6.3 Birth & Expansion of Islam

Question 1

Allah

Answer 1

“God” in Arabic”

Question 2

caliph [KAL-if]

Answer 2

an Islamic succesor to Muhammad

Question 3

Islam

Answer 3

religion originating with the teachings of Muhammad in the 7th-century

Question 4

jihad [ji-HAD]

Answer 4

“struggle in the way of God” or “holy war”

Question 5

monotheism [MON-uh-thee-is-uhm]

Answer 5

the belief that there is only one god

Question 6

Muslims

Answer 6

followers of the religion of Islam; literally “one who submits to god”

Question 7

nomad

Answer 7

a person who moves from place to place

Question 8

oasis [oh-EY-sis]

Answer 8

a place where there is a spring that allows for the growth of vegetation

Question 9

polytheism [POL-ee-thee-iz-uhm]

Answer 9

the worship of multiple gods

Question 10

revelation

Answer 10

to reveal or disclose previously unknown information

Question 11

vizier [vi-ZEER]

Answer 11

high ranking political adviser or minister

Question 12

Which statement best describes life on the Arabian Peninsula in the sixth century?

Answer 12

Most people were polytheistic nomads living in tribes.

Question 13

Muhhammad’s life order - 6 major events

Answer 13

1] Muhammad worked for a wealthy widow in Mecca whom he later married.

2] Muhammad claimed to receive a revelation from Allah while meditating in a cave.

3] The people of Mecca rejected Muhammad’s claim that he was “the messenger of God.”

4] The Hijra, Muhammad’s flight to Medina, marks the start of the Islamic calendar.

5] Muhammad recruits followers at Yathrib and leads a successful attack against Mecca.

6] The Kaaba is converted into the central place of Islamic worship.

Question 14

TWO of Muhammad’s accomplishments.

Answer 14

He united the people of the Arabian Peninsula to form the Arabs.

He founded the religion of Islam as Allah’s final prophet.

Question 15

Abu Bakr was the first ___, or successor, to Muhammad

Answer 15

caliph

Question 16

Only a caliph can declare a ___ in which warriors that die in battle are assured entrance to paradise.

Answer 16

jihad

Question 17

Major 6 events of the Islamic Empire

Answer 17

1] Abu Bakr puts down a rebellion and conquers Syria.

2] Arab Muslims conquer Persia, Iraq, and Palestine.

3] The Umayyads attacked India, expanded the Islamic Empire across North Africa and crossed over into Spain.

4] Abbas, a descendant of Muhammad’s uncle, established the Golden Age of the Abbasid dynasty.

5] The Islamic Empire split into smaller caliphates.

6] The Umayyads attacked India, expanded the Islamic Empire across North Africa and crossed over into Spain.

Question 18

What does the term “Arab” mean?

Answer 18

dwellers of the desert

Question 19

THREE reasons why the Abbasid Caliphate was the Golden Age of the Islamic Empire.

Answer 19

1 -Doctors, scholars, and legal and religious experts advanced the arts and sciences.

2 - The caliph acted more like a king and worked with a vizier.

3 - The Abbasids protected non-Arab peoples.