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Ch. 11 Review
The Islamic World
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is most of Arabia? | A Desert |
| What are Bedouins? | Arab herders that were nomads. |
| What were the Bedouins organized into? | Tribes |
| What was the leader of a Bedouin tribe called? | A Sheikh. |
| What port did the goods from Asia and Africa enter? | Jidda....on the red sea. |
| From the red sea where were the goods transported to? | Mecca |
| Were was Mecca located? | On a caravan route running north across the desert to Syria. |
| What year was Muhammad born? | In A.D. 570 |
| Whose voice did Muhammad hear when he was 40 years old? | Gabriel (An Angel) |
| What did Gabriel tell Muhammad that he was called to be? | A prophet |
| What did Gabriel tell Muhammad that he was to do? | He revealed verses for Muhammad to recite. |
| Where did Muhammad travel to? | Yathrib |
| What was Muhammad's journey known as? | Hijrah |
| What did Yathrib eventually become known as? | Medina |
| What does Medina mean? | "City of the prophet" |
| Eventually the year of hijrah became the first year of what? | Muslim calander |
| Muhammad converted many of the bedouin tribes to what religion? | The Islam religion. |
| What year did Muhammad die? | A.D.632 |
| What were the followers of Islam called? | Muslims |
| What is the holy book of of Islam called? | Qur'an (koran) |
| What is the 1st pillar of Islam? | Profession of the faith |
| What is the 2nd pillar of Islam? | 5 daily prayers |
| What is the 3rd pillar of Islam? | paying zakat <charity? |
| What is the 4rd pillar of Islam? | Fast during month of ramadon |
| What is the 5th pillar of Islam? | Pilgrimage to mecca (once in a lifetime) |
| Who was Muhammad's successor? | Abu Bakr |
| What was Abu's title? | Caliph-"successor to the prophet" |
| What is sufi? | mystics-devotion to god attains heavenly acquire. |
| who was Abu Bakr's successor? When? | Umar (634) |
| What did Abu's successor begin? | He began the program of expansion.<former Persia + Iraq> included (Syria, Persia, + North Africa) |
| Who was Umar's successor? | Uthman |
| Why was Uthman murdered? | Rebels believed he favored his own clan. |
| Who was Uthman's successor? | Ali |
| Who was Ali's successor? | Mu'awiyah |
| What Mu'awiyah feel? | He felt that he or his son should be leader. |
| In A.D. 711 what did the muslims invade? | Spain (known as the Moors) |
| What did the Sunni believe? | Believed that any capable leader can be caliph |
| What the Shiah believe? | only a relative of Muhammad/Ali could rule |
| How did Islamic faith spread? | trade. |
| What did trade link? | Trade linked Europe, Asia, and Africa. |
| What did the muslims produce? | They produced silk, carpet, tapestries, and cotton. |
| What became the centers for learning? | Cordoba + Toledo |
| what was the government like? | At first there was one caliph and then three assigned Boghdad, cairo, and cordoba. |
| What was society like? | Men were allowed up to four wives-more rights for women, could retain property and remarry. |
| What was the place of education? | Mosques |
| What did the muslims get new ideas about from india? | astronomy and mathematics. |
| What was one very famous greek physician? | al-Razi |
| What did al-Razi comply? | A medical encyclopedia. |
| What is one famous doctor? | Ibn-Sina |
| What did Ibn-Sina create? What was it called? | A textbook on medicine. It was called Cannon of medicine. |
| Name one famous muslim geographer. | al-idrisi |
| What did al-idrisi construct? | Geographical maps |
| What is an astrolobe? | An instrument which allowed observers to chart the positions of the stars. |
| In mathematics....what concept dd they use? | concept of zero |
| What did they avoid in art? | human or animal pictures |
| Instead what images did they create? | geometric patterns + floral designs. |
| What is a minaret? | A tower attached to a mosque. |
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