Islam

Question 1

Islam got its start in the city of ___ in what is now ___.

Answer 1

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Question 2

In 610 A.D. a merchant named ___ had a religious vision.

Answer 2

Mohammad

Question 3

The speed in which ___ spread is one of the most amazing stories in ___ history.

Answer 3

Islam, World

Question 4

Islam flourished in a mercantile ___ that generated a lot of wealth and a gracious, ___, and ___ culture developed, centered in the cities of Bagdad and ___.

Answer 4

milieu,
sophisticated, cosmopolitan
Cordoba

Question 5

Bedouin

Answer 5

Nomadic tribes who moved from place to place, grazing their sheep goats and camels

Question 6

Kaba

Answer 6

A temple containing a black stone thought to be a god’s dwelling place

Question 7

Muhammad was a merchant who gained wealth when he married a widow named___

Answer 7

Khadija

Question 8

When Muhammad was about the age of ___, near Mecca, he had a vision of and angelic being who commanded him to preach the revelations that God would be sending him.

Answer 8

40

Question 9

Muhammad urged the people of Mecca to give up their ___ and submit to the one ___ God.

Answer 9

idols, invisible

Question 10

In 651 Muslims published a book known as the ___ and this became the sacred book of the religion of Islam.

Answer 10

Qu’ran

Question 11

Islam is a strict ___ faith.

Answer 11

monotheistic

Question 12

The word Islam means___, and a person who submits is called a ___.

Answer 12

surrender to God,

Muslim

Question 13

According to the Qu’ran, ___is the last in a series of prophets that included Abraham, Moses and Jesus.

Answer 13

Muhammad

Question 14

What are the 5 pillars of Islam

Answer 14

1. Profession of Faith
2. Pray 5 times a day
3. Observe Ramadan
4. Make Hajj
5. Zakat (alms)

Question 15

When the people of Mecca turned against Muhammad, he and his followers moved to the city of ___ in 622 A.D This emigration is called the ___.

Answer 15

Medina

Hijra

Question 16

By 632 Muhammad had welded together all the ___ tribes.

Answer 16

Bedouin

Question 17

Muhammad’s consolidation of power created the sense of unified __ or community

Answer 17

umma

Question 18

Islam developed in a context in which the Byzantine Empire stood for ___ culture and championed ___ and in which the Sassanid Empire espoused ___cultural traditions and favored the religious faith known as ___.

Answer 18

Hellenistic
Christianity
Persian
Zoroastrianism.

Question 19

When the Byzantine and Szassanid Empires came into conflict with each other the resulting disorder facilitated the growth of ___ states.

Answer 19

Muslim

Question 20

Islam spread to the north, east and west where in 711 A.D. Islamic forces defeated the Visigothic kingdom of ___ and controlled most of it until the 13th century

Answer 20

Spain

Question 21

Islamic advances in to France were stopped in the year ___A.D. when the ___ defeated the Muslim invaders near the city of Tours

Answer 21

7321, Franks

Question 22

By the 11th century the crescent of Islam flew from the __ heartlands to norther ___.

Answer 22

Iberian, India

Question 23

A key concept that inspired the spread of Islam was the idea of a ___, or holy war, which is not precisely explained in the Qu’ran, an its exact meaning is greatly debated with somescholars claiming it refers to ___ struggle against sin, while other scholars claim it means a ___ against unbeliever.

Answer 23

Jihad, individual, holy

Question 24

Given the context in which Islam developed, the Qu’ran sought to ___ the social position of women.

Answer 24

improve

Question 25

Modern scholars claim that the Islamic sacred book intended women as the ___ equals of men and gave them considerable ___ rights. However, this interpretation did not last and eventually the precepts of the Qu'ran were interpreted in more patriarchal ways.

Answer 25

spiritual, economical

Question 26

Additional interpretations to the Qu'ran categorized ways in which ___ were superior to ___.

Answer 26

men, women

Question 27

In present-day Muslim cultures, the veiling and ___ of women are sensitive issues.

Answer 27

seclusion

Question 28

By the year 800, ___ in more prosperous households stayed out of sight.

Answer 28

women

Question 29

A Sunni aphorism states "there shall be no ___ in Islam" and Muslims came to believe that a sexually frustrated person is dangerous to the ___.

Answer 29

monkery, community

Question 30

In Muslim society marriage is too important to be left to the ___ emotions of the young.

Answer 30

romantic

Question 31

As to family life, a Muslim tradition asserts that "Paradise is at the ___ feet."

Answer 31

Mother's

Question 32

While Muslim law permits ___, it is easy to see that it is discouraged. The Qur'an permits a man to have ___ wives provided that all are treated justly.

Answer 32

divorce, four

Question 33

In the period from 1000 - 1500 Islam looked favorably toward ___-making enterprises, which was not the case int the Christian West and Confucian East

Answer 33

profit

Question 34

The Islamic world made good use of waterways to trade deep into Russia and the city of ___ in Egypt.

Answer 34

Cairo

Question 35

___ became the major entry point for intercontinental trade.

Answer 35

Egypt

Question 36

The business practices of the Islamic world included use of the sakk, and Arabic word that is the root of the English word ___, and use of a bill of ___ and the idea of a joint-___company.

