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Chapter #6
The world of Islam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sheikh | chosen from one of the leading families by council of elders. |
| Allah | abrabic for god. |
| Makkah | muhammad was born, go for the haij. |
| Muhammad | he lived with his uncle that was caravan manger. |
| Quran | the holy book of Islam. |
| Hijrah | the journey to mandinan. |
| Pillars | 1.Beief, 2. Prayer, 3. Charity, 4. Fasting, 5. Pilgrimage. |
| Shari'ah | muslim scholars deveopled a law code. |
| Caliph | he is incharge. |
| Abu Bakr | leader of Islam, sucessor to muhammad. |
| Jihad | struggle in the way of god. |
| Umayyad | arabs carried new attack at the easten & western ends of the mediterrdain sea. |
| Abbasid | muhammads uncle over threw the umayyad dynasty in 750. Baghdad is on the tigris river to the east of umayyad. |
| Battle of Tours | arab forces were defeated. |
| Shia | a muslim group that accepts descendants of muhammads son-in-law. |
| Sunni | muslim group that only descendants of the umayyads as the ruler of Islam. |
| Vizier | high government offical in Egypt or in muslim countries. |
| Sultan | "holder of power". |
| Astrolabe | used by sailors for location. |
| Minaret | the tower of a mosque, prayer five times a day. |
| Bazaar | covered market in Islamic cities. |
| Hijab | head dress that women wear. |
| Dowry | a gift of money or property at the time of marriage. |
| Arabesques | geometric patterns repeated over and over. |
| The Arabian Peninsula took on a new importance when political disorder in Mesopotamia and Egypt _____. | shifted trade routes through Makkah to Yemen and then across the Indian Ocean. |
| In the year 1 of the Islamic calendar, Muhammad and his followers relocated to _____. | Makkah |
| After Muhammad's death, Muslim scholars developed a law code known as the _____. | shari'ah |
| A revolt of Muslims in 680 in Iraq led to a split of Islam, with _____ Muslims accepting only the descendants of Ali as the true rulers of Islam. | Shia |
| What was significant about the Battle of Tours? | Arab expansion in Europe was halted |
| The Umayyad capital was at Damascus, but the Abbasids moved the capital of the Arab Empire to _____. | Baghdad |
| How were Arab traders' goods carried over land for long distances? | by camels. |
| Although according to Islam, all people are equal in the eyes of Allah, _____. | slaves were not considered equals |
| Muslim contributions to later European culture included _____. | the improvement of the astrolabe,translations of and commentaries on the works of Aristotle, the development of algebra. |
| The Alhambra in _____ is considered the finest example of an Islamic palace. | Baghdad. |
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