islam

Question 1

muhammad

Answer 1

• the chosen one by God

Question 2

mosque

Answer 2

a house of worship in islam

Question 3

qur’an

Answer 3

holy book of islam

Question 4

hadith

Answer 4

sayings said by Muhammad

Question 5

sunnah

Answer 5

• habit
• custom
• pattern of action

Question 6

quraysh

Answer 6

• tribe that muhammad was from

- most powerful tribe

Question 7

mecca

Answer 7

• birthplace of muhammad

- holiest city for muslims

Question 8

medina

Answer 8

holy site for muslim pilgrims

Question 9

shahada (5 pillars of islam)

Answer 9

to state the belief in one God and the prophet Muhammad

Question 10

salat (5 pillars of islam)

Answer 10

to pray 5 obligatory prayers each day

Question 11

zakah (5 pillars of islam)

Answer 11

to pay obligatory charity

Question 12

sawm (5 pillars of islam)

Answer 12

to fast from dawn to sunset during the month of ramadan each year

Question 13

hajj (5 pillars of islam)

Answer 13

to make the trek to mecca once in a lifetime

Question 14

hijra

Answer 14

• journey from mecca to medina

- the start of islam

Question 15

night of power

Answer 15

when muhammad first receives his revelation

Question 16

khadijah

Answer 16

• muhammad’s wife

- widow

Question 17

aisha

Answer 17

• daughter of abu bakr
• 9-14 years old
• one of muhammad’s wives
• feisty, outspoken

Question 18

fatima

Answer 18

• muhammad’s only daughter to survive after his death

- plays an important role in society- guidance

Question 19

islam in spain

Answer 19

center of learning

Question 20

cordoba

Answer 20

in spain

Question 21

the role of women in early islam

Answer 21

• women were powerful

Question 22

the crusades

Answer 22

• 8-9

- they were wars between european christians and middle eastern muslims

Question 23

1st crusade

Answer 23

• europeans win —> control Jerusalem

- capitalization on the political fragmentation on the islamic world

Question 24

3rd crusade

Answer 24

• muslims recapture Jerusalem and manage to keep it for 100 years
• saladin, muslim leader, is often credited for the victory

Question 25

al hakim

Answer 25

• started the crusades

- he burnt the Church of the holy sepulchre

Question 26

Church of holy sepulchre

Answer 26

where Jesus was crucified

Question 27

significance of jerusalem

Answer 27

- judaism
   • king david was from here
   • homeland for early jews
   • abraham almost sacrificed his son here
- christianity
   • Jesus crucified --> resurrected --> buried
- islam
   • "night journey"
   • muslims prayed towards jersualem

Question 28

pope urban the 2nd

Answer 28

calls for a holy war

Question 29

saladin

Answer 29

• muslim leader

- credited for the victory of the 3rd crusade

Question 30

effects of the crusades on europe

Answer 30

knowledge

Question 31

effects of the crusades on the islamic world

Answer 31

no effect

Question 32

holy war

Answer 32

a war declared or waged in support of a religious cause

Question 33

jihad

Answer 33

• ” a moral struggle”
• “striving”
  ex. financial problems, health problems

Question 34

house of wisdom

Answer 34

• muslim center of learning

- where all the intellectuals go

Question 35

islamic contributions to medicine/science, architecture, and math

Answer 35

• cataract surgery –> the first to learn
• hospitals
• anatomy

Question 36

muslims’ impact on european knowledge

Answer 36

• all of the knowledge spreads to europe

- contributes to the renaissance