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100
What is the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca called (one of the Five Pillars of Islam)?
What is Hajj.
100
What was the basic social group of the Bedouins?
What is kin-related clan groups.
100
The Prophet of Islam was __________, whose revelations were recorded in the Qur’an.
What is Muhammad.
100
The capital of the Umayyad Empire was Baghdad.
What is false.
100
What is the ninth month of the Islamic year that requires daily fasting from sunrise to sunset?
What is Ramadam.
200
What are non-Arab coverts to Islam called?
What is Mawali.
200
What clan was responsible for the foundation of Mecca?
What is Umayyad.
200
The obligatory religious duties of all Muslims, the __________, were profession of the faith, prayer, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, and hajj.
What is five pillars.
200
Ali was the first caliph after Muhammad’s death.
What is false.
200
Who succeeded Muhammad as the first caliph?
What is Abu Bakr.
300
What is the Islamic term for God?
What is Allah.
300
What was the Islamic umma?
What is the concept of community of the faithful that transcended clan boundaries.
300
The capital of the Umayyad Empire was at __________.
What is Damascus.
300
The Sunni supported the Umayyads in the dispute over control of the caliphate.
What is true.
300
What is Jihad?
What is Islamic holy war.
400
What term is used to describe Muhammad’s flight to Medina?
What is Hijra.
400
Who were the leaders of bedouin clans?
What is Shaykhs.
400
The dynasty that followed the Umayyad was the __________ dynasty.
What is Abbasid.
400
Muhammad was a member of the Umayyad clan of the Quraysh tribe.
What is false.
400
Who's assassination set off a civil war within Islam between the Umayyads and Ali? Hint: He was the third caliph.
What is Uthman.
500
What is an Islamic temple and place of worship called?
What is mosque.
500
What were the theological and political faction that supported the Umayyad concept of succession within Islam?
What is Sunni.
500
The __________ was the religious and political leader in Islam after the death of Muhammad.
What is caliph.
500
The Wazirs, who were initially recruited from the Persian residents of Iraq, were the chief administrative officers of the Abbasid Empire.
What is true.
500
When was the Battle of Siffin fought?
What is 657.
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