World History Quiz 1

Question 1

Quran

Answer 1

A book similar to the bible that provided fundamental guidelines for all Muslims in spiritual affairs, politics, economics, and social life.

Question 2

Arabian Peninsula

Answer 2

a desert land that lack rivers and lakes

Question 3

Makkah

Answer 3

A small town of about 3,000 people located in the Arabian Peninsula, holy city

Question 4

Kaaba

Answer 4

a house of worship whose cornerstone was called the black stone (sacred)

Question 5

Allah

Answer 5

Islam God, admittance to Heaven

Question 6

Abraham

Answer 6

a man who was believed to build at Makkah with his son Ishmale

Question 7

Muhammad

Answer 7

Arabian Peninsula’s prophet

Question 8

Khadija

Answer 8

Muhammad’s employer, wife, and rich widow

Question 9

Islam

Answer 9

a religion of Islam that arose in the Arabian Peninsula whose prophet was Muhammad

Question 10

Muslims

Answer 10

people who follow the Quran

Question 11

Madinah

Answer 11

north of Yathrib, the city of the prophet

Question 12

Hijrah

Answer 12

the journey of Muhammad and his followers

Question 13

Hajj

Answer 13

when Muslims make a required pilgrimage to Makkah

Question 14

Shari’ah

Answer 14

a law code that provides believers with a set of practical laws for everyday life

Question 15

Jihad

Answer 15

fair defensive war fare permitted by the Quran

Question 16

Abu Bakr

Answer 16

a wealthy merchant, Muhammad’s father-in-law

Question 17

Caliph

Answer 17

secular and spiritual leader of the Islamic community

Question 18

Mu’awiyah

Answer 18

governor of Syria, one of Ali’s chief rivals

Question 19

Umayyad

Answer 19

a dynasty established by Mu’awiyah

Question 20

Damascus

Answer 20

the capital of the Arab Empire

Question 21

Berbers

Answer 21

a pastoral people living on the mediteranian coast of northern Africa

Question 22

Hussein

Answer 22

second son of Ali, son-in-law of Muhammad

Question 23

Sunnis

Answer 23

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Question 24

Shiites

Answer 24

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Question 25

Abu al-Abbas

Answer 25

descendant of Muhammad’s uncle

Question 26

Abbasid

Answer 26

a dynasty set up by Abu al-Abbas

Question 27

Baghdad

Answer 27

holder of a new capital city

Question 28

Aarun al-Rashid

Answer 28

best known of caliphs

Question 29

Seljuk Turks

Answer 29

a nomad Ice people from centeral Asia

Question 30

Mongols

Answer 30

a pastoral people who swept out of the Gobi in the early thirteenth century to seize control over much of the known world

Question 31

Mosque

Answer 31

a holy place where Muslims worship

Question 32

Bazaar

Answer 32

covered market

Question 33

Dowry

Answer 33

a gift of money or property

Question 34

Arabesques

Answer 34

decorations repeated over and over in geometric patterns

Question 35

Belief (Pillar of Islam)

Answer 35

Believing in only one deity which is God and Muhammad his messenger

Question 36

Prayer (Pillar of Islam)

Answer 36

Performing the prescribed prayers 5 times a day

Question 37

Charity (Pillar of Islam)

Answer 37

Giving part of one’s wealth to the poor

Question 38

Fasting (Pillar of Islam

Answer 38

Refraining from food and drink from dawn to dusk through the holy month of Ramadan

Question 39

Pilgrimage (Hajj) (Pillar of Islam)

Answer 39

Making a pilgrimage to Makkah once in a lifetime