Muslim World

Question 1

Located where?

Answer 1

Arabian peninsula the crossroad to Asia Africa and Europe

Question 2

What was the problem and what succeeded?

Answer 2

Trades routes increased but water was low because of location but trade and natural surroundings helped

Question 3

Did they settle and why?

Answer 3

Yes they did because they found access to trade water through wells

Question 4

Main cities?

Answer 4

Mecca and Medina

Question 5

Religion?

Answer 5

Islam

Question 6

Follower is called what?

Answer 6

A Muslim

Question 7

Founder and what he’s called?

Answer 7

Muhammad and he’s expressed as the prophet

Question 8

The one and only god was who?

Answer 8

Allah

Question 9

Those who believed in principle of Islam were called what

Answer 9

Muslims

Question 10

Holy Book?

Answer 10

Qur’an or the Koran and they were written in Arabic

Question 11

What regulates family and and moral conduct

Answer 11

Shari’a

Question 12

Moses and Jesus were earlier prophets who were what?

Answer 12

Accepted

Question 13

Five Pillars of Islam; first

Answer 13

Faith; testify a statement of faith

Question 14

Five pillars of Islam; second

Answer 14

Prayer; five times a day pray towards Mecca or may assemble at a mosque

Question 15

Five Pillars of Islam; third

Answer 15

Alms; charity or giving to the less fortunate

Question 16

Five Pillars of Islam; fourth

Answer 16

Fasting; during holy month of Ramadan, Muslims do not eat between dawn and sunset

Question 17

Five Pillars of Islam; fifth

Answer 17

Pilgrimage; if able perform Hajj to Mecca

Question 18

Hijrah

Answer 18

Migration to Medina this marks the beginning journey of Muslim Calendar and Islam

Question 19

Medinas maiden name?

Answer 19

Yathrib aka the city of prophet

Question 20

Is the calendar still used today

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

Who rules after Muhammad’s death?

Answer 21

His father in law aka Abu Bakr

Question 22

After Abu Bakr’s who rules?

Answer 22

Ali, Muhammads son in law and became caliph in 656

Question 23

Where did the Umayyad Dynasty move to and from?

Answer 23

They moved capital of Arab Empire from Medina to Damascus

Question 24

What was caused after Ali’s death?

Answer 24

Shi’a and Sunni division

Question 25

Reason for Sunni and Shi’a?

Answer 25

Caused by disagreement over succession or choosing the next Caliph

Question 26

What did Shi’a and Sunni cause?

Answer 26

War and conflict aka attack on Constantinople but failed

Question 27

Shi’a believed what?

Answer 27

That the next caliph should be related to Muhammad somehow

Question 28

Sunni believed what?

Answer 28

They wanted to elect the next caliph and believed the first four

Question 29

What did Sufi what?

Answer 29

A life of poverty and devotion to a spiritual path

Question 30

The Battle of Tours

Answer 30

Franks and Muslims they stopped Muslims from advancing beyond Spain and Western Europe but Muslims defeated the by Charles Martel

Question 31

Abbasid Dynasty

Answer 31

The Islamic capital moved to Baghdad and in 750 Muhammad overthrew the Umayyad dynasty

Question 32

Other known facts about Abbasid

Answer 32

They increased authority but failed to politically to control their immense territory also rulers formed their own independent dynasty’s

Question 33

Achievements

Answer 33

Dome of the Rock (church) located in Jerusalem. Mosaics are pictures or pattern made up of small arranged colored tile or glass. Arabic alphabet, universities, translation of ancient texts into Arabic, Arabic numerals, Algebra, Medicine, and expansion of geographic knowledge (science).