Deck 13: Islam

Question 1

What is the definition of the following term:
-Abbasids:

Answer 1

(uh-ba'sids) An important Muslim empire that ruled from 750 to 1258 ce.

Question 2

What is the definition of the following term:
-adhan:

Answer 2

(ah-dahn'; Arabic) The call to prayer.

Question 3

What is the definition of the following term:
-'A'isha:

Answer 3

(a'ee-shuh) A beloved wife of Muhammad who is known for transmitting many hadiths.

Question 4

What is the definition of the following term:
-'Ali:

Question 5

What is the definition of the following term:
-Allah:

Question 6

What is the definition of the following term:
-'Ashura:

Question 7

What is the definition of the following term:
-caliph:

Question 8

What is the definition of the following term:
-Fatima:

Question 9

What is the definition of the following term:
-hadith:

Question 10

What is the definition of the following term:
-hajj:

Question 11

What is the definition of the following term:
-hijra:

Question 12

What is the definition of the following term:
-Husayn:

Question 13

What is the definition of the following term:
-imam:

Question 14

What is the definition of the following term:
-Islam:

Question 15

What is the definition of the following term:
-jahiliyya:

Question 16

What is the definition of the following term:
-jihad:

Question 17

What is the definition of the following term:
-Khadija:

Question 18

What is the definition of the following term:
-Mecca:

Question 19

What is the definition of the following term:
-Medina:

Question 20

What is the definition of the following term:
-miraj:

Question 21

What is the definition of the following term:
-mosque:

Question 22

What is the definition of the following term:
-muezzin:

Question 23

What is the definition of the following term:
-Muhammad:

Question 24

What is the definition of the following term:
-Qur'an:

Question 25

What is the definition of the following term:
-Ramadan:

Question 26

What is the definition of the following term:
-salat:

Question 27

What is the definition of the following term:
-sawm:

Question 28

What is the definition of the following term:
-shahada:

Question 29

What is the definition of the following term:
-shari'a:

Question 30

What is the definition of the following term:
-Shi'a:

Question 31

What is the definition of the following term:
-shirk:

Question 32

What is the definition of the following term:
-Sufi:

Question 33

What is the definition of the following term:
-Sunna:

Question 34

What is the definition of the following term:
-Sunni:

Question 35

What is the definition of the following term:
-sura:

Question 36

What is the definition of the following term:
-tafsir:

Question 37

What is the definition of the following term:
-Umayyad Dynasty:

Question 38

What is the definition of the following term:
-umma:

Question 39

What is the definition of the following term:
-zakat:

Question 40

Muslims believe that Muhammad was

A) the first prophet.
B) the final prophet.
C) the only prophet.
D) not a prophet.

Question 41

Which is an essential part of Islamic belief?

A) The belief in the oneness of God
B) The belief in the Day of Judgment
C) The belief in prophets
D) All of the above

Question 42

How was the Qur'an revealed to Muhammad?

A) As a written text
B) In the Aramaic language
C) Over the course of many years
D) Over the course of the miraj

Question 43

The chapters of the Qur'an are known as

A) suras.
B) sunnas.
C) shari'a.
D) Sufis.

Question 44

Which of the following is a teaching of Islam?

A) The belief in the oneness of God
B) The belief in prophecy
C) The belief in angels
D) All of the above

Question 45

In the Islamic tradition, what is a prophet?

A) Someone who founds a new religion
B) Someone who becomes the political leader of a religious community
C) Someone who receives communication or a message from God
D) None of the above

Question 46

Which of the following is true about the sunna?

A) It is the way of life of the prophet Muhammad.
B) Muslims can learn about the sunna from the hadith literature.
C) It is the mystical tradition of Islam.
D) Both a and b

Question 47

The chapters of the Qur'an

A) tell the history of humankind in a long narrative.
B) are arranged from earliest to latest revelation.
C) contain the important teachings of Islam.
D) are arranged from shortest to longest.

Question 48

The hadith reports

A) tell about what Muhammad said and did.
B) were collected by those closest to Muhammad.
C) were compiled in several authoritative collections.
D) All of the above

Question 49

In Muslim belief, angels

A) are considered helpers of God.
B) are only part of Christianity.
C) do not exist.
D) are the same as prophets.

Question 50

Which of the following is not part of Muslim belief?

A) Day of Judgment
B) Afterlife
C) Prophecy
D) Jesus as the son of God

Question 51

What is the Night Journey?

A) When Muhammad traveled to Jerusalem, ascended to heaven, and came into the presence of God
B) When 'A'isha led Muslims to battle
C) When the first Muslims migrated to Medina
D) None of the above

Question 52

The salat is the

A) five daily prayers Muslims are expected to perform.
B) term for Islamic law.
C) term for a chapter of the Qur'an.
D) term for the Ramadan fast.

Question 53

Who was Khadija?

A) A modern Egyptian woman who took off her headscarf
B) The first wife of the prophet Muhammad
C) The first Abbasid caliph
D) A twentieth-century reformer

Question 54

Who became the first leader of the Muslim community after the death of Muhammad?

