4. Which of the following is a belief shared by Sunnis and Shias?
A. that only descendants of Muhammad should be caliph
B. that any righteous male Muslim can be chosen as caliph
C. that the Sunnah is the most important text of Islamic faith
D. that imams are divinely inspired Muslim leaders

5. According to Muslim belief, Muhammad was praying in a cave when he had a revelation in which he was told to ______.
A. preach that there was one true God.
B. found the holy city of Mecca
C. conquer the Arabian Peninsula
D. build a shrine for pilgrims to visit.

6. Which factor helped spread Islam
A.People were looking for new beliefs.
B.Merchants carried the faith to new lands.
C.Rulers required residents to convert.
D.People found new ideas easier to follow.

7. Drag and drop the social divisions in the Arab Muslim empire to arrange them with those at the top of society to those at the bottom of society.

slaves

Arab Muslims

non-Arab Muslims

Jews and Christians

In a cave at the foot of Mount Jabal al-Nour, near Mecca, where he had spent six months in solitary meditation, a vision came to Muhammad. The angel Gabriel raised him from his bed with a stern command: "Preach!" Rubbing his eyes, the astonished Mahoma asked in a broken voice: "But what should I preach?" Suddenly, his throat contracted as if the angel was drowning him. And again the order came: "Preach! And again, the frightened Muhammad felt the suffocating grip. «Preach! », The angel ordered for the third time. "Preach in the name of the Lord, the Creator who created man from a blood clot! Preach! Your Lord is gracious. He is the one who has taught man through the scriptures what he does not know ». According to Islamic tradition, this is how an Arab merchant from Mecca received the inspiration to preach the word of God in the year 610 of our era.

6- The correct answer is B. The factor that helped spreading Islam was that merchants from Middle East carried the faith to new lands at the same time they traveled to trade with other populations. For example, the Silk Route gave a great boost to Islam, as Middle Eastern merchants used this route to take their products to Europe and Asia.

7- In the Arab Muslim empire, people's social class was determined by religion. The Arab Muslims were at the top of society, whose second place was held by non-Arab Muslims (many of them were from other religions, converted to Islam). Jews and Christians were on the third place, considered "infidels". At the bottom of society were the slaves.