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Chapter 10 Islam
Davis - SVHS- Chapter 10 The Mulsim World
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| meaning to submit to the will of Allah | Islam |
| meaning one who has submitted | Muslim |
| Islamic house of worship | mosque |
| the pilgrimage to Mecca | hajj |
| "successor" or "deputy" | caliph |
| nomads in the Arabian desert | bedouins |
| ruling family who changed how successor was chosen and moved the capital to Damascus | Umyyads |
| ruling family who developed a strong bureaucracy | Abbasids |
| could be exchanged for cash at a bank, a lot like a modern day check | sakk |
| Islamic law that regulates family life | Shari'a |
| Why was the Ka'aba so important to the city of Mecca | it housed 300 idols of various gods for visitors on the trade route to worship |
| Who was visited by the angel Gabriel and told that he was the messenger of God | Muhammad |
| What was the Hijrah | when Muhammad was banned from Mecca and went 200 miles north to Yathrib |
| What are some of the customs, laws, and morals practiced by Muslims in their daily lives | not allowed to eat pork, forbidden to drink wine, communal worship of Fridays, and expected to worship God directly |
| What are the three sources of Muslim authority | Allah, Quran, and the Sunna |
| Why were the "rightly guided" Caliphs referred to as such | they based their leadership on the Quran and Muhammad's actions |
| How were conquered peoples treated by the Muslim Empire | their religions were tolerated, but restrictions and taxes were imposed |
| Who did Muslims consider the "people of the book" | Jews and Christians |
| What division of Islam believes that only a relative of Muhammad is qualified to be a caliph | Shi'a |
| What division of Islam did not outwardly resist the Umyyads rule and their name means followers of Muhammad's example | Sunni |
| What division of Islam pursues a life of poverty and devotion to a spiritual path | Sufi |
| What are the five pillars of Islam | the major duties required of ALL Muslims (faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage) |
| What was taxed to support the Abbasid bureaucracy | land, imports, and exports |
| Which two bodies of water linked the Muslim empire to a world system of trade | Mediterranean Sea & Indian Ocean |
| What is the correct order of Muslim social classes from top to bottom | muslims at birth, converts, protected people, and slaves |
| The Guide of the Perplexed was a book that blended what | philosophy, religion, and science |
| The academic subject developed by Al-Kharizmi and originally called al-jabr is known by what name today | algebra |
| In what form of art can the greatest cultural blending of the Muslim world be seen | calligraphy |
| Toward what city do Muslims pray | Mecca |