Mid-term exam and activity 9 Flashcards
When did the prophet Muhammad die?
632 CE
What is the term that refers to those who rules immediately after the death of Muhammad and were also his contemporaries?
rashidun
What is the most extended theological school in North Africa?
Maliki
This word literally means “the learned ones” and it refers to a class of religious leaders:
ulama
Where was Muhammad’s tribe from?
Mecca
Who were the first four caliphs?
Ali Akbar, Umar, Uthman and Ali
What’s the Arabic term to refer to the community of Muslims?
umma
What is the most extended theological school in Saudi Arabia?
Hanbali
According to the majority Shi’is, there are how many Imams after the death of Muhammad?
12
What does the period between 1954 and 1967 refer to?
the Arab Cold War
Muhammad Bouazizi was demonstrating against…
Police corruption
Who was the chief architect of the alliance between the Zionist movement and the Brits?
Chaim Weizmann
From what Jewish paramilitary group does the IDF come from?
The Haganah
In what year did the UN partition plan pass the map of the “two serpents”?
1947
According to Shi’is, who should have been the first caliph after Muhammad?
Ali
Which is not one of the major four madhab or traditions of Islamic jurisprudence?
Surfism, Hanbail, Maliki, Shafi’i
Sufism
The Hezbollah in Lebanon are best described as…
Twelver Shi’a
Which branch of Islam is the religious majority of Iran?
Twelver Shiism
What language does Iran speak?
Farsi’
Where did the Arab Spring start?
Tunisia
Marc Lynch coined the Arab Spring and “spring” refers to…
The Springtime of Nations in Europe 1848
Where was Ben Ali from?
Tunisia
When did the Arab uprising begin?
17th of December 2010
What country is the only one who has been able to remain a democracy (until recently) after the Arab Spring?
Tunisia
What is the name of the Egyptian president that was brought down by the Arab Spring?
Hosni Mubarak
What is the first step to democratization in a authoritarian regime?
Coalition of opposition parties
What started the constitutional crisis in Tunisia?
CNA members pledged to only spend one year writing the constitution
When was the constitution finalized in Tunisia?
27th of January 2014
Which political leader convinced the CNA in Tunisia to implement the “one voice”?
Mustapha Ben Jaafar
Who were the two dictator in Tunisia before the Arab Spring?
Habib Bourguiba and Ben Ali
When was the fall of Ben Ali?
January 14th 2011
Which two concepts were developed by Sayyid Qutb?
Jahiliyya and Hakimiyya
Which two groups were the main target of persecution in the beginning of the Sadat Era?
Nasserists and Socialists
Which new principle was applied by Jihasidst groups after the expansion of the Islamic movement?
Takfir
When was the GCC founded?
1981
Which are the six member states that composed the GCC?
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
Why was the GCC created?
To confront the Iran revolution and the Iran-Iraq war
Which are the most influential members of the GCC?
Saudi Arabia and UAE
What was the most significant effects of the new media environment during the Arab Uprising?
Shattered the ability of authoritarian regimes to control the flow of ideas and enforce public conformity
What technological advancements played a pivotal role in initiating the transformation that led to the Arab uprising?
Satellite television, the internet and cheap mobile phones
What event played a crucial role in bringing the Arab Cold War to a symbolic close?
The unification of Egypt and Syria to form the United Arab Republic (UAR)
What is meant with the term “the dispossessed”?
Men who have been marginalized and excluded from the shah’s modernization program concentrated in the large cities
What is meant with the term “Waithood”?
A period between adolescence and adulthood
In which period was Hashemi Rafsanjani’s presidency?
1989-1997
What does the term Moafaq mean?
successful
