Name_________________________________________ 2.

1. How did trade routes influence religion in Mecca?

A. Travelers brought different spiritual traditions.
B. Christians introduced polytheism to the inhabitants.
C. Pilgrims began to abandon the worship of many gods.
2. While trade routes were used by merchants, __ religious pilgrims / soldiers__ also used them to travel to the
Ka’aba in Mecca.
3. Which statement best characterizes Muhammad’s efforts to spread his message in Mecca and Medina?
A. In Medina, few Arabs were attracted to his preaching.
B. In Medina, many of his followers were expelled from the city.
C. In Mecca, many Arabs were reluctant to abandon their earlier beliefs.
4. Muhammad and his followers found that the citizens of __mecca / medina__ were hostile to his teachings
because they feared that the city would lose its status as a place of worship.
5. How are Christianity and Islam similar?
A. the expectation of a day of judgment
B. the use of the same books of worship
C. the belief that Jesus is the son of God
6. Jews, Christians, and Muslims worship the same God, and each religion claims _Abraham / Gabriel__ to be its
common ancestor.

Allah Muslim Islam Hijrah shari’a

hajj Qur’an Muhammad Sunna mosque

1. _______________________holy book of Islam

2. _______________________the one God of Islam
3. _______________________body of Islamic law
4. _______________________founder of Islam
5. _______________________religion based on submission to Allah
6. _______________________Muhammad’s move from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina) in 622
7. _______________________follower of the religion of Islam
8. _______________________pilgrimage to Mecca
9. _______________________Islamic model for living based on the life and teachings of Muhammad
10. _______________________Islamic house of worship