Islam Quiz

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• Religious education
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Introduction

Test and reinforce your students' knowledge with this interactive quiz on Islam! With 20 varied questions (multiple-choice and drag-and-drop), students playfully discover the five pillars, important concepts and holidays.

Instructions

The Islam Quiz consists of five rounds with four questions each:

• Round 1: the messenger and his followers
• Round 2: pillars of life
• Round 3: months of significance
• Round 4: Islam and Christianity
• Round 5: World in motion

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The messenger

and his followers

Round 1

Mohammed is...

Mohammed is...

A

Islam's founder and chief prophet

B

The founder of Islam and the son of God

C

Islam's chief prophet and son of God

D

Same as Allah

Wat betekent islam?

What does Islam mean?

A

Submission to Allah

B

Searching for Allah

C

Believing in Allah

D

Allah is great

De volgelingen van de islam zijn

The followers of Islam are...

A

Buddhist

B

Christian

C

Jihad

D

Muslim

Life pillars

Round 2

What do we call the

five precepts of Islam?

A

The Five Columns of Islam

B

The Five Pillars of Islam

C

The Five Cornerstones of Islam

D

The Five Rules of Islam

Five pillars of Islam

The profession of faith (shahada)

The ritual prayers (salat or salah)

The giving of alms (zakat or zakah)

Fasting during Ramadan (saum/sawm or siyam)

The pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj)

Which is not one of the five pillars of Islam?

A

Going to Mecca once in a lifetime

B

Going to church often

C

Giving money to poor people

D

Praying five times a day

Which is not one of the five pillars of Islam?

A

Participating in Ramadan (fasting)

B

Pray

C

Not eating pork

D

Honouring Allah and Mohammed

Put the 5 pillars of Islam in the right order

1

Salah

2

Sawm

3

Hajj

4

Shahada

5

Zakat

Months of

significance

Round 3

Welke uitspraak over de islam is juist?

What do Muslims celebrate with

Festival of Breaking the Fast?

A

Beginning of Ramadan

B

End of Ramadan

C

Birth of Mohammed

D

Beginning of the Hajj

Eid al-Fitr celebrates the end of the month of fasting.

Welke uitspraak over de islam is juist?

What is the name of the party in which

Muslims sacrifice an animal?

A

Eid al-Fitr

B

Ramadan

C

Eid al-Adha

D

Al Hijra

Eid al-Adha (The Feast of Sacrifice) came about after Ibrahim almost killed his son before God. However, at the last moment, God did not want Abraham to sacrifice his son. Therefore, he made Abraham slaughter a sheep.

Welke uitspraak over de islam is juist?

Why are Islamic holidays shifting

every year in the Western calendar?

A

Because the Islamic calendar does not take into account the crescent year

B

Because the Islamic calendar has fewer months

C

Because the Koran states that holidays should be 372 days apart

D

Because the Islamic calendar is based on the phase of the moon

Put these three festivities of Islam

in the right order

1

Eid al-Fitr

2

Hajj

3

Ramadan

4

Eid al-Adha 

Islam and

Christianity

Round 4

Welke godsdienst is ouder?

Which religion is older?

A

Christianity

B

Islam

C

D

Christianity is older than Islam. Christianity originated in the first century AD, while Islam originated in the 7th century AD.

De islam kent...

Islam knows...

A

1 god

B

2 gods

C

3 gods

D

4 gods

Islam

Christianity

What key things/words do you remember for each faith?

Welke uitspraak over de islam is juist?

Which statement about Islam is correct?

A

Islam was founded by the Turk Mohammed

B

Followers of Islam are called Turks or Arabs.

C

Islam's house of worship is called a mosque.

D

The spread of Islam began in the second century AD.

World in motion

Round 5

Where did Islam originate?

A

Arabia

B

China

C

Spain

D

Turkey

Welke uitspraak over de islam is juist?

In which continent do most Muslims live?

A

Africa

B

Asia

C

Europe

D

South America

Welke uitspraak over de islam is juist?

What is the biggest branch of Islam?

A

Sunnism

B

Shiism

C

D

Welke uitspraak over de islam is juist?

What is the house of God in Mecca called?

A

Haram al-Sharif

B

Medina

C

Kaäba

D

Kairouan

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