Islam

Question 1

when were Muhammad and his followers run out of Mecca

Answer 1

622

Question 2

what begins the Muslim Calendar

Answer 2

the emigration of Muhammed from Mecca

Question 3

when did Islam originate

Answer 3

Arabia in 7th Century (600s)

Question 4

who founded Islam

Answer 4

Muhammed

Question 5

when does Muhammed get visited by Gabriel and accepts his role as a prophet

Answer 5

610

Question 6

what was believed about the writtings in the Koran

Answer 6

revealed by GOd

Question 7

when does Muhammed go on a night vision to Jerusalem

Answer 7

621

Question 8

where does Islam spread through

Answer 8

India, North Africa, Spain

Question 9

What does Islam accept about Christianity and what does it disagree with

Answer 9

Accept Hebrew prophets and Jesus as divinity
BUT
believe that Muhammed is the last and final prophet of God

Question 10

what does Islam mean

Answer 10

surrender to will of Allah

Question 11

2 major texts

Answer 11

Qu’an and Hadith

Question 12

Hadith

Answer 12

sayings and teachings of Muhammed

Question 13

Qur’an

Answer 13

the word of God as revealed to Muhammed from God through the Angel Gabriel

Question 14

5 pillars of Islam

Answer 14

1. profession of faith
2. Daily prayers
3. Alms-giving
4. Fasting during Ramadan
5. Pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 15

Islam profession of faith

Answer 15

there is NO God but Bod and Muhammed is his prophet

Question 16

subdivisions of Islam

Answer 16

Sunni and Shia

Question 17

why do the divisions of Islam arise

Answer 17

different points of view about who is the rightful successor after the death of Muhammed

Question 18

Early Islamic Art

Answer 18

640 to 900 CE

Question 19

two ruling dynasties that unit the Muslim world

Answer 19

Umayyads
Abbadids

Question 20

Umayyads

Answer 20

Capital Damascus in Syria
rule until 750 CE

Question 21

Abbadids

Answer 21

Capital Baghdad in Iraq
rule until mid 800s

Question 22

what happens after 861

Answer 22

Islamic world not united

Question 23

Medieval Islamic Art

Answer 23

900 to 1517 CE

Question 24

what is the result of art in Medieval islamic Art

Answer 24

many different regions and styles

Question 25

what is one of the earliest surviving Islamic buildings

Answer 25

Dome of the Rock

Question 26

what is the highest point in Jerusalem

Answer 26

Dome of the Rock

Question 27

importance of Dome of the Rock for Jews

Answer 27

believed to be the site where Abraham almost sacrificed his son

Question 28

who is an important figure for Jews, Muslims and Christians

Answer 28

Solomon

Question 29

when were Jews allowed to return to Jerusalem

Answer 29

when the Persian Empire takes power in 539 BCE

Question 30

when did Nebuchadnezzar II destroy the Temple

Answer 30

587 BCE

Question 31

what is the key idea when the Dome of the Rock becomes a major location in the Islamic faith

Answer 31

the world's 2 other major monotheistic faiths have also considered it crucial

Question 32

the spot Muhammad went on his night vision

Answer 32

Dome of the Rock

Question 33

the Dome of the Rock is a mosque

Answer 33

FALSE

Question 34

what is the Dome of the Rock a representation of

Answer 34

the aniconic period of Islam

Question 35

where are some of the oldest transcriptions of the sacred text of Islam

Answer 35

Dome of the Rock

Question 36

what does the Dome of the Rock building similar to

Answer 36

the Central Planning Churches in early Christian

Question 37

the early period of the Islamic culture is often

Answer 37

syncretic

Question 38

syncretic

Answer 38

working in multiple traditions to create a new one

Question 39

what is Dome of Rock considered

Answer 39

a shrine

Question 40

can regular prayer happen anywhere

Answer 40

YES

Question 41

mosque

Answer 41

a specialized building for prayer

Question 42

what size are mosque usually

Answer 42

big enough to hold the whole MALE community together as they prey

Question 43

what are special about Fridays

Answer 43

all the males come together and pray

Question 44

Mihrab faces

Answer 44

Mecca

Question 45

what is important in Islam

Answer 45

that the direction of a Mihrab is facing Mecca

Question 46

3 M's of a mosque

Answer 46

1. Minbar 2. Mihrab 3. Minaret

Question 47

Minbar

Answer 47

raised platform for leader to speak

Question 48

Minaret

Answer 48

tower which calls faithful to prayer

Question 49

what did Muslim's have to do before prayers

Answer 49

wash themselves

Question 50

there was a Muslim presence in

Answer 50

Europe

Question 51

what does the dome in front of the Mihrab signify

Answer 51

heaven

Question 52

Kaaba

Answer 52

one of the 5 pillars of Islam that every Muslim should make a pilgrimage to

Question 53

with the Great Mosque of Isfahan, what is harder to tell

Answer 53

the direction of Mecca

Question 54

Vellum

Answer 54

animal skin prepared for books

Question 55

what is important about writing by Muslims

Answer 55

it is appropriate and beautiful to reflect the importance of the Word of God

Question 56

what is highly regarded when writing in Muslim

Answer 56

calligraphy

Question 57

Illustrated books are often called

Answer 57

Persian miniatures

Question 58

why do Illustrated books become important in Persia

Answer 58

foreign rulers from the east use power of written word to consolidate power

Question 59

Mongols rule Iran in becomes huge in

Answer 59

1200s

Question 60

Mongols

Answer 60

people who invade from the North east

Question 61

when does the Ottoman empire take over Constantinople

Answer 61

1453

Question 62

the Haiga Sophia is originally a

Answer 62

massive central plan church

Question 63

when is the Haiga Sophia transformed into a mosque

Answer 63

when conquered by the Ottomans in 1453