Exam No. 3: Islam

Question 1

What was the climate like in the Arabian Peninsula?

Answer 1

Dry desert

Question 2

What is Polytheism?

Answer 2

The worship of many different gods.

Question 3

What was the name of the building the Islamic people built?

Answer 3

The Kaaba.

Question 4

Where is the Kaaba located?

Answer 4

Mecca.

Question 5

What year was Muhammad born? Where was it?

Answer 5

570 in Mecca.

Question 6

What profession did Muhammad’s uncle have?

Answer 6

He was a merchant.

Question 7

What was Muhammad’s

wife’s age and name when Muhammad met her?

Answer 7

Her name was Khadija and she was 40.

Question 8

What year did Muhammad pray in a cave and get visited by Gabriel?

Answer 8

610

Question 9

What year did Muhammad start preaching his messages publicly?

Answer 9

613

Question 10

What is the definition of Monotheism?

Answer 10

The worship of one god.

Question 11

What is the Bible equivalent in the Islamic culture?

Answer 11

The Koran

Question 12

What year did Khadija die?

Answer 12

619

Question 13

What year did Gabriel take Muhammad on a “Night Journey”?

Answer 13

620

Question 14

Where did the horse take Muhammad?

Answer 14

The horse took Muhammad to see everything in heaven and on earth, then to the temple in Jerusalem.

Question 15

Who did Muhammad meet on the night journey?

Answer 15

Abraham and Jesus.

Question 16

What is the Hadith and when was it written?

Answer 16

The Hadith is a collection of sayings and reports about the life of Muhammad, published approximately 2 centuries after Muhammad’s death.

Question 17

In what year did the followers of Islam migrate from Mecca to Medina?

Answer 17

622

Question 18

What year did Muhammad die?

Answer 18

632

Question 19

What were Muhammad’s titles?

Answer 19

He was a spiritual, political, and military leader.

Question 20

The Arabian Peninsula had a central, unifying government. True or False?

Answer 20

False.

Question 21

What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

Answer 21

1. Declaration: “there is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.”
2. Prayer: Prayers are said five times a day, facing the city of Mecca.
3. 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.
4. Pilgrimage: At least once in their lifetime, every Muslim must travel to the holy city of Mecca.

Question 22

What are Islam’s most important features?

Answer 22

1. The Five Pillars of Islam
2. The Koran
3. The Hadith

Question 23

What are the two main styles that influenced Islamic architecture and art?

Answer 23

Byzantine and the Persian Empire.

Question 24

What are some characteristics of Byzantine art and architecture?

Answer 24

Bright colours, domes and the crescent on the roof.

Question 25

What type of architecture includes plain and simple structures?

Answer 25

Persian Empire styles.

Question 26

What are three elements of Islamic art?

Answer 26

1. Geometric shapes 2. Repeating patterns 3. Bright colors

Question 27

Muslim people did not want pictures of Muhammad anywhere. True or False, and testify.

Answer 27

No, because it would be considered idolatry.

Question 28

What were the social classes in order of importance in the Islamic culture?

Answer 28

1. Allah & Muhammad 2. Caliphs (aka kings) 3. Professional Muslims: Traders, Merchants, Doctors 4. Jews and Christians 5. Slaves: They were often people from other cultures, taken when Muslims raided foreign lands.

Question 29

What happened from 632-661?

Answer 29

First Four Caliphs!

Question 30

Name what happened in 1258.

Answer 30

Mongols sack Damascus.

Question 31

When did the Abbasid Dynasty run from? Was is the Golden Age or not?

Answer 31

The Abbasid Dynasty ran from 750-1517, and it was considered the Golden Age.

Question 32

The Umayyad Dynasty ran from 661-751, true or False?

Answer 32

False: it went from 661-750.

Question 33

What years did the Crusades happens?

Answer 33

1095-1272.

Question 34

What year was the Battle of Tours?

Answer 34

732.

Question 35

Who led the Battle of Tours? Whose grandfather was he?

Answer 35

Charles Martel led the Battle of Tours, and his grandson was Charlemagne.

Question 36

“Reunion of broken parts”

Answer 36

Al-Jabr (Al-ge-bra)

Question 37

“The spread of cultural elements from one society to another.”

Answer 37

Cultural diffusion

Question 38

What does Islam mean?

Answer 38

“Surrender”

Question 39

What is an astrolabe?

Answer 39

A tool used to measure distances in relation to the stars.

Question 40

A change made to an existing object or way of doing things is also known as collaboration; true or False?

Answer 40

False, it’s adaptation.

Question 41

Who was the first caliph?

Answer 41

Abu-Bakr

Question 42

A textbook used for almost 2 centuries was known as the Canon of Medicine; true or false?

Answer 42

True.

Question 43

What Empire was taken over for Islam during the Abbasid Dynasty?

Answer 43

The Persian Empire