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Islam Flashcards

0
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What way do the Muslims pray?

A

Towards Mecca

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What is the name of a follower of Islam?

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A Muslim

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What is the importance of Mecca?

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It is the city Muhammed was born and raised in.

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Who is Muhammed?

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The Muslims main profit

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True or false, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam follow the same God?

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True.

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What is the Quran

A

The sacred book

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What is a mosque?

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Buildings for Muslim prayer.

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What does Islam mean?

A

To submit to God.

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What is the Quran?

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The Islam Holy book.

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What does the Quran include?

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Describes acts of worship, guidelines for moral behavior, and rules for social and daily life.
Also describes relations between people.

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10
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True or false, Islam is polytheistic?

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False, Islam believes in one God called Alla.

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What did Muhammad prophesies?

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The world has a beginning and an end, and at that end, Alla will judge us.

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What happened if you did not obey Alla?

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You would live in suffering.

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What happened if you obeyed Alla.

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You would love in paradise.

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What is a Jihad?

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The inner struggle people go through where God does not directly intervene.

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What happened after Muhammad died?

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Muslims in Arabia began conquering their neighbours.

16
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What where the rules the Arabian Muslims set?

A
  • you could not build places of worship
  • you cannot dress like a Muslim.
  • only Christians and Jews could practice their own religion.
17
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Why did the Arabian Muslims make rules for non Muslims?

A

To make the non Muslims less then them.

18
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Why did Islam spread so easily?

A

Trade routes. They traveled on the Silk Road.

19
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How far did Islam spread?

A

All the way from Africa and Spain, to India and China.

20
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What empire did Rome grow into?

A

The Byzantine Empire.

21
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What was Constantinople renamed?

A

Byzantium.

22
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What language did the Byzantines speak?

A

Greek.

23
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Why did the Byzantines speak Greek?

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Because how close Constantinople/Byzantium was to Greece.

24
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Why was Byzantium so important to the Muslims?

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The only way to get to Europe from Arabia or vice versa on land was to go through that city.

25
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Ottoman Empire.

A

These questions are on the Ottoman Empire.

26
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Who started the Ottoman Empire?

A

A group of Muslim Turks.

27
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Who was Mehmed II, and why was he famous?

A

Conquered Byzantium and defeated the Byzantine Empire.

28
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What was Mehmed II nicknamed?

A

The conquerer.

29
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What did the city of Byzantium become?

A

Istanbul.

30
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What are Janissaries?

A

Christian born boys from conquered villages who where converted to Islam.

31
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Spread of Islam with the Byzantine empire.

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After this point, all questions are on the Byzantine Empire

Ancient Civilizations S2 (23 decks)

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