Gr. 11 Ch. 11 Islam Quizz

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What caused the split between Shiite and Sunni Muslims?: disagreement over who the caliph ought to be
Muslim trading was: * forbidden * mostly unsuccessful * quite extensive * strictly controlled by the Imama: quite extensive
What was the main result of the Muslim invasion of India?: the sultans introduced Muslim traditions of government to India
This religion blends Muslim and Hindu beliefs...: Sikhism
The Muslim tradition of the Sharia was shared by these 2 empires located in central Asia and western Asia: Ottoman and Safavid
Before he became a prophet, Muhammad's job was that of a...: a merchant
The 5 pillars of Islam...: Daily prayer
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Charity
Declaration of faith in Allah
Fasting during holy month
What is Avicenna best known for?: Compiling a medical encyclopedia
Which event led to the creation of a Muslim empire in India?: A Delhi sultanate was established
Who strengthened the Mughal empire by promoting religious harmony through tolerance?: Akbar
Ottoman and Safavid artists were influenced by these styles.....: Persian styles
Which Arab did the Angel Gabriel instruct to "proclaim in the name of your God.....": Muhammad
A dispute over the successor to Muhammad led to the creation of these two Muslim sects....: Sunni Muslim and Shiite Muslim
Who is the current Supreme Court Chief justice......: John Roberts
In which century did the Islamic religion emerge...: 7th century
Muhammad's wife?: Khadija
The nomadic tribe of Arabs who dominated the peninsula in the 6th and 7th centuries....: Bedouins
The original name of the city of Medina....: Yathrib
What was the "hijra"?: Muhammad's original journey to Yathrib.
About how long did Muhammad live after starting the Islamic religion?: About 10 years
The Islamic name for God...: Allah
The word "Islam" means this in Arabic...: submission or surrender to God
The difference between "hajj" and "hijra"....: hijra refers to Muhammad's first journey to Medina....the hajj refers to the pigrimage to Mecca that is expected of all Muslims
This is the Islamic system of law....: The Sharia
The Quran permitted a man to have these many wives (if he treated them all fairly)...: Four (good grief!)
Multiply the number of pillars in the Islamic faith, times the number of wives the Quran says a man can have and add the product to the year Muhammad heard from Gabriel, and the total is....: (5 x 4) + 622= 642
The most significant Muslim invasion into Europe was in this Iberian country.....: Espana
True/False...Muslims conquered the Byzantine Empire...: True
Which Muslim leader had the Taj Mahal built?: Shah Jahan
True/False...Muslims invaded North Africa...: True
A reason for Muslim military success in the Fertile Crescent was cavalry that included these 2 animals...: horses and camels
The key reason for Arab success in their rapid conquest of the Fertile Crescent...: the common faith of Islam unified the various tribes
Many people conquered by Arab Muslims converted to Islam because of this feature of the religion....: no religious hierarchy or the simplicity of the religion
The Spanish used this term in referring to the invading Muslims....: Moors
The Muslims actually invaded and controlled this Italian island...: Sicily
The Taj mahal was built to honor this person....: Shah Jahan's wife
Which sect of Muslims believed the caliph should be chosen by the community?: The Sunni Muslims
The Shiite Muslims believe the only true successors to the Prophet must be descendants of Muhammad's_______and ________: daughter (Fatima) her husband (Ali)
Which sect of Muslims makes up 90 percent of today's Muslims?: Sunni
Name the dynasty that ruled the Islamic world until 750 and directed the spectacular conquests from the Atlantic to to India....: the Umayyads
Which dynasty replace the Umayyads and dominated the Muslim world until the mid-1200's: the Abbassid dynasty
Which city (now in Iraq) became the Muslim "City of Peace"?: Baghdad
What's the name of those slender towers that protrude above the mosques?: minarets
Name the Turks who were responsible for triggering the Crusades....: Seljuks
Which of Shah Jahan's relatives put him in prison and killed?: his son
The Crusades had a larger impact on the Christians or the Muslims....: the Christians
True/False....Tamerlane was a Sunni caliph who translated the Quran into Indian and led the Seljuk Mongols in victory over the Moorish Mughals.: False...a Mongol leader who adopted the Islamic faith.
al-Khwarizmi was the greatest Muslim _________________: mathematician
al-Razi was: a poet a physician a politician an Irish clog-dancer: a physician
Who was the Muslim physician who wrote the medical encyclopedia titled "Canon on Medicine": Ibn Sina (known in Europe as Avicenna)
Muslim invader of India had 2 advantages over their Hindu opponents...one was a faster moving cavalry, the other was...: Hindu princes were busy fighting among themselves and did not present a united front against the Muslims
True/False...The Muslim and Hindu cultures were almost identical: FALSE
Between Islam and Hinduism, which is the older religion?: Hinduism
Who was the chief builder of the Mughal Empire?: Akbar the Great

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