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5th Period ME1
5th ME 1 and Islam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does Islam mean? | "submission" or "surrender" to Allah |
| When and where was the prophet Muhammad born? | 570 AD in Mecca |
| What are the primary teachings of Islam? | Qur'an and the Sunna |
| What is Umma? | community of all Muslim believers |
| The Quran is 4/5 the size of what? | New Testament |
| The Quran is divided into 114 _______? | Suras |
| What language is the Quran written in? | Arabic |
| Who's words are the Quran? | God's words given to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel |
| Why do scholars believe it's impossible for Muhammad to have written the Quran? | It's believed that he is illiterate |
| Which is the most recited and memorized book? | the Quran |
| What does Muhammad's name mean? | the highly praised one |
| Who is reguarded as the seal of the prophets and why? | Muhammad because he's believed to be the last prophet |
| When was the Night of Power and Revelation? | 610 |
| Who were the first and second converts to Islam? | Khadija, his first wife, and later his nephew Ali |
| What was the center of worship of Arabian tribal gods? | Kaaba, a cube like structure in the center of the Great Mosque |
| When and what was the Hijra? | in 622 when Muhammad and his followers travelled to Yathrib (Medina) reguraded as the turning point in history |
| When did Muhammad die? | 632 |
| What did Muhammad succeed in doing by the time he died? | united most of the Arab tribes into a theocracy and most of the Arabian peninsula was under his authority |
| What did the Shiites believe? | Muhammad wanted son-in-law Ali as his successor |
| What did the Sunnis believe? | Abu Bakr should've succeeded Muhammad |
| What are the foundations of the Sunni-Shia split? | disagreed on who Muhammad's succesor should be |
| What is the Sunna? | the record of Muhammad's own teachings and actions apart from the revelations given in the Quran |
| What is Sufism? | Islamic Mysticism |
| Meanings of Jihad? | Jihad is the general spiritual struggle of a devout Muslim. The first kind is Greater Jihad which is conducted in every person to be better, and Lesser Jihad is conducted in the world |
| What is a Mosque? | central place of worship for the Muslim religion |
| What is Shahada? | the first pillar of Islam, central creedal statement |
| The four basic elements of Islam? | Quran, the prophet Muhammad, the primary teachings of Islam, and Umma |
| What does Allah mean? | the one true god of Islam |
| What is the first pillar of Islam? | confession of faith, known as the Shahada |
| What is the second pillar of Islam? | prayer 5 times a day facing Mecca |
| What is the third pillar of Islam? | fasting in the season of Ramadan |
| What is the fourth pillar of Islam? | wealth sharing |
| What is the fifth pillar of Islam? | to take a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in your life time, known as the Hajj |
| Which country is the Negev desert found in? | Israel |
| Which country lost the West Bank to Israel in the Six-Day War in 1968? | Jordan |
| Which country is the location of the ancient civilization of Phoenicia? | Lebanon |
| Which country's capital was once known as teh "Paris of teh Middle East" but since 1970's this country has been in an almost constant state of civil war? | Lebanon |
| Which country has the highest peak in the Middle East and legendary landing place of Noah's Ark? | Turkey |
| Which country has some animosity between this country and Israel over Israel's occupation of Golan Heights? | Syria |
| Fighting between the Greek majority and the Turks resulted in a divided capital and the Turks being given the northern 1/3 of the island? | Cyprus |
| At the end of WWII the Ottoman Empire had been reduced to this one country | Turkey |
| The official languages of this country are Hebrew and Arabic. Judaism is the faith of 82% of the population | Israel |
| Hezbollah operates out of this country | Lebanon |
| When were the crusades | 1095-1199 |
| What is the Sykes-Picot agreement? | an agreement that lead to the division of the Ottoman empire after WWI into various French and British administered areas |
| What is Hamas? | created in 1987 and known for suicide bombing at odds with the PLO |
| What year was the state of Israel established? | 1948 |
| What did David do? | He united the two kingdoms of northern Israel and southern Judea around 1,000 BCE |
| What is the highest peak in the Middle East and the legendary landing place of Noah's ark? | Mt. Ararat |
| what does PLO stand for? | Palestinian Liberation Order |
| What was the stratigic strip of land along the Middle East/North African trade routes and was called the gate between Africa and Asia? | Gaza Strip |
| What is the Wailing wall? | remaining wall of the temple that the Romans did not destroy |
| What is the famous mosque located on the temple mount? | Dome of the Rock (690 CE) |
| What is diaspora? | the situation of the Jews living away from Israel, their ancestoral homeland is called |
| The Balfour declaration? | stated Great Britain's support for the creation of a Jewish homeland while promising to do nothing to violate the rights of Arabs living there |
| when was WWI? | 1914-1918 |
| When was WWII? | 1939-1945 |
| What were the Camp David Accords? | Under Jimmy Carter, Egypt and Israel reach an end to their dispute in 1978, and restore the Sinai Peninsula to pre-1967 borders |
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