Unit 2 - Lesson 1 The Rise of Islam

Question 1

Bedouins

Answer 1

Arab desert nomads

Question 2

Mecca

Answer 2

-City in Western Arabia with Ka’aba
-Originally a center for trade

Question 3

Allah

Answer 3

God in Arabic

Question 4

What year was Muhammad born?

Answer 4

570 CE

Question 5

What year did Muhammad start to preach in Mecca

Answer 5

613 CE

Question 6

Hijrah

Answer 6

Migration from Mecca to Medina

Question 7

What year did Muhammad return to Mecca

Answer 7

630 CE

Question 8

What years was the Hijrah

Answer 8

622-630

Question 9

Islam

Answer 9

“Submission to the Will of Allah”

Question 10

Muslim

Answer 10

One who submits to the will of Allah

Question 11

What goods were brought to Arabia

Answer 11

Spices, Silk, Incense, Ivory, Precious Metals & Slik

Question 12

What year did Muhammad Die

Answer 12

632

Question 13

What are the Five Pillars of Islam

Answer 13

Faith
Prayer
Alms
Fasting
Pilgrimage (Hajj)

Question 14

Ulama

Answer 14

Religious teachers who apply words of Allah to everyday life.

Question 15

Qur’an

Answer 15

Holy Book of Muslims, world of Allah as revealed to Muhammad

Question 16

Sunna

Answer 16

Muhammad’s example of proper living

Question 17

shari’a

Answer 17

System of laws that moral conduct, family life & community life.

Question 18

What links Islam to Christianity and Judaism

Answer 18

-Belief the Jesus was prophet rather than son of God
-Qur’an perfects earlier revelations (Torah & Bible)
-Tolerance towards Christians and Jews

Question 19

Which empires neighbored at the time of the beginning of Islam?

Answer 19

Byzantine and Sassanid (Persian)

Question 20

Ka’aba

Answer 20

1. Religious Relic in Islam
2. Before Islam, was a temple filled with relics from various religions.
3. Believed to have been established by Ibrahim (Abraham)