Chapter 2

Question 1

What is the architectural style of Russian Cathedrals modeled after?

Answer 1

Byzantine style

Question 2

Islam is based on what 5 principles?

Answer 2

The five pillars: Shahadah, Salat, Zakat, Hajj, Sawm

Question 3

What did the Muslims believe about Jesus?

Answer 3

Jesus was a prophet, he was not a god, and he did not die a shameful death of crucifixion.

Question 4

Muhammad received a vision from which angel?

Answer 4

Gabriel

Question 5

Who are Muslims?

Answer 5

Followers of Islam

Question 6

Who wrote the Qur’an?

Answer 6

Abu bakr and other early Muslim leaders

Question 7

What two books of Islam teach warfare against those who reject Islam?

Answer 7

Qur’an and the Hadith

Question 8

In what area did Islam first spread?

Answer 8

Northern Africa

Question 9

What year did the Arabs defeat the Sassanid Empire?

Answer 9

637 AD

Question 10

During which Caliphate did the Islamic Renaissance of learning occur?

Answer 10

Abbasid

Question 11

According to the Muslims how can one obtain salvation?

Answer 11

by good works

Question 12

According to Islam, what does it teach about the bible?

Answer 12

that it is inconsistent and contradictory (full of errors)

Question 13

Muslims gained access to the teachings of what Greek philosophers?

Answer 13

Aristotle and Plato

Question 14

What was an important Byzantine weapon used against Islamic armies?

Answer 14

Greek Fire

Question 15

Are followers of Islam allowed to convert to another religion?

Answer 15

No

Question 16

In what year did the Seljuk Turks threaten Constantinople and

Answer 16

1071 AD

Question 17

What group of people from western Europe stopped the spread of Islam?

Answer 17

the Franks

Question 18

What is the destination of Islamic pilgrimages?

Answer 18

Mecca

Question 19

What was the name of Muhammads move from Mecca to Medina?

Answer 19

Hegira

Question 20

What does the title Caliph mean?

Answer 20

to succeed

Question 21

What is the month that Muhammad received his vision?

Answer 21

Ramadan

Question 22

What is the Islamic word for one who disagrees with Islam?

Answer 22

Infadel

Question 23

What is Damascus?

Answer 23

The New Capital of the Muslim Empire

Question 24

What does Sharia Law mean?

Answer 24

Islamic Law

Question 25

What does Jihad mean?

Answer 25

Holy War against non muslims

Question 26

What is the Arabic word for "the god"?

Answer 26

Allah

Question 27

What is the name for the leader of the Shiites?

Answer 27

Imam

Question 28

What is a Holy book of the Muslims?

Answer 28

Qur'an and Hadith

Question 29

What is the capital of Abbassid Caliphate?

Answer 29

Bagdad

Question 30

What is the Capital of the Byzantine Empire?

Answer 30

Constantinople

Question 31

What is Hajj?

Answer 31

Pilgrimage of Mecca at least once in a lifetime

Question 32

Where is the location of the Ka'bah?

Answer 32

Mecca

Question 33

Which empire is credited for reserving much of Western thought?

Answer 33

Byzantine

Question 34

Where was Islam's advance in Europe stopped?

Answer 34

The battle of Tours

Question 35

to what destination did Muhammad flee?

Answer 35

Medina

Question 36

Where was a Christian church established in 988?

Answer 36

Russia

Question 37

What impact did Charles Martel have on the Muslim advance in western Europe?

Answer 37

"the hammer" ended the muslim threat

Question 38

List the five pillars of islam

Answer 38

the recitations, praying five times a day, fasting, almsgiving, pilgramage to mecca

Question 39

Pertaining to the Roman Eastern Empire

Answer 39

Byzantine

Question 40

Another name for the revived Persian Empire.

Answer 40

Sassanid

Question 41

City that was a central place of Arab worship and also Muhammads birthplace.

Answer 41

Mecca

Question 42

A stone building in Mecca that was once used for pagan rituals but now a sacred Muslum site

Answer 42

Ka'bah

Question 43

The Holy month of Islam

Answer 43

Ramadan

Question 44

Sacred Islamic book that records Muhammads Visions

Answer 44

Qur'an

Question 45

Name of the Muslim god which is an Arabic word meaning the god.

Answer 45

Allah

Question 46

A small Oasis where Muhammad and his followers fled.

Answer 46

Medina

Question 47

Muhammads flight from Mecca to Medina.

Answer 47

Hegira

Question 48

The religion founded by Muhammad

Answer 48

Islam

Question 49

Where Muhammads army defeated the people of Mecca.

Answer 49

Battle of Badr

Question 50

Followers of Islam

Answer 50

Muslim

Question 51

Islamic Leader

Answer 51

Caliph

Question 52

Abu Bakr's campaign against Arabs who sought independence

Answer 52

Wars of Apostasy

Question 53

Literally means follower.

Answer 53

Shiite

Question 54

Literally means adherent.

Answer 54

Sunni

Question 55

Litterally means Leader

Answer 55

Imam

Question 55

Central Islamic practices of affirming Islam

Answer 55

Five Pillars

Question 55

Collections of writings about Muhammads life.

Answer 55

Hadith

Question 55

Islamic Law

Answer 55

Sharia

Question 56

Islamic Holy War

Answer 56

Jihad

Question 57

Unbelievers

Answer 57

Infadels

Question 58

Muslim dynasty that moved the capital of the empire to damascus.

Answer 58

Umayyad

Question 59

The new capital of the muslim empire under the umayyads.

Answer 59

Damascus

Question 60

Muslim caliphate under which Islam experienced a renaissance.

Answer 60

Abbasid

Question 61

The new capital of the muslim empire under the Abbasid Dynasty.

Answer 61

Baghdad

Question 62

Ancient city of Byzantium

Answer 62

Constantinople

Question 63

A chemical weapon used by the Byzantines against their enemies.

Answer 63

Greek Fire

Question 64

Took the English throne after Cromwell's death.

Answer 64

Charles Martel