Test- 9/25- How did Islam spread so quickly?

Question 1

Allah

Answer 1

The one god of Islam

Question 2

Pagan

Answer 2

a person holding religious beliefs other than the well known beliefs

Question 3

Ka’ba

Answer 3

• Holy shrine in Mecca

Question 4

Islam

Answer 4

Arabic word for submission and a religion started by Muhummad

Question 5

Quran

Answer 5

Holy book of Islam citation of Muhummad’s word

Question 6

Pilgrimage

Answer 6

a devotional practice made by horseback or feet toward a significant destination

Question 7

Ramadan

Answer 7

an annual one month long fasting period

Question 8

610 CE

Answer 8

Muhummad goes to Mt.hira and encounters the Archangel Gabriel that tells him about Allah.

Question 9

632 CE

Answer 9

Muhummad’s death and the making of the Quran

Question 10

622 CE

Answer 10

Muhummad decides to leave mecca with 70 families to 250 miles north to Medina

Question 11

624 CE

Answer 11

During prayer session muhummad symbolically turned his body towards Mecca saying a new religion has been born.

Question 12

628 CE

Answer 12

Returns to Mecca and starts making changes.

Question 13

What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

Answer 13

Confession of belief, Prayer 5 times a day, Ramadan annual 1 month long fast, Charity, pilgrimages

Question 14

What were the three religious groups one could find in Mecca before Muhammad’s revelations?

Answer 14

Arab pagans, Christians and Jews

Question 15

What were the names of the two empires in the year 570?

Answer 15

Byzantine and persian Empire

Question 16

What were the 3 easiest cities to reach from Mecca?

Answer 16

Aden, Medina and Petra

Question 17

Why was Mecca a trade center for the Arabian Peninsula?

Answer 17

It was at the crossroads of caravan trades, it also had exotic materials. They were close to famous trade routes and also near the coast that allowed for land and sea travel.

Question 18

What are four other regions Muslim trade routes went to?

Answer 18

Spain, China, India and East Africa

Question 19

What are qualities of someone who is favored by God, according to the Quran?

Answer 19

Devout, sincere, patient, humble, charitable and chaste, those who fast and are ever mindful of God.

Question 20

When are Muslims allowed to fight?

Answer 20

Only when they are attacked first

Question 21

What does the Quran suggest about the value of human life?

Answer 21

Killing someone is like killing all mankind and saving someone is like saving all mankind.

Question 22

What does the Quran suggest about Islam’s view of private property?

Answer 22

They respected it and said nobody should take it by any unjustful manner

Question 23

By what year was Mecca under Muslim control?

Answer 23

By 632

Question 24

By what year was Jerusalem under Muslim control?

Answer 24

By 661

Question 25

By what year was Baghdad under Muslim control?

Answer 25

By 661

Question 26

By what year was Saragoss under Muslim control?

Answer 26

By 750

Question 27

What was the ghazu?

Answer 27

Raids against other tribes.

Question 28

What was the ummah?

Answer 28

Muslim community.

Question 29

What was the purpose of the ghazu in the years before Islam?

Answer 29

It was to fill their inadequate resources by stealing from other tribes.

Question 30

How did Islam change the way the ghazu worked?

Answer 30

They were only allowed to steal from Non-muslim communities.

Question 31

Why were the Arabs able to conquer much of Persia and parts of Byzantium?

Answer 31

Persia and Byzantine fought for so long when Arabs came they had encountered a power vacuum.

Question 32

What is a caliph?

Answer 32

A spiritual leader of Mu
slims