Islam Civilization

Question 1

The word Muslim means

Answer 1

Follower of Islam

Question 2

Muhammad the messenger married a wealthy widow named

Answer 2

Khadijah

Question 3

Which angel gave the first revelations to the profit Muhammad.

Answer 3

Gabriel

Question 4

Name the three holiest cities in the Muslim world .

Answer 4

Mecca
Jerusalem
Medina

Question 5

What was the name of the city that Muhammad fled to in ad 622.

Answer 5

Medical

Question 6

Muhammad’s fleeing to medina

Answer 6

Hijrah

Question 7

The people of the Arabian peninsula are known as what?

Answer 7

Arabs

Question 8

Traveling merchants who use camels

Answer 8

Caravans

Question 9

What is a muezzin?

Answer 9

Prayer caller

Question 10

What is an imam?

Answer 10

Leader of mosques

Question 11

What is the ummah?

Answer 11

Community of believers

Question 12

What does the term jihad mean.

Answer 12

Conquered, struggle, holy wars to spread faith.

Question 13

What is the major shrine of Islam

Answer 13

Kaaba

Question 14

What is a green area fed by water

Answer 14

Oasis

Question 15

Who are the nomadic herders whose tribes lived in the Arabian peninsula.

Answer 15

Bedoins

Their leader was called a sheikh.

Question 16

Who were Arab holy men who were the first to proclaim the worship of one God and to denounce the worship of idols.

Answer 16

Hanifs

Question 17

Who was the founder of the monotheistic religion

.

Answer 17

Muhammad

Question 18

What is the official name of the Muslim religion

Answer 18

Islam

Question 19

What is the name of the one true God of Islam

Answer 19

Allah

Question 20

What is a pilgrimage?

Answer 20

A holy journey

Question 21

Name and describe all five pillars of Islam

Answer 21

Shahada: only God is Allan and his profit if Muhammad
Salat: pray 5 times a day towards Mecca
Sawm: give alms and charity to the poor
Zakat: required fasting ( no food or drink) during the day for the month of ramadon.
Haiti: must take journey to the city of Mecca at least once.

Question 22

Who were the first converts of Muhammad’s new religion?

Answer 22

Muhammad’s family and friends

Question 23

What is then holiest city in the Muslim world? Why?

Answer 23

Mecca, it is holy because that is where Muhammad was born.

Question 24

What word means successor and was used as the title of rulers of the Muslims.

Answer 24

Caliphs

Question 25

Who was the son in law of Muhammad who later became ruler.

Answer 25

Ali

Question 26

Who was the first. Successor of Muhammad

Answer 26

Abu Bakr

Question 27

What is an infidel

Answer 27

Not a Muslim

Question 28

What is the holy book of Islam

Answer 28

Karan

Question 29

What is the art of fancy handwriting

Answer 29

Calligraphy

Question 30

Where was e place that was believed the Muhammad ascended into heaven at death

Answer 30

Jerusalem

Question 31

What was the dynasty that was the first to unite all the lands

Answer 31

Umayyad

Question 32

What was the center of learning and knowledge in the Arab world

Answer 32

Baghdad

Question 33

What caused the split in among the Arabs

Answer 33

When people killed Muhammad's son in law

Question 34

What dynasty created the first multicultural Arab city in the world, and was known for the golden age of Islam

Answer 34

Abbasid

Question 35

The last Arab dynasty was overthrown by the

Answer 35

Mongols

Question 36

What branch of Muslims believe that caliphs were only political leaders, and did not have to be a descendant of Muhammad. ( largest)

Answer 36

Sunni

Question 37

What branch of Muslims is the group of of which more terrorists come from

Answer 37

Shiites

Question 38

What was the capital city of the Umayyad dynasty

Answer 38

Damascus

Question 39

What is the name given o the Muslim law

Answer 39

Shariah

Question 40

What became the first Islamic state/community in the world.

Answer 40

Medina

Question 41

The unifying factors that brought the Umayyad dynasty together

Answer 41

Common language Common religion Common law code

Question 42

What is the largest Muslim country in the world

Answer 42

Indonesia

Question 43

Why were Muslim armies so successful in conquest? What two choices were given to the people who converted?

Answer 43

Converter or die