Exam No. 3: Islam Flashcards
What was the climate like in the Arabian Peninsula?
Dry desert
What is Polytheism?
The worship of many different gods.
What was the name of the building the Islamic people built?
The Kaaba.
Where is the Kaaba located?
Mecca.
What year was Muhammad born? Where was it?
570 in Mecca.
What profession did Muhammad’s uncle have?
He was a merchant.
What was Muhammad’s
wife’s age and name when Muhammad met her?
Her name was Khadija and she was 40.
What year did Muhammad pray in a cave and get visited by Gabriel?
610
What year did Muhammad start preaching his messages publicly?
613
What is the definition of Monotheism?
The worship of one god.
What is the Bible equivalent in the Islamic culture?
The Koran
What year did Khadija die?
619
What year did Gabriel take Muhammad on a “Night Journey”?
620
Where did the horse take Muhammad?
The horse took Muhammad to see everything in heaven and on earth, then to the temple in Jerusalem.
Who did Muhammad meet on the night journey?
Abraham and Jesus.
What is the Hadith and when was it written?
The Hadith is a collection of sayings and reports about the life of Muhammad, published approximately 2 centuries after Muhammad’s death.
In what year did the followers of Islam migrate from Mecca to Medina?
622
What year did Muhammad die?
632
What were Muhammad’s titles?
He was a spiritual, political, and military leader.
The Arabian Peninsula had a central, unifying government. True or False?
False.
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
- Declaration: “there is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.”
- Prayer: Prayers are said five times a day, facing the city of Mecca.
- Giving: Those who are wealthy must give to those who are needy.
Fasting: During the month of Ramadan (May-June), Muslims must not eat or drink from dawn to dusk. - Pilgrimage: At least once in their lifetime, every Muslim must travel to the holy city of Mecca.
What are Islam’s most important features?
- The Five Pillars of Islam
- The Koran
- The Hadith
What are the two main styles that influenced Islamic architecture and art?
Byzantine and the Persian Empire.
What are some characteristics of Byzantine art and architecture?
Bright colours, domes and the crescent on the roof.
What type of architecture includes plain and simple structures?
Persian Empire styles.
What are three elements of Islamic art?
- Geometric shapes
- Repeating patterns
- Bright colors
Muslim people did not want pictures of Muhammad anywhere. True or False, and testify.
No, because it would be considered idolatry.
What were the social classes in order of importance in the Islamic culture?
- Allah & Muhammad
- Caliphs (aka kings)
- Professional Muslims: Traders, Merchants, Doctors
- Jews and Christians
- Slaves: They were often people from other cultures, taken when Muslims raided foreign lands.
What happened from 632-661?
First Four Caliphs!
Name what happened in 1258.
Mongols sack Damascus.
When did the Abbasid Dynasty run from? Was is the Golden Age or not?
The Abbasid Dynasty ran from 750-1517, and it was considered the Golden Age.
The Umayyad Dynasty ran from 661-751, true or False?
False: it went from 661-750.
What years did the Crusades happens?
1095-1272.
What year was the Battle of Tours?
732.
Who led the Battle of Tours? Whose grandfather was he?
Charles Martel led the Battle of Tours, and his grandson was Charlemagne.
“Reunion of broken parts”
Al-Jabr (Al-ge-bra)
“The spread of cultural elements from one society to another.”
Cultural diffusion
What does Islam mean?
“Surrender”
What is an astrolabe?
A tool used to measure distances in relation to the stars.
A change made to an existing object or way of doing things is also known as collaboration; true or False?
False, it’s adaptation.
Who was the first caliph?
Abu-Bakr
A textbook used for almost 2 centuries was known as the Canon of Medicine; true or false?
True.
What Empire was taken over for Islam during the Abbasid Dynasty?
The Persian Empire
