Beginnings of Islam
Why was the Kaaba in Mecca important for people throughout the Arabian Peninsula in the early 7th century?
What is: People made pilgrimages to the Kaaba to worship many gods.
In what text (words) were Muhammad's teachings preserved?
What is the Qu'ran?
Was the Ottoman Empire ruled over by Ara Muslims? Answer and give a brief explanation.
What is: no; the ottomans were non-Arab Muslims.
What disagreement caused the split between Sunni and Shia Muslims?
What is: The shia believed only descendants of Muhammad's family could become caliphs; the Sunni disagreed.
Why did many Hindu people convert to Islam after the year 1000?
What is: Turkish Muslims took over northern India?
Who did Muhammad receive messages from that formed the basis of Islam?
Who is: The archangel Gabriel?
According to Muslim teachings, what is the purpose of the rules of the Qur'an.
What is: The rules are meant to make a person pleasing to God.
What Byzantine city did Mehmed II capture and name as the new Ottoman capital?
What is: Constantinople, which was renamed Istanbul?
Were Esma'il's efforts to spread Shiism more successful to the east or to the west?
What is: They were more successful to the east over the Uzbeks than the west.
What led Muslims and Hindus to rebel against the Mughal Empire during the reign of Aurangzeb?
What is Aurangzeb and his father Sha Jahan were cruel rulers, and they destroyed all the temples.
In what city did Muhammad and his followers build the first mosque?
What is Medina?
What are the Five pillars of Islam?
What is: They must state there is no go but God and Muhammad is his prophet.
Praying five times a day.
Giving to charity once a year
Fasting during Ramadan
Making the haij.
How were the Ottomans able to capture so much territory?
What is: They used gunpowder weapons, and they used enslaved Christian youth as trained soldiers to help them militarily.
How did the Safavid Empire become rich during the reign of 'Abbas?
What is: It grew rich through trading with the west.
Who was the first Mughal emperor?
Who is :Babur?
How did Islam spread from Mecca and Median throughout Asia and Africa?
What is: It spread along the trade routes?
What is one similarity between the Qur'an and the Sunnah?
What is: Both books provide guidelines for how one ought to behave.
Which Ottoman ruler was known as "the Conqueror"?
Who is: Mehmed II was known as "the Conqueror"
Did the peace that 'Abbas reached with the ottomans in 1590 last?
What is: No conflict started again and the Safavid army won many victories.
Which emperor followed Akbar?
Who is: Jahangir?
In what year did Muhammad lead his people to the town of Medina, now in Saudi Arabia?
What is: 622
What is Sharia, and what is it based on?
What is: Sharia is Islamic law, based on the Qur'an and Sunnah?
How did Arab Muslims change the cultures of the people they conquered?
What is: They converted to Islam and they adopted Arabic?
Which group makes up a larger majority in their country: Sunnis in Egypt or Shia Muslims in Iran?
What is: Shia Muslims in Iran?
Where is the Hagia Safia located?
Where is the Blue Mosque located?
Where is the Taj Mahal Located?
What: is Hagia Sophia= Istanbul Turkey
Blue Mosque=Istanbul Turkey
Taj Mahal=Agra India