Islamic Civilization from C.E. Drill

This term means “submission to the will of God.”

Islam

What is the symbol for Islam?

The people who believe in Islam are called

Muslims

Who is the founder of Islam?

Muhammad

What city was Muhammad from?

Mecca

Much of the trade (particularly that of idols) took place around a cubed stone temple called the

Ka’aba

What year was Muhammad born in?

570 C.E

What was the name of the angel that spoke with Muhammad in the cave near Mecca?

Gabriel

What is the name that Muslims use when referring to God?

Allah

The angel in the cave told Muhammad that the cubed stone temple (Kaaba) was built by

Abraham and Ishmael

Why did the Meccans initially resist Muhammad’s teachings?

Muhammad said the idols should be destroyed, and this made the people feared Mecca would lose its position as a pilgrimage center

Muhammad sent some of the Muslims to this Christian Kingdom in Africa to seek refuge from the people of Mecca

Axum

What city invited Muhammad to come and live with them when they were being persecuted?

Medina

What was this migration from Mecca to Medina known as?

Hijrah

8 years after fleeing this city, Muhammad had returned as a conqueror.

Mecca

Before he died, Muhammad had taken over much of this land

Arabia

When Muhammad died, who became the new leader of the Muslim Empire

Abu Bakr

Abu Bakr was both a political and religious leader for the Muslim Empire. What is the title for this?

Caliph

What is the name for the group of Muslims that felt the line of caliphs should have been through Muhammad’s bloodline beginning with his son in law Ali ibn Abi Talib.

Shia

What was the name for the group of Muslims that felt the Caliph should be elected

Sunni

How many Caliphs would there be?

4

The last Caliph, Ali, was assassinated. This Dynasty would emerge as the new leaders of Islam

Umayyad Dynasty

The Umayyad Dynasty would expand the territory of the Muslims from the _______ ocean to the ______river

Atlantic Ocean to the Indus River

How were the Muslims able to take all of this territory?

Through War and Conquest

The Umayyad Dynasty moved the capital from Mecca to this land in Syria

Damascus

When the Abassid Dynasty took control of the Muslim Empire, the Umayyad Dynasty was forced to retreat to this land in order to survive.

Spain

When the Abassid Dynasty took control of the Muslim Empire, they moved the capital to this location.

Baghdad

Term for an Islamic house of worship

Mosque

The holy book of Islam that contains the revelations that Muhammad received from the angel Gabriel

Qur’an (or Koran)

Who wrote the Koran?

Muhammad’s Followers

The system of law that regulates the family life, moral conduct, and business and community life of Muslims.

Shari’a

The greatest contribution of Islamic culture to the West was

Scholarship

The Muslims used Hindu numbers to create a new type of math. What was it called?

Algebra

Which city is important to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

Jerusalem

What geographic feature was a barrier between West African kingdoms and the Muslim Empire?

The Sahara Desert

What was the language and writing of the Muslims in Arabia called?

Arabic

Muhammad also said that all Muslims must perform five duties. What are these 5 duties called.

When Muslims pray, they face whatever direction this city is in

Mecca

What is the Pilgrimage to Mecca called?

The Hajj

In Baghdad, the Muslims preserved the works of these two civilizations

Greece and Rome

In 1453, The Ottoman leader Mehmed II captured Constantinople. He changed the name of it to ________, and made the city the capital of the Ottoman Empire AD

Istanbul