The First Muslims
1) The Arabs recognized a supreme god named ________.
2) The founder of Islam ______________ received messages from God,
through the angel Gabriel.
a) Khadija c) Makkan
b) Muhammad d) Sheikh
3) What is the holy book of Islam?
4) What does the word Islam mean?
a) Peace through reincarnation and dharma
b) Peace through submission to the will of God
c) Peace through the eightfold path
d) Peace through Abraham’s covenant
5) ________ the journey of Muhammad and his followers to Madinah in
622.
6) All Muslims are encouraged to make a pilgrimage to Makkah
(Mecca). It is one of the five pillars. What is this pilgrimage called?
a) Shari’ah c) Quran
b) Hajj d) Bedouin
7) Unlike Christianity, Islam does not believe that its first preacher was
divine. The founder is considered what?
a) The Messiah c) a prophet
b) a descendant (of God) d) a son of Abraham