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Unit 9
Lesson 1, 2, 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Unit 9 Lesson 1 - How did Muhammad unify the Arab people? | Through the religion of Islam and politics |
| Unit 9 Lesson 1 - What does "Allah" mean? | It's the Arabic word for God |
| Unit 9 Lesson 1 - What is a Mosque? | An Islamic place of worship |
| Unit 9 Lesson 1 - What is a Sunna? | An Islamic model for living, based on the life and teachings of Muhammad. |
| Unit 9 Lesson 1 - What does "Hijrah" mean? | Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina) in AD 622 |
| Unit 9 Lesson 2 - The Muslims created an empire with land of how many different continents? | 3 different continents. |
| Unit 9 Lesson 2 - What does "Fatmid" mean? | A member of a Muslim dynasty that traced its ancestry to Muhammad's daughter Fatima and that built an empire in North Africa, Arabia, and Syria in the 10th-12th centuries |
| Unit 9 Lesson 2 - What is a caliph? | A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government. |
| Unit 9 Lesson 2 - What does "sufi" mean? | A Muslim who seeks to achieve direct contact with God through mystical means |
| Unit 9 Lesson 2 - What was Abbasids? | A dynasty that ruled much of the Muslim Empire from AD 750 to 1258 |
| Unit 9 Lesson 3 - The Abbasids governed during a prosperous period of Muslim history, what does prosperous mean? | Thriving, or flourishing. |
| Unit 9 Lesson 3 - Muslims combined and preserved the what of many people? | Traditions |
| Unit 9 Lesson 3 - The Abbasids governed during which period of Muslim history | The prosperous period |
| Unit 9 Lesson 3 - Where did Caliph al-Mansur chose the site for his capital? | The west bank of the Tigris River |
| Unit 9 Lesson 3 - Many slaves were? | Prisoners of war, and all were non-Muslim |