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The Muslim World Flashcards

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1
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What was Mecca before Islam?

A

A market town

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What is the Kaaba?

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An ancient shrine and Pilgrimage/tourist sight

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3
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When and where was Muhammad born?

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In 570 AD in Mecca

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4
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Who did Muhammad marry?

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Kadija

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5
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What did Muhammad hear at age 40?

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The voice of the angel Gabriel saying, “Proclaim.”

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6
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What does Islam mean?

A

Submission

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7
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Where did Muhammad go in 622 AD?

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Yathrib

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8
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What was Yathrib renamed?

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Medina

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9
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What did Muhammad do while in Medina?

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Led attacks on Mecca

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10
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When did Muhammad return to Mecca?

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630 AD

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11
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When did Muhammad die?

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632 AD

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12
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Who was the first elected caliph?

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Abu Bakr

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What is a caliph?

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Successor to Muhammad

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14
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What do Muslims call God?

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Allah

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15
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What is the Qur’an?

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The sacred text of Islam as revealed to Muhammad

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16
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What is a mosque?

A

Muslim house of worship

17
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What are the Five Pilars of Islam?

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Declaration of faith, prayer 5 times a day, charity for the poor, fasting from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, and the Hajj

18
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What is the Hajj?

A

Pilgrimage to Mecca

19
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What is the Sunna?

A

Muhammad’s example

20
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What did the Sharia do?

A

Regulates family life, moral conduct, business, and community life

21
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Who was the second caliph?

A

Umar

22
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Who was the third caliph?

A

Uthman

23
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Who was the fourth caliph?

A

Ali

24
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Who was the fifth caliph?

A

Ummayads

25
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What did Ummayads do?

A

He moved the capital to Damascus

26
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What are the two branches of Islam?

A

Sunni and Shi’a

27
Q

Which branch of Islam believes the caliph should be a relative of Muhammad?

A

Shi’a

28
Q

Who were the Bedouins?

A

Nomadic herders that adapted to desert life

29
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What percent of Muslims are Sunni?

A

90%

30
Q

Who captured Damascus and killed Umayyad family and when did they do it?

A

Abu al-Abbas; 750

31
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How long did the Abbasid dynasty last?

A

Until 1258

32
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What was the new capital after the Abbasids?

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Baghdad

33
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What is a minaret?

A

Slender towers of mosques from which the crier calls the faithful to prayer

34
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What astronomical inventions of the Muslims create?

A

The astrolabe

35
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In what period did Baghdad come under Muslim control?

A

Under the first for caliphs by 661

36
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What factors contributed to the spread of Islam?

A

Conquering territory, trade routes, etc.

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