Islam

Question 0

What is the Hejaz?

Answer 0

Farm land on the west coast

Question 1

What is the terrain like in the Arabian Peninsula?

Answer 1

Desert

Question 2

Who were the two groups before Mohammed?

Answer 2

The bedouins (nomadic desert dwellers) and the Hezajis (city dwellers)

Question 3

Why was Mecca important?

Answer 3

Because of religion and trading

Question 4

What was the religious stone?

Answer 4

The Kaaba

Question 5

Did Islam have priests?

Answer 5

No because “spiritual equality”

Question 6

Basic facts about Muhammeds childhood:

Answer 6

• He was illiterate
• He was an orphan
• He was from Mecca
• And was viewed as an unlikely profit

Question 7

Who was Khadijah?

Answer 7

Mohammed’s wife and employer (who was a wealthy widow)

Question 8

How did Mohammed get reached from God?

Answer 8

He was meditating and Gabriel the Angel came and spoke to him

Question 9

What was the Hegira?

Answer 9

In 622 AD it was Mohammed’s flight from Mecca to Yathrib

Question 10

What did Yathribs name get changed to?

Answer 10

Medina, meaning “city of profits”

Question 11

What does the term “Islam” mean?

Answer 11

“Submission to the will of Allah”

Question 12

What kind of religion is Islam?

Answer 12

Monotheistic, only believe in Allah as the supreme God

Question 13

What is the Holy Book called?

Answer 13

The Quran “gods last revolution”

Question 14

What are the 5 pillars?

Answer 14

1. The statement of faith (shahada)
2. Praying 5 times a day (salat) (created unity)
3. Charity (alms, zakat)
4. Fasting (sawn) during month of Ramadan
5. Pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj)

Question 15

Who was the first caliph?

Answer 15

Abu Bakr

Question 16

Why was there growth of the empire?

Answer 16

Motivation (jihad, economicly needed agriculture) and a strong military and neighbors were weak

Question 17

How did they treat the conquered?

Answer 17

They were tolerant as long as abided by Muslim rule and paid taxes

Question 18

What did the 5th caliph do?

Answer 18

He made it a hereditary dynasty and changed the capital to Damascus (Syria)

Question 19

What type of government was present?

Answer 19

Monarchy or theocracy (religious)

Question 20

How did the Umayyad dynasty end?

Answer 20

Overthrown

Question 21

What were the problems with the Umayyad dynasty?

Answer 21

Tensions created by ethnic problems and religious (Sunnis and Shiites)

Question 22

What did the Sunnis and Shiites separately believe in?

Answer 22

The Sunnis believe in the Umayyad dynasty

And the Shiites believe in Ali

Question 23

What was the capital of the Abbasid dynasty?

Answer 23

Baghdad

Question 24

What was considered the golden age of Islam?

Answer 24

The Abbasid Dynasty

Question 25

Why was the Abbasid Dynasty so successful?

Answer 25

Trade, inventions, and opportunities

Question 26

What happened in 1258 AD?

Answer 26

The Mongols sacked Baghdad

Question 27

How would you describe the political aspect of Islam?

Answer 27

"No rigid line between church and state"

Question 28

Was trade important?

Answer 28

Very, because agriculture was horrible and Islam had three great trade centers: Baghdad, Damascus, and Cairo

Question 29

What was the largest class?

Answer 29

The middle because of high amounts of merchants

Question 30

How were women treated?

Answer 30

Had basically no rights, could only leave house for 3 reasons. But could own property, and had respect.

Question 31

Who was Ali?

Answer 31

The 4th caliph

Question 32

Who was Harun al-Rashid?

Answer 32

He was the best caliph during the Abbasid dynasty

Question 33

What is the definition of Islam?

Answer 33

"Submission to the will fof the Allah"

Question 34

What is a hajj?

Answer 34

Pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 35

What was the caliph?

Answer 35

The secular leader of the Islamic Community

Question 36

What is "a struggle in the way of God", a holy war, or spreading of Islam known as?

Answer 36

Jihad

Question 37

What are Islams most significant accomplishments?

Answer 37

Math (algebra, geometry, physics), science (astronomy, chemistry, alchemy), medicine (hospitals, germs), paper (literature), preserved greek-roman works,

Question 38

Why didn't any of Mohammed's children become his successor?

Answer 38

None of his sons were alive at his passing, and his daughters could not become rulers