Islam

Question 0

Describe the people on Arabia

Answer 0

Warriors

Question 1

Geography of Arabia

Answer 1

Hot, dry desert

Question 2

Before Muhammad, they worshipped…

Answer 2

Stars and stones (animistic)

Question 3

How did Muhammad learn about different religions?

Answer 3

Talking to pilgrims

Question 4

What is one thing that particularly impressed Muhammad?

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Ethical monotheism

Question 5

The angel Gabriel told Muhammad to

“ _________…__________”

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“Rise and give warning…Honour thy God”

Question 6

Hegira

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The Emigration
Year 0 for Muslims
Muhammad escapes Mecca
16 June 622

Question 7

Shahada

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Profession of faith (saying you believe in Allah), there is no God but Allah

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Salat

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Prayer five times a day, facing Mecca

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Sawm

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Fasting (not eating or drinking) during Ramadan

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Zakat

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Charity for less fortunate

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Hajj

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Pilgrimage (journey to pray) to Mecca at least once in your life

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Caliph

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Successor (next in line) to Muhammad

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Jihad

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“Struggle in the way if God,” defensive warfare for the sake of Islam

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Shiite Muslims

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Muslims who believe only descendants of Ali are Islam’s true rulers

Question 15

Sunni Muslims

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Muslims who accepted rulers other that Ali’s relations

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Vizier

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Prime minister/advisor to the Abbasid Dynasty

Question 17

Mosque

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A Muslim place of worship

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Abu Bakr

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Muhammad’s father in law and direct successor

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Mu’awiyah

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Became caliph in 661, Syria’s governor, Ali’s chief rival

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Umayyad dynasty

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Mu’awiyah’s family of rulers that came after him

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Berbers

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Pastoral people living along the Mediterranean coast of Northern Africa

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Hussein

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Second son of Ali, son in law of Muhammad, led revolt against Umayyad rule in 680

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Abbasid dynasty

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Abu al Abbas overthrew Umayyad dynasty and started Abbasid dynasty until 1258, moved capital to Baghdad

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Harun al Rashid

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Best known caliph of Abbasid dynasty whose reign is often described as the golden age

Question 25

Mu’awiyah (General) created the Umayyad dynasty by…

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• choosing a caliphate in his family

- only using force when necessary

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Jobs made respectable under the Abbasids

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Judges
Merchants
Government officials
Bureaucrats—massive bureaucracy

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The Umayyad dynasty values

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Warriors

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Abbasids

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Persians

Question 29

Why did the Mongols gradually accept the Islams?

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To adopt practices of conquered cultures

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Strengths of Abbasid

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Wealth
Army
Intellectual achievements
Government/law

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Weaknesses of Abbasid

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War, split, economic corruption

Question 32

Astrolabe

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An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the positions of the stars and planets

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Minaret

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The tower on a mosque from which people are called to prayer

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Muzzein

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The person who calls the faithful to prayer

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Arabesques

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Geometric patterns that were drawn, as decorations, over and over again

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Ibn Rushd

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An Arabic philosopher who wrote commentaries on Aristotle’s books

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Hims

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Syrians

Question 38

How did the Muslims transmit ancient literature?

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Authors: Aristotle and Plato

Translating them into other languages

Question 39

Cultures that influenced Islamic art/architecture:

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Arab
Turkish
Persian

Question 40

Rubaiyat

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Middle Eastern

By Omar Khayyam

Poetry about the meaning/length of life

Realistic

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The Arabian Nights/The 1001 Nights

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Folktales/fables/romances

Supernatural/natural characters

Allow people to enter a land of wish fulfillment

Fictional

Question 42

What do Sunnis and Shiites disagree about?

Answer 42

Inheritance/successors

Shiites want Ali, Muhammad’s son in law

Question 43

Which caliphates/empires are Sunni and which are Shiites?

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Abbasid and Fatimids were Shiites

Ghazhavids, Seljuk Turks, Umayyad, and Ayyubids were Sunnis

Question 44

Dhimmi

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The name for non Muslim people who surrendered by a treaty (dhimma) to Muslim domination

Question 45

How were high standards ensured at bazaars?

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Market inspectors enforced rules/guidelines about food/what can/can’t be sold at the bazaar

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What was sold at the bazaar?

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Goods from all over

Question 47

What was the importance of trade to Arab life, both in rural areas and in cities?

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Food, materials, gold, ideas, and culture

Strengthens the economy

Currency made (source of power)

Question 48

What role does the Tigris River play in terms of hygiene and trade?

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Provided water for homes in Baghdad

Transportation to different parts of Baghdad (trade route)

River is used to clean/sweep/water the city

Question 49

List the most prominent buildings in Baghdad

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Palace
Watch towers/barracks
Mosques
Hospitals/infirmaries

Question 50

In what ways did Baghdad function as an international city?

Answer 50

A lot of trade

On the Tigris River

Many people from different places