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SS-Chapter 11
Chapter 11 test - Sections 1-3
Question | Answer |
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What was the 1st base of the Islam religion? | Medina |
Why were the mosques built to be so elaborate? | as a show of power |
How/why did the Islamic religion expand to other territories? | It was due to the alliance between the Muslims and the Turks |
How did the Islamic invaders feel about other religions in places they had conquered? | They tolerated them and make them pay high taxes. |
Why was Ibn Sina important? | He wrote an important medical textbook. |
What was the main vocation of most of the Arab people? | They were herders. |
How did Mecca get to be so important? | It was on the trade route to Syria |
What was/is so unique(different) about the Islamic worship services | There are no clergy. |
What is Abu Bakr especially known for? | He unified the Arabic Tribes. |
Who leads the Muslim worship service? | men who have been trained in the Qur'an and in Islamic law |
Where did Mohammad flee to? | Medina |
What are the 5 pillars of Islam? | rules for daily living |
what is a "caliph"? | the "successor to the Prophet" |
What is the Arabian climate good for? | herding, and NOT farming |
What is polytheistic? Who practiced this? | worshiping many gods, the early Arab religions were this. |