Week 5

Question 1

al-Ma’mun

Answer 1

Abbasid caliph who had strong belief in knowledge

Question 2

Bayt al-Hikma

Answer 2

House of Wisdom. Established by al-Ma-mun.

Question 3

3 Influences in Islamic Philosophy

Answer 3

Aristotelian, Platonist, Neo-Platonic

Question 4

Abu Nasr al-Farabi

Answer 4

Dubbed second teacher after Aristotle

Question 5

Avicenna

Answer 5

The great master. Manual of medicine and philosophy.

Question 6

al-Ghazali

Answer 6

Didn’t like philosophy, was a philosopher. Was a sufi.

Question 7

Averroes

Answer 7

Believed Greek philosophy and shari’a law could go hand in hand.

Question 8

Hikma

Answer 8

Wisdom

Question 9

Dhimmi

Answer 9

When non-Muslims were protected by Muslim governments.

Question 10

Islam and North Africa

Answer 10

Dominated by Umayyad dynasty and produced many sufis.

Question 11

Islam and Spain

Answer 11

Muslims arrived there in 711 and established Umayyad dynasty that lasted for centuries.

Question 12

Council of Nicaea

Answer 12

325 CE. The council which determined whether Jesus was the same substance as God or just similar.

Question 13

Council of Chalcedon

Answer 13

Determined that Jesus was composed of both manhood and Godhood. This created divide between East and West Rome.

Question 14

Greek vs Latin Rome

Answer 14

Greek rome was in the east, and Latin in the west. Greek Easterns spoke greek, and believed in Orthodoxy. Latin Westerners were catholics.

Question 15

Gregory Nyssa

Answer 15

Eastern Orthodox Christian.

Question 16

Gregory of Nazianzus

Answer 16

Patriarch of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodoxy)

Question 17

Christianizing the Slavs

Answer 17

Eastern Orthodox Christians went on missions to Slavic people in Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and Serbia.

Question 18

Factors that led to the decline of Christianity from 500-950

Answer 18

The fall of the Roman empire. The rise of Islam.

Question 19

The Beginning of the Crusades

Answer 19

It began as a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. After the Turks took it over, it became hard for them to be pilgrims. So they fought.

Question 20

First Crusade

Answer 20

Christians wanted to overthrow Muslims in the Holy Land. 1095 CE

Question 21

Inquisitions

Answer 21

Periods of time after the crusades when Christians were killing or excommunicating other Christians whom they thought were heretics.

Question 22

Arianism

Answer 22

A Christian belief system that does not believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ.

Question 23

Cathars

Answer 23

They were believed to be associated with Arianism and feminist thought, they were persecuted during inquisitions.

Question 24

Waldensian Movement

Answer 24

A group of Christians who preached apostolic poverty who was persecuted during an inquisition.

Question 25

Common Missionary Teachings

Answer 25

1. Commitment to the view that the religion of the missionized people were the work of the devil 2. Emphasis on preaching and distributing gospel 3. Translation of Christian scripture