All of the following are “pillars” of Isalm EXCEPT:
making a pilgrimage to Medina at least once in a Muslim’s lifetime
CORRECT!
fasting during Ramadan
the shahada
almsgiving
Ramadan : Islam :: _____ : Roman Catholicism
Lent
CORRECT!
Christmas
Palm Sunday
Easter
Generally, Christians conquered by the Muslims were permitted to live in peace, but they were forbidden from doing all of the following EXCEPT:
paying taxes.
CORRECT!
trying to convert Muslims to Christianity.
intermarriage with Muslims.
attending the same schools as Muslims.
In the Middle East, during the Golden Age of Muslim culture, scholars were encouraged to:
preserve and expand ancient Greek and Roman learning.
CORRECT!
reject all knowledge that was Western European in origin.
ignore the achievements of Chinese culture.
accept medieval Western European religious ideas.
The economic prosperity of the Islamic Empire was due largely to:
trade and commerce.
CORRECT!!
the spoils of war.
the development of a feudal manorial economy system.
the manufacture of steel swords sold to the Chinese and to the Western Europeans.
The Umayyads were able to conquer only one region in Europe. That region was:
Spain.
CORRECT!!
Russia.
southern Britain.
France.
Muslim artists and scientists developed and excelled in all of the following crafts EXCEPT:
religious sculpture and paintings.
CORRECT!!
mosaics.
arabesque design.
calligraphy.
Which of the following is true for Jews living under Islam?
They participated fully in commercial and professional activities and some even became advisors to the caliphs,
CORRECT!!
Their situation was similar to that of Jews living in Christian Europe.
Their status was considerably lower than that of Christians.
They frequently found themselves subject to violent oppression by Muslim governments.
The split between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims began with disagreements over:
the choice of caliph.
CORRECT!!
a belief in one God.
acceptance of the Qur’an as the Muslim book of sacred scriptures.
the required pilgrimage to Mecca.
[Quiz originally from here]