islam test (copy)

Name the first Pillars of Islam

Declaration of faith

Name the Second Pillars of Islam:

daily prayer

Name the Third Pillars of Islam

Alms to the poor

Name the Fourth Pillars of Islam

Fasting during Ramadan

Name the fifth Pillars of Islam

Hajj: a pilgrimage to Mecca.

Where is the Arabian Peninsula?

Southwest Asia or the Middle East

What does the Arabian Peninsula do?

It serves as a bridge between Africa, Asia, and Europe, allowing goods and ideas to be shared.

Ulama

scholar class of religious teachers who apply Muhammad’s teachings to everyday life

What’s the Qur’an

The Qur’an is the holy book of the Muslims, seen as a sequel to the Torah and Gospels

What’s one rule that Muslims must follow?

May not drink alcohol or eat pork

What's another rule that muslims must follow?

No priests or central religious authority

What’s the last rule Muslims must follow?

People worship Allah directly

What’s a bedouin?

were organized into clans – tribes and groups that provided security and support in the harsh conditions

Which religions all supported Monotheism?

Arabic Christians and Jews worshiped one God

Where was Muhammed born?

Bedouin

What is the House of Wisdom

It become a leading center of education and research in science.

Shi’a

Muslims who thought that only members of Muhammad’s family could become caliphs.

Safavids

Powerful Shiite empire based in what is today Iran. Espoused Persian cultural values.

Akbar the Great

16th century Mughal ruler. Military success in youth and very diplomatic.

Sunni

Muslim group that accepts descendants of the Umayyads as the rightful rulers of Muslim.

Ali

Ruled 656-661 and is Muhammed’s cousin. Member of the Hasimites Conflicts with the Ummayds.

Kaaba

Sacred, ancient building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque.

Abu Bakr

First of the rightly guarded Caliphs. Muhammad’s father in law. Ruled 632-634.

Five pillars of Islam

The basic obligations that every Muslim must satisfy in order to live a good and responsible life

Hijra

622 migration of Muhammad’s followers from Mecca to Medina.

mecca

Birthplace of Muhammad and holy city in Islam.

Abbasid Dynasty

that suceeded the Umayyads as caliphs within Islam. Came to power in 750 C.E.

Medina

A city in western Saudi Arabia and where Muhammed preached.

Caliph

Term for successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of Muslims

Umayyad Empire

following the rightly guarded Caliphs. Ruled 661-750. Capital in Damascus.