Chapter 18 - Islam

Question 1

Ch 18: Initial expansion of ________ took place during the Umayyad conquests in the eighth century.

Answer 1

Islam

Question 2

Ch 18: King Shahryar’s wife is cheating. What does he do in retribution, and what is the final resolution?

Answer 2

He kills his wife then seeks revenge on all womankind by marring every night, and killing them. This ridiculousness is halted by a woman who tells him interesting bedtime stories… FFS.

Question 3

Ch 18: Islam comes from the Arabic words ‘islam’ meaning ______ and ‘aslama’ meaning ________.

Answer 3

‘submission’; ‘to submit’.

Question 4

Ch 18: Islam was founded by Mohammed who was born in _______ which was located in Western _______ _______.

Answer 4

Mecca; Saudi Arabia.

Question 5

Ch 18: The Koran is __________ from god through the angel ________.

Answer 5

revelations; Gabriel.

Question 6

Ch 18: Meccans threw Mohammed out, so he began his journey, called a Hejira, to _________.

Answer 6

Medina

Question 7

Ch 18: What is a caliph?

Answer 7

Religious and political leader of all Islam.

Question 8

Ch 18: The division over recognition of the first three caliphs is between these two groups.

Answer 8

The Sunni and Shia.

Question 9

Ch 18: Where in the chapter can you find an outline of the 5 principles/pillars of Islamic faith?

Answer 9

The second page of the chapter.

Question 10

Ch 18: The Koran contains 114 suras, also known as _________.

Answer 10

chapters.

Question 11

Ch 18: The servant of the mosque, known as the _______ announces the call to prayer, also known as _________. They do this from a tower known as a __________.

Answer 11

muzzein; adhan. minaret.

Question 12

Ch 18: The mosque’s pulpit is called ________.

Answer 12

minbar.

Question 13

Ch 18: During prayer in the mosque, the faithful face the _________, which is a niche that indicates the _________ - the direction of Mecca.

Answer 13

Mihrab; qibla

Question 14

Ch 18: Common architectural features around the mosque are the iwan, which is a _______ that leads out to sahn, with is a __________.

Answer 14

Gate; courtyard

Question 15

Ch 18: With regards to architectural artwork in mosques, what do Muslims have in common with iconoclasts? What is prominent in the artwork?

Answer 15

There are no sculptures or pictures in the artwork. Geometric, vegetal, or inscriptions are prominent in the artwork.

Question 16

Ch 18: Muqarnas are a common architectural element in mosques - what do they resemble?

Answer 16

a stalactite or honeycomb.

Question 17

Ch 18: What are the 4 main building types common in Islamic architecture?

Answer 17

Mosque, tomb, palace, and fort.

Question 18

Ch 18: What’s distinctive about archways in Islamic architecture?

Answer 18

They are horseshoe shaped / pointed (called ogive).

Question 19

Ch 18: The focal point of prayer was ___________ until 624 when the focal point changed to __________.

Answer 19

Jerusalem; Mecca.

Question 20

Ch 18: The Dome of the Rock, also known as Haram ash-sharif, has a ____________ design.

Answer 20

Mathematical

Question 21

Ch 18: The Dome of the Rock was built at the site of these two previous structures; and this archeological legend was said to be stored at the first of the two.

Answer 21

Temple of Jerusalem I and II; the Ark of the Covenant.

Question 22

Ch 18: The Dome of the Rock was built to commemorate Mohammed’s ________ __________; and it’s __________ is the oldest surviving one in all of Islam.

Answer 22

Night Journey; mihrab.

Question 23

Ch 18: What’s inscribed on around the Dome of the Rock?

Answer 23

A repudiation of Jesus as the son of the Abrahamic god (he is a prophet, nothing more). There is no trinity, there is only one true god (true monotheism).

Question 24

Ch 18: What is a madrasah?

Answer 24

A theological seminary and university.

Question 25

Ch 18: Where is the Alcazaba of the Alhambra located? What’s so special about it?

Answer 25

Granada, Spain. It’s super pretty and fancy on the inside.

Question 26

Ch 18: What was Arab-Norman or Sicilian-Norman architecture like?

Answer 26

They were amalgamations of the two styles.

Question 27

Ch 18: The Taj Mahal was designed to evoke the Islamic version of the ________ of __________.

Answer 27

Garden of Paradise.