Islam. 197-202

Question 0

Who was Muhammad Ali?

Answer 0

Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law

Question 1

What did some of Muhammad’s followers not agree with?

Answer 1

the selection of Abu Bakr as the first caliph and promoted the candidacy of Muhammad Ali

Question 2

After Abu Bakr’s death, who was the office passed to?

Answer 2

Umar

Question 3

Who was Umar?

Answer 3

Another one of Muhammad’s followers

Question 4

Who was Umar’s successor?

Answer 4

Uthman

Question 5

who was Mu’awiyah?

Answer 5

the governor of Syria and one of Ali’s chief rivals

Question 6

Who were a branch of the Quraishi clan?

Answer 6

Umayyads

Question 7

Where was the new caliphates capital?

Answer 7

Damascus

Question 8

Who were the Berbers?

Answer 8

primarily pastoral people living along the mediterranean coast and in the mountains in the interior

Question 9

Who was the Berber’s commander?

Answer 9

Tariq

Question 10

What did Tariq cross?

Answer 10

Strait of Gibaltar

Question 11

What was the visigothic kingdom weakened by?

Answer 11

internecine warfare

Question 12

Which peninsula became a muslim state with its center in andalusia

Answer 12

Iberian

Question 13

Who defeated the Arab force?

Answer 13

Charles Martel between Tours and POitiers

Question 14

Who defeated the Arabs?

Answer 14

the Franks

Question 15

What battle was the high-water mark of Arab expansion in Europe?

Answer 15

Battle of Tours

Question 16

Who was Ali’s second son?

Answer 16

Hussein

Question 17

Who were Hussein’s supporters?

Answer 17

Shi’ites

Question 18

What does Shi’ites come from?

Answer 18

the Arabic phrase shi’at Ali or “partisans of ALi”

Question 19

A schism occurred between who?

Answer 19

Shi’ite and Sunnite

Question 20

Who was Abu al Abbas?

Answer 20

led a revolt
a descendant of MUhammad’s uncle
led to the overthrow of the Umayyads and the establishment of the Abbasid dynasty in what is now Iraq

Question 21

Where did the Abbasids build a new capital city?

Answer 21

Baghdad on the Tigris River far to the east of the Umayyad capital at Damascus

Question 22

Who was Harun al-Rashid

Answer 22

best known of the caliphs
Harun “the upright”
reign is often described as the golden age of the Abbasid culture

Question 23

Who was Harun al-Rashid’s son?

Answer 23

al-Ma’mum

Question 24

What us a council called?

Answer 24

diwan

Question 25

What is a prime minister called?

Answer 25

vizier

Question 26

Who was Harun’s other son?

Answer 26

Amin

Question 27

Who received large pensions from the state treasury?

Answer 27

members of hashemite clan

Question 28

Who was Harun’s wife?

Answer 28

Zubaida

Question 29

Who amassed vast wealth and power until Harun eliminated the entire clan in a fit of jealously?

Answer 29

Barmakids

Question 30

What became independent?

Answer 30

Morocco

Question 31

What was the Shi’ite dynasty under?

Answer 31

the Fatmids

Question 32

What was the Arab holy book?

Answer 32

the Koran

Question 33

Who were the Seljuk Turks?

Answer 33

nomadic people from Central Asia who had converted to Islam and flourished as military mercenaries for the Abbasid caliphate where they were known for their ability as mounted archers

Question 34

What does sultan mean?

Answer 34

holder of power

Question 35

Where was the Turks army routed?

Answer 35

Manzikert near Lake Van in eastern Turkey

Question 36

What peninsula was taken over?

Answer 36

Anatolian

Question 37

What was another sacred document?

Answer 37

Shari’ah