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WH Chapter 9
World history Chapter Test 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| After the Muslim culture, who became the ruling family? | The Turks |
| 2 ways Europeans encountered Muslim culture | Contact with Spain and The Crusades |
| Where the Muslim civilization began | In Arabia |
| Where Muslims learned the art of paper making | From the Chinese |
| Who succeeded Muhammad? What was his title? | Abu Bakr and Caliph |
| Muslims of Spain | Moors |
| A Physician/Doctor in Baghdad who wrote medical books. | Al-Razi |
| What instrument did Muslims perfect? | The Astrolabe |
| One of the greatest forms of art in the Muslim world | Architecture |
| Where Muhammad was born | Mecca |
| 3 Caliphates of The Muslim Empire | Cairo, Baghdad, and Cordoba |
| Differences between Muslims and Hindu religious beliefs | Muslims- Worshiped one God, No music, Eats beef/No pork, No alcohol. Hindu- Worshiped many Gods, Used music, No beef, Drank alcohol. |
| 5 pillars of Islam faith | 1. Recite the profession of faith. 2. Pray 5 times a day facing towards Mecca. 3. Give money or food to the poor. 4. Fast from sunup to sundown during Ramadan (their holy month.) 5. Take a trip to Mecca at least once in a life time. |
| How education was handled in the Islamic empire | The Government, the family, and the Mosque. |
| Rule of Shah Jahan was known for what? | TajMahal and the hall of private audience |
| Why the system of numerals including zero is called Arabic numerals. | The Arids sent it to the West |
| Central beliefs of Islam | Their is only one God, Allah. |
| Why Qur'an was not rapidly translated | Muslims believed that some of it might be lost or changed. |
| Qur'an | Holy book of Islam |
| Jihad | Struggle to defend the faith |
| Mosques | Muslim places of worship |
| Caliph | Islamic title meaning "successor to the prophet" |
| Jabal Taria | It became know as "The Great Rock Of Gibraltar" |
| Caliphates | Three divisions of the Muslim Empire |
| Dower (on test) | The grooms marriage gifts to his bride |
| Sultan | Another name for Turkish ruler |
| Millets | Communities of religious minorities within the ottoman empire. |
| Suttee (on test) | Indian ritual in which a widow commits suicide after the death of her husband. |
| Bedouin | Another name for Arabic herders and they lived as nomads |
| Muhammad (on test) | Prophet of Islam |
| Abu Bakr | The successor to Muhammad when he died |
| Berbers | North African people who converted to Islam. |
| Janissaries | Asultans elite army of slave soldiers |
| Harsha | 16 year old leader who reunited the Gupta Empire. |
| Ottomans | Turkish group who concerned much of Asia minor and Europe. |
| Rajputs | Strong rulers who claimed divined origins. |
| Timur | Turkish Mongol leader who captured much of India and the Adimin Empire. |
| Urdu | Language of present day Pakistan |
| Babur | Brought the region of Delhi under his control and established the Mughal empire. |
| Akbar | The Greatest Mughal emperor |
| Shah Jahan | Best known for the construction of the TajMahal and the hall of private audiences. |
| Nanak | The first guru-leader of teacher of the Sikh faith. |
| Imams | Spiritual leaders who were thought to be direct descendants of Muhammad. |
| Hijrah | Flight or Migration |