Answer 36

check exchange stock

Question 37

The medieval Muslim economy had ___ features

Answer 37

capitalistic

Question 38

A sophisticated culture was developing in the cities of the Muslim world, and the cities of ___ and ___.

Answer 38

Baghdad, Cordoba

Question 39

As a result of Muslim creativity and vitality, modern scholars consider about 900 to 1300 one of the most ___ periods in the world's history.

Answer 39

brilliant

Question 40

By the late 10th century, Muslims came to view a Christian, however much assimilated as an unbeliever, and the word carried a ___ connotation.

Answer 40

perjorative

Question 41

A Muslim who converted to Christianity immediately incurred a sentence of ___.

Answer 41

death

Question 42

On the other hand, European's perceptions of Islam as a ___ helped inspire the ___ of the 11th - 13th centuries

Answer 42

menace, Crusades

Question 43

Medieval attitudes toward Islam deteriorated to the point that Christian literature portrayed Muslims as the most dreadful of Europe's ___, and Dante consigned Muhammad to the ninth circle of hell as a spreader of ___ and ___.

Answer 43

enemies, discord, scandal

Question 44

Today nearly ___% of the world's population proclaims the religion of Islam, and it is a dominant religion on ___ continents.

Answer 44

25, 3

Question 45

In the West there is a lot of ___ and ___ toward Islam, but it is also true that Islamic scholars kept the learning of the ___ civilizations alive while Europe suffered through the so-called ___.

Answer 45

fear, misunderstanding, ancient, dark ages

Question 46

Muhammad was born in ___ A.D. and spent his early life in the city of ___.

Answer 46

570, Mecca

Question 47

At the age of 6 he was ___, which probably made him sympathetic to outsiders.

Answer 47

orphaned

Question 48

He was born into the context of ___ society, which featured an ___ culture, and a lot of ___ between tribes, especially over access to ___.

Answer 48

tribal oral warfare water

Question 49

Each tribal faction had its own ___.

Answer 49

gods

Question 50

In Mecca, the ___ was a sacred location where various idols wee venerated. Tradition claimed it was built by ___ the original prophet of the Hebrew Old Testament.

Answer 50

Ka'bah, Abraham

Question 51

When tribes approached the Ka'bah they laid down their ___.

Answer 51

weapons

Question 52

Mecca was a key cultural and economic center and served as the connection between the Mediterranean ___ and the ___ Ocean, linking ___ and ___ to ___ and ___.

Answer 52

``` Sea Indian Byzantium Persia India China ```

Question 53

When Muhammad was 25 years old a wealthy widow name ___ proposed marriage. This relationship enabled Muhammad to become a successful merchant and the making of ___ was always respected in subsequent Muslim culture.

Answer 53

Khadija, profits

Question 54

Muhammad gained a reputation as "The ___ One" as he often meditated disputes.

Answer 54

Trusted

Question 55

When Muhammad was about ___ years old he had a vision and his prophetic career got started.

Answer 55

40

Question 56

Muhammad's message: Give you your ___ because there is only ___ God. This social implication was radical: one God meant one ___, so all tribal division had to end.

Answer 56

idols, one, peopler

Question 57

Muhammad's prophetic message was linked to social ___, and the notion of the ___ of all.

Answer 57

justia, equality

Question 58

Those who accepted the message were called ___, meaning those who have surrendered to God.

Answer 58

Muslims

Question 59

Around 650 A.D., Muslims decided that Muhammad's teaching must be written down and the result was the ___.

Answer 59

Qur'an

Question 60

Muslims rejected the use of ___ or images to depict God, and when asked about Muhammad's miracles responded by claiming that the Qur'an was the ___.

Answer 60

sculpture, miracle

Question 61

In 619 A.D., Muhammad's ___and ___died and he and his followers were being pressured out of Mecca.

Answer 61

Wife, uncle

Question 62

In 622 A.D. Muhammad and his band of followers traveled to another city, and this is known as the ___.

Answer 62

Hijrah

Question 63

As Muhammad gained stature the city became known as ___, the city of the prophet.

Answer 63

Medina

Question 64

As a religion, Islam respects Judaism and Christianity as people of the ___ with Muhammad as the last ___ in tradition that goes back to Abraham and includes Jesus.

Answer 64

book, prophet

Question 65

A revelation called for prater toward the ____

Answer 65

Ka'bah

Question 66

The conflict between Mecca and Medina featured ___ bloody battles and __ years of war. Eventually the Muslims had ___ troops poised to conquer Mecca. Muhammad's forces broke with tradition when they did not exact ___ but instead they destroyed the old ___ of the various ___ tribes.

Answer 66

``` 3, 3 10,000 revenge idols bedouin ```

Question 67

Within ___ years a major Islamic ___ was in place, and within ___ years it controlled an area from ___ in the West to ___ in the East including ___ of the Byzantine Empire.

Answer 67

50, empire 200 Spain, China 2/3

Question 68

Reasons for Islam's rapid advance included discontentment with the ___ that the conquered peoples had been living in, and the amount of ___ that was granted to conquered peoples.

Answer 68

freedom, regimes

Question 69

Islam was free of ___, and this was attractive to people who felt that the Christian clergy were becoming corrupt and abusing their power and influence.

Answer 69

clergy

Question 70

The Islamic Empire also offered ___ in a vacuum created when the ___ had collapsed.

Answer 70

solidarity, Roman Empire