Deck 7: Early Christianity: Ravenna and Byzantium

Question 1

What event in 622 marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar?

A)The hejira
B)The mihrab
C)The hajj
D)Ramadan

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What is the significance of the Ka'bah?

A)Muhammad lived there as a young man.
B)It was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
C)It is the site of the largest mosque in Islam.
D)Muhammad established it as the spiritual center of Islam

Answer 2

D

Question 3

How many sides are there to the Dome of the Rock?

A)three
B)six
C)eight
D)ten

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What was the name of the palace complex in Granada that escaped destruction during the Reconquista?

A)Al-Uqlidisi
B)Hadith
C)Alhambra
D)Mecca

Question 5

What is the original language of the Qur'an?

A)Arabic
B)Hebrew
C)Persian
D)Latin

Question 6

Where was the founder of Islam born?

A)Damascus
B)Mecca
C)Baghdad
D)Hadith

Question 7

What is the name of the body of literature which consists of authoritative commentaries on the Qur'an and explanations of oral traditions?

A)The Shari'a
B)The Taj Mahal
C)The Alhambra
D)The Hadith

Question 8

What is interesting about the site of The Great Mosque of Damascus?

A)The site was once a pagan burial ground.
B)The site was once a Christian basilica.
C)The site once housed a Platonic academy.
D)The site is in the capital of the Abbasid Dynasty.

Question 9

What is the name of the Islamic Legal code?

A)The Law of Muhammad
B)Al- Khwarizmi
C)Sharia
D)Sûra

Question 10

How is the Qur'an organized?

A)It is divided into seven large-scale subsections.
B)It is divided into 114 sûras.
C)It is divided into four separate volumes.
D)It consists of a single very long, undivided

Question 11

What city became the Muslim capital in Spain?

A)Madrid
B)Seville
C)Valencia
D)Córdoba

Question 12

What is the purpose of minarets adjacent to a mosque?

A)To ward off temptation
B)To call the faithful to prayer
C)To guide the faithful to Mecca
D)To provide a private space for meditation

Question 13

What was distinctive about the way Rumi recited his poetry?

A)He recited in a whisper.
B)He danced while reciting.
C)He chanted in harmony with other Sufis.
D)He recited only while lying down.

Question 14

What explanation is given for the rapid spread of Islam?

A)The simplicity of its original teachings
B)The freedom granted to its adherents
C)The beauty of Islamic writings
D)The glorious afterlife promised in the Qur'an

Question 15

Which of the Islamic traditions discussed in the text has the largest following?

A)Shiite
B)Sunni
C)Sufi
D)Hindu

Question 16

What building in Jerusalem is one of the earliest and most spectacular achievements of Islamic architecture?

A)The Great Mosque
B)The Shrine of Muhammad
C)The Dome of the Rock
D)The Ka'bah

Question 17

What was the goal of the Reconquista?

A)To drive the Muslims out of Spain
B)To conquer the remnants of the Roman Empire
C)To eliminate Christianity in Spain
D)To promote Islam in all reaches of the known world

Question 18

Who is considered the founder of Islam?

A)Abdul
B)Elijah
C)Muhammad
D)Allah

Question 19

What language did the Sufi mystic Rumi use in writing his religious verse?

A)Persian
B)Arabic
C)Hindu
D)Urdu

Question 20

What is the meaning of the word "Islam"?

A)obedience to Muhammad
B)submission to God
C)acceptance of the Sharia legal code
D)commitment to charitable acts

Question 21

What was the focus of Averröes' scholarly work?

A)To find a cure for small pox
B)To reconcile Greek philosophy with Islam
C)To discredit Greek philosophy
D)To study the nature of poison

Question 22

What city was the political and cultural capital of the Abbasid Dynasty?

A)Damascus
B)Jerusalem
C)Baghdad
D)Cairo

Question 23

Which Muslim scholar invented algebra and created a modern numerical system?

A)Moses Maimonides
B)Al-Khwarizmi
C)Al-Hazen
D)Rhazes
3 points each)

Question 24

_______________________ Spiritual and civil leader of the Islamic state

Question 25

Why are mosques decorated with abstract art and calligraphy rather than pictorial representations?

Question 26

_______________________ A sophisticated form of Arabic script

Question 27

_______________________ The pulpit in an Islamic mosque

Question 28

_______________________ Niche inside mosque which faces Mecca

Question 29

Why are translations of the Qur'an not considered to be authentic but rather glosses of the original?

Question 30

_______________________ The fasting month in the Muslim calendar

Question 31

_______________________ Crier who calls Muslim worshipers to daily prayers

Question 32

_______________________ Persian scholar and poet famous for his rubaiyat

Question 33

What religious legends surround the location of the Dome of the Rock?

Question 34

How did scholars working in Baghdad's "House of Wisdom" contribute to the dissemination of Aristotle's writings in the West?

A)They published Latin translations of Aristotle's works.
B)They translated Aristotle's works into Arabic.
C)They founded the first Aristotelian Academy in Islam.
D)They discovered previously unknown writings by Aristotle.

Question 35

_______________________ Decoration using complex interlaced lines

Question 36

Which Spanish physician stressed personal hygiene as disease-prevention?

A)Al-Uqlidisi
B)Rumi
C)Averröes
D)Moses Maimonides

Question 37

Who is Rabia? What did she do? What did she believe?

Question 38

_______________________ A pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 39

_______________________ Denomination that believes that successors of Muhammad must be descendants of Ali.

Question 40

What are the five pillars of Islam?