Ch 7 – The Origins and Spread of Islam 7 th Grade World History
1. Who is the founder of Islam? Muhammad
2. Where was Muhammad born? In 570 On the Arabian Peninsula Mecca
3. Where is the Arabian Peninsula? Southwest Asia Between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf
4. What are parts of today’s Middle East? Northern Africa, the eastern Mediterranean shore, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq
5. What do Arabs call their home? Al-jazeera
6. What are some geographic features of Mecca? Located in a dry, rocky valley in western Arabia Gained wealth as a center of trade Merchants traveled and purchased goods
7. Polytheism Belief in more than one God
8. What cultural trait united Arabs before Muhammad? Language
9. What did people call Muhammad? al-Amin – which means trustworthy
10. When is Muhammad called to prophethood? In 610 C.E. In a cave in the mountains The angel Gabriel speaks to him
11. What took Muhammad outside the Arabian Peninsula? He made many trading journeys
12. Islam The religious faith of Muslims
13. What is Allah? The Islamic word for God
14. What is a prophet? A person who speaks or interprets the word of God
15. What is monotheism? The belief in a single God
16. What is a Muslim? A person who surrenders to God
17. What is the Qur’an? The holy book of Islam It is a record of the words of God spoken by Gabriel
18. Why did leaders of Makkah become upset? They did not want to share their wealth
19. What is a boycott? A refusal to do business with an organization or group Makkah leaders refused to do business with Muhammad’s followers
20. What is the Night Journey? A winged horse took Muhammad from Makkah to Jerusalem, the holy city for Muslims
21. Why did Muhammad go to the city of Medina? For protection To convert more Arabs to Islam
22. What is a caliph? A Muslim ruler
23. What is a caliphate? A Muslim government led by the caliph
24. How did the caliphs spread the faith of Islam? By military conquest They gained new lands, resources and goods
25. How were Jews and Christians treated in Muslim territories? They were forced to pay extra taxes
26. What happened after the first four caliphs? Islam split into two branches (Sunnis and Shi’ah)
27. What was the argument between the Sunnis and Shi’ah? Whether the caliph should be descended from Muhammad
28. How did the Umayyad dynasty expand Islam? Through military conquest, they gained new lands
29. Who stopped the spread of Islam in Europe? Charles Martel Battle of Tours in 732 Kept Muslims from entering France