
D) argue against Islamic heresies.

Question 20

The Qur'an gives women the right to give testimony in legal cases.