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2/28/22-3/4/22
Module 8 Lesson 1-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Mecca? (8/1) | During certain holy months, caravans stopped in Mecca, a city in western Arabia. |
| Who is Muhammad? (8/1) | Muhammad was known to be the last and greatest prophet. Muhammad began to teach to the public that Allah was the one and only God and that all other gods must be abandoned. People who agreed to this basic principle of Islam were called Muslims. |
| What were the Five Pillars? (8/1) | The Five Pillars were the duties/ basic beliefs of Islam. |
| What was a Sharia? (8/1) | A system of law that regulates the family life, moral conduct, business life, and community life of Muslims. |
| What were the main teachings of Islam? (8/1) | The main teaching of Islam is that there is only one God, Allah. All other beliefs and practices follow from this teaching. Islam teaches that there is good and evil, and that each individual is responsible for the actions of his or her life. |
| What happened in 632? (8/2) | In 632, Abu-Bakr became the first caliph, a title that means “successor” or “deputy.” |
| Why were the Muslim army so successful? (8/2) | The Muslim armies were well disciplined and expertly commanded. The success of the armies was also due to weakness in the two empires north of Arabia. |
| Why were there consequences in the Muslim society? (8/2) | The Muslim community had difficulties maintaining a unified rule. In 656, Uthman was murdered, starting a civil war in which various groups struggled for power |
| What are three groups within Islam? (8/2) | The Shi'a, the Sunni, and the Sufi |
| What was the Umayyads? (8/2) | A dynasty that ruled the Muslim Empire from AD 661 to 750 and later established a kingdom in al-Andalus. |
| What is the House of Wisdom? (8/3) | A center of learning established in Baghdad in the 800s. |
| What is the standard for all Arabic literature and poetry? (8/3) | The Qur'an is the standard for all Arabic literature and poetry. |
| What does the Qur'an state the role of women are? (8/3) | The Qur'an states that both men and women, as believers, are equal. Muslim women had more economic and property rights than European, Indian, and Chinese women of the same time period. |
| What were the responsibilities of women in the Muslim society? (8/3) | Responsibilities of Muslim women varied with the income of their husbands. The wife of a poor man would often work in the fields with her husband. Wealthier women supervised the household and its servants. |
| What were one of Arabia's strongest tradition? (8/3) | Literature had been a strong tradition in Arabia even before Islam. Bedouin poets, reflecting the spirit of desert life, composed poems celebrating ideals such as bravery, love, generosity, and hospitality. |
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