SS Islam Flashcards
(113 cards)
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Giving alms
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Donate to charity
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Hajj
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Pilgrimage to mecca, one of the five pillars, must do once in life
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How many times do muslims pray a day
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5
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Who is the angel that came down to muhammad
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Gabriel
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Who is “the god” and what language is it in
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Allah and its in arabic
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Who is muhammad
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The prophet of allah, figure who started islam
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Ramadan?
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A holy month in which muslims fast
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What is eid ul fitr?
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A feast after the month of ramadan to celebrate the fast
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When was muhammad born?
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570
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Where did muhammad work before being a prophet?
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In a caravan business
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Who did muhammad marry and where did he meet her?
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Khadijah, he met her in the caravan business
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Muhammad told people about Gabriel when?
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613
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A palce where people worship gods
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Shrine
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What is the important shrine and where is located?
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The kaaba and it in mecca
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What is the holy book of islam?
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The quran
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What is the holy book of christianity?
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Bible
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What is “the prophets city”
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Medina
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What was the journey muhammad and his followers took to medina?
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The hegira
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When did muhammad leave on the hegira and what is the date’s significance?
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They left 622 and it is the start of the islamic calendar
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What was muhammads house
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The first mosque
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Where do muslims have to face when praying
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Mecca
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When did muhammad die?
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632
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What is part of the hebrew bible and is the holy book of judaism
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The torah
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What is the large black colth covering the kaaba?
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A kiswa
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Why do merchants get so much money on pilgrimages?
Everyone is traveling so people need food and goods to survive.
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Who do the muslims consider "people of the book"?
Jews and christians
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Who controlled mecca before islam
Quraysh
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Who is muhammads daughter?
Fatimah
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Hegira?
Journey
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What is it called when a religious leader is also the political leader?
Theocracy
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The fifth pillar of islam requires muslims who can make a trip to ________ for the _____.
Mecca and hajj
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The quran describes rights of women, including the right to _____________, ______________, _______________.
Own property, earn money, and get education
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__________ can refer to an inner stuggle people go through to bhave according to islamic ways or to struggle to defend the muslim community.
Jihad
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The ______________, which is based on the way muhammad lived, provides a model for the duties and the way of life expected of muslims.
Sunnah
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The central belief of islam is that there is only one god, and ______________ is his ______________.
Muhammad and prophet
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The sunnah provides muslims with guidelines for ____________, business, and government relations.
Personal
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Muslims are expected to fast from sunrise to sunset during the holy month of _______________, and the feast marking the end of the holiday is ____________________.
Ramadan and eid ul fitr
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______________ is a system of islamic law based on the _________ and the ____________.
Shariah, quran, sunnah
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Muslims believe that while MEDITATING in a cave thier prophet was given NEW AWARNESSES by the angel, ________. The vocabulary word that means to reveal is ________________.
Gabriel, revelations
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Who memorizes the quran?
A keeper
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What is there for sure in life for muslim belief?
A beginning and an end
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What do muslims believe is heaven and why?
They belive heaven is a cool garden filled with food and this is because they live on the hot arabian penninsula.
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What do all religions give for behavior and what is an example?
Guidelines, an example is 10 commandments
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What is the washing muslims undergo before praying?
Ablution
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What did many people own before muhammads time
Slaves
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What is monotheism and what is polytheism and which one is islam?
Monotheism=belief in 1 god and polytheism=belief in many gods, islam is monotheistic
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What is a new fact?
Revelation
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What is the way Muhamed live and an example for the life of Muslims?
Sunnah
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What is a muslim palce of worship in arabic?
Masjid
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What is a porch
Portico
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What is prayer niche?
A semi circle in the wall of the mosque that shows the direction of kabaa in Mecca which is the way to face one praying
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What is a raised platform in a church where preacher delivers a Sermon
Pulpit
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What is the significance of the dome of the rock in Jerusalem
It is a public place where people face to pray and it used to be the main way to face when praying for Islamic ways
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Why is Islam apeeling to Jews and Christians
Because it is a monotheistic belief
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Why is Islam unappealing to Jews and Christians
Because it came after their belief and they think it's wrong because of many different things
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Non-Muslim scholars have tried to trace origins of the Quran to other religious text such as the Bible. Why would this be blasphemous to practicing Muslims?
This would be blasphemous to practicing Muslims because they believe Islam is a totally separate belief from other texts and you're supposed to just believe it's true
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Ramadan maybe compared to the Jewish ritual of Yom Kippur or the Christian ritual of Lent. What is the significance of Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year strict fasting is from sunrise to sunset
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Which language is the Quran written in? Space space space. How was the Quran ordered as a book?
Written in Arabic the Quran is ordered from longest surrah (chapter) to the shortest chapter
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What is a chapter in Arabic
Surah
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Facts about the Torah?