A) 'Ali
B) Uthman
C) Abu Bakr
D) Khadija

Question 55

Which of the following was not a Muslim empire?

A) The Abyssinian
B) The Mughals
C) The Ottomans
D) The Safavids

Question 56

Which of the following countries was created in 1947 as a homeland for Muslims in South Asia?

A) India
B) Pakistan
C) Israel
D) Kenya

Question 57

With the fall of the Ottoman Empire, which country moved toward embracing secular nationalism?

A) Iran
B) Indonesia
C) Turkey
D) Saudi Arabia

Question 58

How have most Muslims around the world responded to ISIS?

A) Most Muslims have supported ISIS.
B) Most Muslims have denounced ISIS.
C) Most Muslims have joined ISIS.
D) Most Muslims have taken up arms against ISIS.

Question 59

What happened when Muhammad first began preaching in Mecca?

A) The people of Mecca readily accepted his message.
B) His message was similar to existing religious beliefs like polytheism.
C) He faced opposition from people who were powerful in the community.
D) He founded the first Islamic university.

Question 60

The emigration of the early Muslim community from Mecca to Medina is known as the

A) hijra
B) hajj
C) sura
D) miraj

Question 61

What was the origin of the split between the Sunnis and the Shi'as?

A) Disagreement about the chapters of the Qur'an
B) Disagreement about what kind of clothing women should wear
C) Difference in opinion over who should lead the Muslim community following Muhammad's death
D) Difference of opinion about where the early Muslim community should make its home

Question 62

'Ali was

A) the son-in-law of Muhammad.
B) thought by some to be the rightful successor to Muhammad.
C) Muhammad's cousin.
D) All of the above

Question 63

The Abbasid period was known for

A) the cultural stagnation of the Muslim community.
B) a flowering of Islamic arts and sciences.
C) the time when most Muslims resisted European colonialism.
D) None of the above

Question 64

In 1979, what major event happened in Iran?

A) A massive earthquake
B) The first democratic election
C) A revolution
D) The election of the first female president

Question 65

When he received the revelation of the Qur'an, Muhammad was

A) about forty years old.
B) already recognized as a prophet.
C) married to 'A'isha.
D) a teenager.

Question 66

Why is Huda Sha'rawi famous?

A) She translated the Qur'an into French.
B) She removed her headscarf at an Alexandria train station.
C) She was the first wife of Muhammad.
D) She led the Muslims to battle while riding a camel.

Question 67

Which movement became very prominent in Saudi Arabia?

A) The Wahhabi movement
B) The Nation of Islam
C) The Muslim Brotherhood
D) The Sudanese Mahdi

Question 68

Jamal al-din al-Afghani (1838-1897) was a reformer who

A) embraced European colonialism in India.
B) sought to revise the Five Pillars.
C) advocated a resistance to European colonialism.
D) thought Muslims should focus only on the next world, not this one.

Question 69

According to many interpretations of Islamic law, Muslim men are allowed to marry up to _______ wives.

A) twenty
B) four
C) fourteen
D) zero

Question 70

During the month of Ramadan, Muslims are required to fast from dawn to dusk, which means they abstain from

A) food and drink.
B) food, drink, and sex.
C) eating meat.
D) food, but may consume liquids.

Question 71

In the 1960s, Seyyid Hossein Nasr called for

A) a rejection of traditional Islamic beliefs that encouraged human exploitation of the environment.
B) a reconsideration of humanity's relationship to nature in light of the teachings of Islam and other religious traditions.
C) emulation by Muslims of the environmental practices of the West.
D) the application of global capitalist principles to fight environmental degradation.

Question 72

Which of the following is true about marriage in Islam?

A) Divorce is permitted.
B) Divorce is not permitted.
C) Marriage must take place before young people reach age twenty.
D) Marriage is one of the five pillars.

Question 73

Which of the following is the best explanation of Sufism?

A) Sufism can be understood as Islamic mysticism.
B) Sufism is the Night Journey undertaken by Muhammad.
C) Sufism emerged during crisis of succession after the death of Muhammad.
D) Sufism refers to the legal tradition of Islam.

Question 74

Which of the following is false about modest dress?

A) The Qur'anic verses relevant to modest dress are interpreted in different ways.
B) Muslims disagree about what modest dress entails.
C) Muslims are the only women who cover their hair for religious reasons.
D) There are many reasons Muslim women choose to wear modest clothing.

Question 75

In the early Muslim community, Muslim women had the right to

A) divorce husbands.
B) inherit property.
C) refuse a marriage partner.
D) All of the above

Question 76

Assuming one is physically and financially able, a Muslim is expected to make the pilgrimage to Mecca

A) every year.
B) at least once in a lifetime.
C) five times in a lifetime.
D) only after he or she is married.

Question 77

The word jihad means

A) pilgrimage.
B) to strive or struggle.
C) fasting.
D) prophecy.

Question 78

A key teaching of Islam is the belief in the oneness of God.

Question 79

The vast majority of Muslims today are Arabs.

Question 80

Jihad means to interpret Islamic law.