5 Written Questions

1. Members of a Muslim dynasty that traced its ancestry to Muhammad's daughter Fatima. They built an Empire in North Africa and Syria in the 10-12th century.
2. Founder of Islam, considered the greatest prophet in Islam
3. A Muslim who seeks to achieve direct contact with God through mystical means
4. A Muslim-ruled region in what is now Spain, established by the Berbers in the eighth century A.D.
5. God, Arabic word

5 Matching Questions

1. Calligraphy
2. Mosque
3. Medina
4. Ka'aba
5. Sunna

1. a An Islamic model for living, based on the life and teachings of Muhammad
2. b An Islamic place of worship
3. c Earlier name for the city Yathrib. Muhammad moved here from Mecca in the migration known as the Hijrah.
4. d Art of beautiful handwriting
5. e Shrine in Mecca

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A dynasty that ruled the Muslim Empire from 661 to 750 and later established a kingdom in al-Andalus.
   1. Abbasids
   2. Umayyads
   3. Allah
   4. Muhammad
2. A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims
   1. Hajj
   2. Hijrah
   3. Islam
   4. Sufi
3. A body of law governing the lives of Muslims
   1. Shi'a
   2. Ka'aba
   3. Qur'an
   4. Shari'a
4. The holy book of Islam
   1. Shari'a
   2. Qur'an
   3. Ka'aba
   4. Shi'a
5. A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad
   1. Sufi
   2. Muslim
   3. Sunni
   4. Sunna

5 True/False Questions

1. Five Pillars of Islam → Declaration of faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage

   True        False

2. Muslim → A follower of Islam, means "one who has submitted"

   True        False

3. Caliph → God, Arabic word

   True        False

4. Shi'a → A body of law governing the lives of Muslims

   True        False

5. Abbasids → A dynasty that ruled much of the Muslim Empire from 750 to about 1250.

   True        False