chapter 10

Question 1

Allah

Answer 1

Muslim god; belief in one god

Question 2

Mecca

Answer 2

1 city of Islam

Question 3

Muhammad

Answer 3

Final prophet

Question 4

Islam

Answer 4

“submission to the will of Allah”

Question 5

Muslim

Answer 5

people who agree with the basic principal of islam

Question 6

Hijrah

Answer 6

migration Muhammad took from Mecca to Yathrib in 622

Question 7

Umma

Answer 7

muslim religious community

Question 8

Qur’an

Answer 8

holy book of the muslims

Question 9

Hajj

Answer 9

travel to mecca (need to do once in your lifetime)

Question 10

Sunna

Answer 10

followed my muhammah’s example. you should live your life like him.

Question 11

Shari’a

Answer 11

body of laws

Question 12

Caliph

Answer 12

successor or depudy of Muhammad

Question 13

Umayyads

Answer 13

set up a hereditary system of succession. Moved capital city to Damascus

Question 14

Shi’a

Answer 14

the “party” of Ali. Must be a direct relative

Question 15

Sunni

Answer 15

Those who didnt actively resist umayyads rule. dont need to be a direct relative, but a follower.

Question 16

Abbadids

Answer 16

murdered the remaining members of the Umayyad family

Question 17

House of Wisdom

Answer 17

a combination library, academy, and translation center in Baghdad

Question 18

Calligraphy

Answer 18

the art of beautiful handwriting

Question 19

Mosque

Answer 19

Islamic house of worship

Question 20

Ka’aba

Answer 20

house of worship in mecca

Question 21

Ulama

Answer 21

Scholar class who are concerned with learning and law. Interpreted Qur’an

Question 22

Demascus

Answer 22

Umayyads moved capital city here. Brought in wealthy lifestyle

Question 23

Baghdad

Answer 23

newly created city. capital moved here from demascus

Question 24

Abu Bakr

Answer 24

the first caliph

Question 25

Rightly Guided Caliphs

Answer 25

Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali

Question 26

Al-Razi

Answer 26

greatest physician of the Muslim world. treated small pox and measles

Question 27

Al-Khwarizmi

Answer 27

created algebra. Al-jabr

Question 28

What is the main teaching of Islam?

Answer 28

There is only one god, Allah

Question 29

How can we compare Islam to Christianity and Judism?

Answer 29

belief in one god, judgement day, trace ancestry back to Abraham

Question 30

Five Pillars of Islam

Answer 30

Faith
Prayer
Alms
Fasting
Pilgramage

Question 31

Four social classes of a Muslim Society

Answer 31

upper- muslim at birth
second- converts to Islam
third- protected people: christians, jews, zoroastrians
Lowest- slaves