1) Why was the Hijrah (Hegira) important? a) It was the first major battle Muhammad won? b) It was during the Hijrah that Muhammad first heard the voice of Gabriel. c) Muhammad made the call for prayer from its rooftop. d) It is when Muhammad became both a political and religious leader 2) The division of Islam dividing into Sunni & Shi'a sects resulted from  a) differences over who should replace Muhammad as leader. b) conflict over the spoils of conquered territories c) disputes over the role of Hebrew prophets d) resistance to the Five Pillars 3) What is the significance of the city represented by #1 on the map? a) It is the location where Muhammad was proclaimed the Messiah and ascended to Heaven b) It is the city to which Muhammad fled to escape the persecution by non-Muslims. c) It is the site of the location where Muhammad had the Qu'ran dictated to him d) It is the city conquered by Muhammad's troops and the people converted to Islam 4) How do the beliefs of Shi'a and Sunni Muslims differ? a) Sunnis seek God through mysticism and elaborate rituals b) Sunnis are followers of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali c) Shi'a believe that a caliph has no prophetic (predict the future) functions. d) Shi'a are followers of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali 5) By the eighth century, many Muslims criticized the Umayyad caliphs because the caliphs had a) become unduly influenced by the Persians b) halted their campaigns of military conquest c) moved the empire's capital to Baghdad d) had developed a luxurious (rich) lifestyle 6) What is the signficance of the city represented by the #3 on the map? a) It is the location where Muhammad was proclaimed Messiah and ascended to Heaven. b) It is the site of the location where Muhammad had the Qu'ran dictated to him c) It is the city to which Muhammad fled to escape the persecution of non-Muslims d) It is the city conquered by Muhammad's troops and the people converted to Islam 7) According to Muslim belief, Muhammad became a profit of Islam after he a) had a vision about bringing peace to Arab clans b) heard the voice of the angel Gabriel speaking to him c) saw a mysterious burning bush in the desert d) was blinded by a heavenly light as he traveled to Mecca 8) Merchants in Mecca were hostile to Muhammad because they thought a) his religion would disrupt their pilgrim trade b) he worshiped traditional Arab gods c) the angel Gabriel did not really appear to him d) his Islamic law would discriminate against them 9) The spread of Islam spread across North Africa and into Spain. What battle in the Frankish kingdom ended their movement? a) Battle of Cordoba b) Battle of Tours c) Battle of Hastings d) Battle of Constantinople 10) Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali were better known as the a) Four horsemen of the Apocalypse b) Four Greatest Prophets c) Four Rightly-Guided Caliphs d) Four Holy Imams 11) During the growth of the Islamic civilization, they will be ruled by which two dynasties? a) Umayyad and Abbasid b) Abbasid and Ottoman c) Ottoman and Mughal d) Umayyad and Mauryan 12) In the beginning, what geographic feature kept Islam spreading into southern Africa? a) the Nile River b) the Atlas Mountains c) the Sahara Desert d) the Mediterranean Sea 13) The weakness of which two empires allowed the Islamic civilization to grow quickly? a) Greek and Roman Empires b) Ottoman and Persian Empires c) Persian and Byzantine Empires d) Mongol and Ottoman Empires

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