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100
This is the belief in one God. (p. 88)
What is monotheism.
100
In what way did Muhammad believe God spoke to him?
(p. 93)
Through the angel Gabriel.
100
What is Islam's main teaching?
(p. 94)
There is only one God.
100
What three types of people occupied the Arabian Peninsula?
(p. 86 & 87)
Farmers, Nomads, and townspeople
100
Where do people who practice Islam worship on Fridays?
(p. 95)
A mosque
200
This is a journey to a sacred place. (p. 89)
What is a pilgrimage?
200
The caliphs were...
(p. 100)
the leaders of Islam after Muhammad.
200
This is an area in the desert that contains water. (p. 86)
What is an oasis
200
Whom did the Muslims call the "people of the book"?
(p. 95)
The Christians and the Jews.
200
What do the people known as Muslims believe in?
(p. 94 & 95)
Islam
300
This is the Arabic word for God. (p. 88)
What is Allah
300
The Sunnis are best described as...
(p. 103)
Those who accept the rule of the four elected caliphs.
300
Why were the large oasis important on the Arabian Peninsula?
(p. 86)
Their water and farms made them important to traders.
300
This is a person who moves from place to place instead of settling permanently. (p. 86)
Who is a nomad.
300
What is the term for the migration of Muhammad and his followers to the town of Yathrib?
(p. 93)
Hijrah
400
What is Islam?
(p. 93)
A religion spread by the Prophet Muhammad.
400
How did the desert climate affect the growth of cities on the Arabian peninsula? (87/88)
The desert climate meant that cities could not survive in the dry desert area. Cities developed in oases. The cities grew because caravans of traders needed to stop at oases as they passed through the desert. Because these oasis cities were surrounded by desert, many of them became important trading centers.
400
The word caliph means...
(p. 103)
successor
400
This is a group of people related by blood or marriage. (p. 86)
What is a clan.
400
What became part of a body of law and was used to decide legal matters?
(p. 94 & 95)
The Sunnah
500
What is the name of the book that is the holy scripture of Islam?
(p. 94)
Qur'an
500
The supporters of the Umayyad caliphs were called...
(p. 103)
Sunnis
500
Where is the Ka'aba located?
(p. 88)
In the city of Mecca.
500
What is the name of the five duties that all Muslim people must perform?
(p. 95)
The five pillars of Islam.
500
Why did the Shi'a refuse to accept the Umayyads' rule?
(p. 102)
They believed the caliph should always be a relative of Muhammad.