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The Rise of Islam zk
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Arabian Peninsula is a crossroad of what three countries? | African, Europe, and Asia |
| What is a Bedouin? | a nomadic Arab who lives in the desert |
| Bedouins lived in what? | clans |
| Why did they live in clans, and not in one big group? | because it was easier to keep all safe and could move around more. |
| During the holy month, what town did caravans stop in? | Mecca |
| Where is Mecca located? | western Arabia |
| What is the Ka'aba? | an ancient shrine in the city Mecca |
| The Ka'aba had over 360 idols. Who where these idols brought by? | the clans of people who came to Mecca during the holy month. |
| What is the concept of belief in one God called? | Allah |
| What religions were happening around 570 AD when Muhammad was born? | Jewish, Christianity, and polytheistic religions |
| What kind of family was Muhammad born into? | a powerful Meccan family |
| At the age of 25 Muhammad became what? | a trader |
| Muhammad took great interest and care for what? | religion |
| At age 40, what happened to Muhammad? | He heard a voice calling to him in a cave outside Mecca one night while meditating. It was the voice of the angel Gabriel, saying there is only one God. |
| After Muhammad heard the voice, what did he start telling and teaching people? | That there is only one God, and that all other gods must be abandoned. |
| What ere people who believed and followed Muhammad's ways called? | Muslims |
| What does Islam mean? | "Submission to the will of Allah" |
| What was a beginning fear or Meccan's when Muhammad first stated speaking about God in public? | The people where scared the religion and its ideas would lead to the neglect of their traditional Arab gods. |
| What is the Hijrah? | The migration from Mecca to Yathrib by Muhammad and his followers. |
| Why did Muhammad and his followers leave Mecca? | Because some of Muhammad's followers had been attacked. |
| Muhammad also became a what during the growing hostilities between Mecca and Medina? | A military leader |
| IN 630 Muhammad and 10,000 of his followers marched where? | into Mecca |
| What did Muhammad and his thousands of followers do in Mecca? | They destroyed all the idols in the Ka'aba and then call worship from its roof. |
| What did Muhammad accomplish during the raid of Mecca? | he converted almost all of Islam |
| What is the Dome of the Rock? | The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic church located in Jerusalem |
| What are The Five Pillars? | Faith, prayer, Alms, fasting, and pilgrimage |
| What do The Five Pillars mean to Muslims? | they are the five duties a Muslim has to carry out in order to be a Muslim |
| What is a mosque? | an Islamic house of worship |
| What does hajj mean? | pilgrimage to Mecca |
| What is the Qur'an? | the holy book of the Muslims |
| What is the Sunna? | Muhammad's example |
| What is the shari'a? | a body of law that the Sunna was assembled in |
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