Written in Hebrew, part of Hebrew Bible, holy book of Judaism, first five books of the Bible, oldest of all these books we are studying
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Facts about the Bible
It's the holy book of Christianity, the first five books come from the Torah, contains old testament in new
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Facts about quran
Muslims believe it's exact words God said, Muslims holy book, divided into 114 chapters or Surahs
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Facts about the Hadith
Written records of Muhamed's words and actions, based on the Sunna
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Facts about the Sunnah
Examples of duties and ways of life expected of Muslims, based on Hadith, refers to wait Muhamed lived
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What is the sharia
Islam law, based on interpretations of the quran on and the Sunna, collection of papers
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Obey allah go to blank disobeyed allah go to blank
Heaven and suffer
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Life duties are most commonly associated with which islamic book?
Sunnah
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What is the first pillar of faith
The Shahada , statement of faith, to except Islam Muslims must say once in their life there is no God but allah and Muhammad is his prophet
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What is the second pillar of faith
Salat, A daily prayer, Muslims must pray before sunrise at mid day late afternoon after sunset and before bed
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What is the third pillar of faith
Zakat, yearly donation to charity (giving alms), muslims must donate part of their income to the poor build structures and pay debts
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What is the fourth pillar of faith
Sawm, fasting for going without food and drink, muslims festering holy month of Ramadan meaning they don't drink or eat at all for a month
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What is the fifth pillar of faith
Hajj, pilgrimage to Mecca, once in their life Muslims must take a pilgrimage to the kaaba in Mecca
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Life's duties are most commonly associated with which islamic book?
The Sunnah
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Islamic law is based on which two books?
The sharia is what the Islam law is called and it is based on the Quran in the sunnah
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The holy mosque of the profit in Medina, built on the site of Muhammads home, and into entombing, Fatima, muhammad, and Abu bakr is the third holiest Islamic site. What is the first most holy site and why?
The kaaba in mecca. This is because Muhamed taught and lived in Mecca. The pilgrimage is a connection between history and geography
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The sharia is a system of Islamic law that judges the rightness of actions, what four-point scale of judgment was offered in the reading?
The four-point scale of judgment is based from required to excepted to disapproval to forbidden in the shariah
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Why doesn't islamic law make distinctions between religious beliefs and daily life
Muslims believe it's all the same
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What waterways is ancient Arabia surrounded by?
The red sea the Indian Ocean and the Persian gulf
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When you look at a map of the middle east which river in Babylon or Iraq is to the left and which river is to the right?
The Tigris river is it to the right and the Euphrates river is to the left
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Which bodies of water is ancient Greece or Rome surrounded by
The black sea in the Mediterranean Sea
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What is the old name of Iraq
Babylon
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What is the old name of turkey
Anatolia
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What is the old name of Iran and what bodies of water is Iran surrounded by
The old name was ancient Persia and it is surrounded by the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea
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Which body of water is the UAE by
The Persian Gulf
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Which two countries are by the Indian Ocean
Oman and yemen
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On my map which two countries are on the African continent
Egypt and Sudan
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Which continent is the Suez canal on
Africa
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What is the old name of Israel
Palestine
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What is Arabia known for
Oil
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What is trading over the ocean
Seafaring
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What is the word for being on the sea
Maritime
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What makes good fertilizers
Ashes
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What is a lot of
Plethora
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Exotic
Exotica
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Definition of ghutra
The large male head dress attached by chords
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What was the tent made of that the nomads set up
Wool skin and lumber
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What can camels do
They can survive without water or food for a long time
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What are date palms
Leaves are used for roofs and routes only need water to produce dates, leads are used for fuel and rope, trunk is used to carry water
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What is the surplus of food that is traded
Trade goods
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What is the white ankle link garment
Thawb
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What is the place things brought or a camel stomach
Fermenting vat
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who are people that live in movable tents
Nomads
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Nomad or organized for war
Bedouins
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What is the action of moving water from a source to crops
Irrigation
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Where do the crops grow
on the coastal plain where it is mostly wet
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What is the clothing that would be most comfortable and practical in the desert of the Arabian Peninsula
covering for the body and light color or a thwab or a ghutra
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Why would oases be important centers for trade in the Arabian Peninsula
Because it doesn't need water and produces shade
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What might coastal Plains have
Desalination plants
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Why might the culture of the mountain communities remain less changed over time then communities of the deserts oases or coastal Plains?
Because the culture is often detached because they are separatedpeople don't want to climb mountains, and it's like an island
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What is the hole that leads to underground water and moves to water to crops by air pressure
Qanat
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Who were the two wifes muhammad married?
Aisha and kadijah
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Where does the muezzin call out to people to pray?
A minaret
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Who is the person who calls people to come pray
The muezzin
