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Name the five pillars of Islam.
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fasting Ramadan
prayer 5x daily pilgrimage to Mecca declaration of faith alms |
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Which of the pillars is called the Hajj?
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pilgrimage to Mecca
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What is the Hijrah?
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the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina
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How did Islam spread?
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through the Arabic language
trade routes and cultural diffusion conquering lands |
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What particular group helped to spread Islam across the deserts of trade?
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Nomads or Bedouins
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At the time of Muhammad's death, where had Islam spread to?
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the Arabian peninsula
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What is the holy book of Islam?
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Qu'ran
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What are the three holy cities of Islam?
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Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem
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Why is Jerusalem important to Islam?
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Dome of the Rock-- ascension of Muhammad to heaven
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Which city was the birthplace of Muhammad?
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Mecca
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How did the Islam view slavery?
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not based on race
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How did Islam view Christianity and Judaism?
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People of the Book /descendants of Abraham
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What prophets of Judaism and Christianity did Islam acknowledge?
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Moses and Abraham
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What are geographic barriers of the Arabian Peninsula?
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deserts and mountains
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What is the climate of the Arabian peninsula?
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desert
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What are the three seas surrounding the Arabian peninsula?
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Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Red Sea
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What city was called Yathrib "City of the Prophet" and later renamed to?
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Medina
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When did Mecca become the spiritual city for Islam?
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630 AD
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What were the two dynasties of Islam after Muhammad?
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Umyyad and Abbasid
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What did the Shi'a believe?
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successor must be of blood line of Muhammad
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What did the Sunni believe?
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Successor could be from highest popular support of Muslims
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What do we call the leader of the Muslims?
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Caliph
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After Muhammad's death, the Umyyad dynasty ruled and moved the capital from Mecca to ?
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Damascus, Syria
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When the Ummyyad were destroyed by the Abbasid, the capital was moved from Damascus to ...
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Baghdad, Iraq
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The Berbers were the only indigenous group in North Africa to convert to Islam and fight into Spain and conquer a large amount of territory for Islam. They were stopped by Charles Martel or Charles the Bald at the Battle of ???
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Tours in Tours, France
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Arabic Numerals came to Europe through trade with Islam; however, they came to Islam through what area?
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India
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Where and what was the House of Wisdom?
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Originated in Baghdad and housed intellectual library and translation institute
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Muhammad al-Khwarizmi found what?
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Algebra
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What was a major art form of Islam?
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calligraphy
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What was a difference between the Mosaics of Byzantine and those of Islam?
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Byzantine had Icons and Mosques had only geometric because could not protray living things
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What was the greatest extent of the spread of Islam?
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Fertile Crescent, Iran and Central Asia
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What two weakening empires allowed Islam to spread further?
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Byzantine and Persian or Sassanid
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From what culture did Islam begin requiring a veil for women?
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Persia
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