QUIZ: Islamic Culture and Civilization
Test your knowledge of Islam and the Arab world!
1. Which country has the largest Muslim population in the world?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Indonesia
Pakistan
2. Which of the following prophets are recognized and respected in Islam?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Mohammed
Jesus
Moses
Abraham
3. What percentage of the world’s Muslims are Arab?
a.
b.
c.
d.
98%
66%
45%
Less than 20%
4. Which of the following words does not come from the Arabic language?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Algebra
Zero
Candy
Couch
5. Which nation was the first to recognize the United States’ Independence?
a.
b.
c.
d.
France
Germany
Morocco
Egypt
6. Which city boasts the oldest continuously-operating degree-granting university in the world?
a. Fez, Morocco
b. Beijing, China
c. Oxford, UK
d. Baghdad, Iraq
7. Which of the following actions is not part of the main five principles or pillars of Islam?
a. Professing faith in God
b. Daily prayer
c. Women covering their hair
d. Giving alms to the poor
e. Going on pilgrimage