World History Quiz 1 Flashcards

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Quran

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

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Arabian Peninsula

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a desert land that lack rivers and lakes

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Makkah

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

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Kaaba

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

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Allah

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Islam God, admittance to Heaven

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Abraham

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

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Muhammad

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Arabian Peninsula’s prophet

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Khadija

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Muhammad’s employer, wife, and rich widow

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Islam

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

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Muslims

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people who follow the Quran

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Madinah

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north of Yathrib, the city of the prophet

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Hijrah

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the journey of Muhammad and his followers

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Hajj

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when Muslims make a required pilgrimage to Makkah

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Shari’ah

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

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Jihad

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fair defensive war fare permitted by the Quran

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Abu Bakr

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

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Caliph

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secular and spiritual leader of the Islamic community

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Mu’awiyah

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governor of Syria, one of Ali’s chief rivals

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Umayyad

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a dynasty established by Mu’awiyah

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Damascus

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the capital of the Arab Empire

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Berbers

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a pastoral people living on the mediteranian coast of northern Africa

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Hussein

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

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Sunnis

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Shiites

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Abu al-Abbas
descendant of Muhammad's uncle
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Abbasid
a dynasty set up by Abu al-Abbas
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Baghdad
holder of a new capital city
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Aarun al-Rashid
best known of caliphs
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Seljuk Turks
a nomad Ice people from centeral Asia
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Mongols
a pastoral people who swept out of the Gobi in the early thirteenth century to seize control over much of the known world
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Mosque
a holy place where Muslims worship
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Bazaar
covered market
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Dowry
a gift of money or property
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Arabesques
decorations repeated over and over in geometric patterns
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Belief (Pillar of Islam)
Believing in only one deity which is God and Muhammad his messenger
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Prayer (Pillar of Islam)
Performing the prescribed prayers 5 times a day
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Charity (Pillar of Islam)
Giving part of one's wealth to the poor
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Fasting (Pillar of Islam
Refraining from food and drink from dawn to dusk through the holy month of Ramadan
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Pilgrimage (Hajj) (Pillar of Islam)
Making a pilgrimage to Makkah once in a lifetime