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Foy WH Ch. 12 Test
Question | Answer |
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What are the Five Pillars of Islam? | 1. saying there is no God but God and Muhammad is his prophet 2. pray five times a day 3. giving to poor and needy 4. fast during Ramadan 5. travel to Mecca on a hajj |
Why did Muhammad’s teachings upset many people? | They were polytheistic and he taught that there was one god. Muhammad taught that poor and rich are equal. |
What two forms of literature were popular in the Muslim world? | poetry and short stories |
What types of leaders were caliphs? | political and military |
What type of climate does Arabia and North Africa have? | desert |
What Muslim philosophy focused teaches that people can find God’s love by having a personal relationship with God? | Sufism |
What sect of Islam thought it did not matter who was caliph as long as they were good Muslims and strong leaders? | Sunni |
What religious policy did most Muslim empires have toward Christians and Jews? | They could continue to practice their own religion, as long as they didn’t try to spread it. |
What is an Islamic achievement in medicine? | medical encyclopedia, first pharmacy, treatment for smallpox |
What was an Islamic achievement in geography? | better ways of calculating distances |
What are some empires or country defeated by Muslim armies? | Persian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Spain |
Who became the first caliph after Muhammad’s death? | Abu Bakr |
Which city was the largest and most advanced city in Europe by the 900’s AD and a showplace of Muslim civilization? | Córdoba |
What area did Muslims make the most achievements in? | medicine |
Who do Muslims believe spoke to Muhammad to make him a prophet? | an angel of Allah |
What city finally accepted Islam as its religion in 630 AD? | Mecca |
What did Muslim artists use as an art form since they could not represent people or animals in paintings due to their religion? | calligraphy |
What is an Islamic achievement in math? | they laid the foundations for modern algebra |
What was the greatest Islamic architectural achievement? | mosques |
What holy book records the messages Muhammad received and is the basis for Islam? | Qu'ran |
The Arabian Peninsula lies near the intersection of what three continents? | Africa, Asia, and Europe |
If you are a Muslim who believes that it is your duty to convert people to Islam, what is an extreme way you might try to achieve that goal? | Wage jihad, or “holy war” |
What Muslim belief is similar to Christianity and Judaism? | There is only one God. |
If you are calling Muslims to come pray in the mosque, where would you stand? | minaret |
If you were living on the Arabian Peninsula, where would you go to look for water? | oasis |
Your family has settled by an oasis so you can farm. What type of lifestyle do you live? | sedentary |
This city became the capital of the Islamic Empire, was one of the world’s richest cities, and a center of culture and learning: | Baghdad |
What sect of Islam thought that only members of Muhammad’s family could become caliphs? | Shia |
What is the name of the system based on Islamic sources and human reason that judges the rightness of actions taken? | Shariah Law |
What was important about Muhammad’s house? | It became the first mosque, or building for Muslim prayer. |
What two forces joined together to invade and conquer Spain in 711 AD? | Arabs and Berbers |
What is an Islamic achievement in astronomy? | observatories where people could study space, improvements to the astrolabe |
What book is the basis for Sunnah, which provides a model for the duties and way of life of expected Muslims? | The hadith |
You are a Bedouin tribesman and your family has always moved around for protection and as the seasons changed. What type of lifestyle do you live? | nomadic |
What are some examples of cultural diffusion? | Indians taught Muslims how to make cotton cloth. Muslims spread the Arabic language and their religion wherever they went. Muslim travelers learned how to make paper from the Chinese. |
What did Muhammad do when the rulers of Mecca began to threaten to kill him? | He fled to the town of Medira and continued his ministry. |
Babur established this empire, but it grew mostly under Emperor Akbar. | Mughal |
This empire took control of the eastern Mediterranean and parts of Europe until the early 1800’s. | Ottoman |
This empire was a blend of Persian and Muslim traditions and lasted until the mid-1700’s. | Safavid |
Muslim Turkish warriors took this territory in the mid-1200’s. | Ottoman |
Mehmed II and Suleyman I led conquests that turned this empire into a world power. | Ottoman |
This empire began in 1501 when Esma’il conquered Persia and made himself shah. | Safavid |
The shah of this empire defeated the Uzbek and took back lands that had been lost to the Ottomans. | Safavid |
This empire practiced Shiism. | Safavid |
This empire is located in northern India and was comprised of Turkish Muslims from Central Asia. | Mughal |
Persian Muslims | Safavid |