The Middle East and North Africa Long Ago

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Objective: Answer at least 14 questions correctly. Only answer each question once or it will be counted as a mistake. JavaScript required!

1. The leader of an Arab town or nomadic group was called ______.

an armada
a sheik
a caliph
a sultan

2. An ancient instrument used to figure out star positions was called ______.

an astrolabe
an observatory
a dome
a compass

3. When land is worn away by wind, glaciers, or water, ______ occurs.

migration
irrigation
erosion
persecution

4. Well-watered places in the desert are called ______.

caravels
nomads
caravans
oases

5. Building used for watching and studying the stars and planets are called ______.

mosques
observatories
mosaics
citadels

6. The two landmasses that make up most of the Middle East are the peninsulas of Arabia and ______.

Attica
Africa
Iberia
Anatolia

7. The special religious duties a Muslim must observe are called the ______.

Five Pillars of Islam
Arabian Nights
Ten Commandments
Code of Hammurabi

8. Before he became Allah's messenger, Muhammad had been ______.

a Spanish explore
a Meccan caliph
an Arab merchant
a Chrisitian apostle

9. Islam untied the people of North Africa and the Middle East by ______.

destroying nomadic societies
joining religion with government
defeating the Crusaders
expanding trade routes to China

10. North Africa is considered part of the Middle East because ______.

it lies on the eastern lands of Indian, China, and Japan
like the Middle Eastern countries, it has a hot, dry climate
it has strong cultural ties to the Middle Eastern countries
like the Middle East, it has little water and poor soil quality

11. Which Middle Eastern city is sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims?

Medina
Baghdad
Jerusalem
Mecca

12. The Persian philosopher Avicenna wrote a widely used encyclopedia of ______.

medicine
philosophy
mathematics
astronomy

13. According to the Koran, who was the world's last prophet?

Muhammad
Jesus
Moses
Avicenna

14. Who stopped the Muslim civilization from spreading into central Europe?

Charlemagne
Alexander
Charles Martel
Franz Ferdinand

15. The Muslims' use of globes over a thousand years ago shows that they ______.

could tell time
knew the earth was round
had discovered North America
understood algebra

16. Beneath the Dome of the Rock is the spot where Muslims believe ______.

Muhammad ascended into paradise
the sheiks composed the Koran
Ali Baba became a caliph
Avicenna converted the Bedouins

17. Which Middle Eastern region has the lowest point of elevation on the whole earth?

the Sahara Desert
the Iranian Plateau
the Nile River Valley
the Dead Sea

18. According to the Koran, it was acceptable for Muslims to ______.

marry Christians and Jews
convert people to Islam by force
worship different gods
start civil wars

19. Within one hundred years of Muhammad's death, the Muslims had ______.

formed an alliance with monarchs of southern Europe
lost all the territories they had conquered in Spain
converted the people of Italy and Greece to Islam
established an empire even larger then the Roman Empire

20. What was the Kaaba?

It was an area of Persia that was ruled by the Bedouins.
It was the city that was the cultural center of Islamic civilization.
It was a sacred building in Mecca.
It was the title of a collection of Arabian stories and poetry.

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