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Name the five pillars of Islam.
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fasting Ramadan
prayer 5x daily pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) declaration of faith alms-charity |
Name the 5 pillars.
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Which of the pillars is called the Hajj?
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pilgrimage to Mecca
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Which of the pillars is called the Hajj?
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What is the Hijrah?
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the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina
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What is the Hijrah?
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How did Islam spread?
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through the Arabic language
trade routes and cultural diffusion conquering lands |
How did Islam spread?
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What particular group helped to spread Islam across the deserts of trade?
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Arab Nomads or Bedouins
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What group helped to spread Islam across the deserts of trade?
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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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At the time of Muhammad's death, where had Islam spread to?
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What is the holy book of Islam?
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Qur'an
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What is the holy book of Islam?
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What are the three holy cities of Islam?
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Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem
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What are the three holy cities of Islam?
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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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Why is Jerusalem important to Islam?
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Which city was the birthplace of Muhammad?
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Mecca
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Which city was the birthplace of Muhammad?
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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 slavery?
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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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How did Islam view Christianity and Judaism?
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What prophets of Judaism and Christianity did Islam acknowledge?
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Moses and Jesus and all other prophets
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What prophets of Judaism and Christianity did Islam acknowledge?
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What are geographic barriers of the Arabian Peninsula which were overcome by traders?
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deserts and mountains
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What are geographic barriers of the Arabian Peninsula which were overcome by traders?
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What is the climate of the Arabian peninsula?
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desert
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What is the climate of the Arabian peninsula?
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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 are the three seas surrounding the Arabian peninsula?
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What was Yathrib renamed to?
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Medina
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What was Yathrib renamed to?
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What were the two dynasties of Islam after the rightly guided caliphs?
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Umyyad and Abbasid
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What were the two dynasties of Islam after the rightly guided caliphs?
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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 Shi'a believe?
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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 did the Sunni believe?
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What do we call the leader of the Muslims?
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Caliph
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What do we call the leader of the Muslims?
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After the death of Ali- the last rightly guided caliph, the Umyyad dynasty ruled and moved the capital from Mecca to ?
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Damascus, Syria
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After the death of Ali-the last rightly guided caliph, the Umyyad dynasty ruled and moved the capital from Mecca to ?
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When the Umyyad were destroyed by the Abbasid, the capital was moved from Damascus to ...
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Baghdad, Iraq
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When the Umyyad were destroyed by the Abbasid, the capital was moved from Damascus to ...
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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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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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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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Arabic Numerals came to Europe through trade with Islam; however, they came to Islam through what area?
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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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Where and what was the House of Wisdom?
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Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi found what?
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Algebra
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Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi found what?
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What was a major art form of Islam?
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calligraphy
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What was a major art form of Islam?
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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 a difference between the Mosaics of Byzantine and those of Islam?
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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 was the greatest extent of the spread of Islam?
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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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What two weakening empires allowed Islam to spread further?
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From what culture did Islam begin requiring a veil for women and Harems?
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Persia-Abbasid Caliphate
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From what culture did Islam begin requiring a veil for women and Harems?
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The significance of the Battle of Tours is?
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Stopped the spread of Islam into Europe |
The significance of the Battle of Tours is? |
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The major problem for the spread of Islam was?
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a rigid succession policy which caused conflict |
The major problem for the spread of Islam was?
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Who is the founder of Islam?
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Muhammad |
Who is the founder of Islam? |
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Who destroyed Baghdad in 1258 CE and ended the Abbasid caliphate?
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Mongols |
Who destroyed Baghdad in 1258 CE and ended the Abbasid caliphate?
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What was the great unifier of Islam?
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Arabic Language |
What was the great unifier of Islam? |
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The Abbasid caliphate was known for ???
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Artistic Achievement |
The Abbasid caliphate was known for??? |
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Which caliphate had the poet Omar Khhayam and the famous book 1001 Arabian Nights?
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Abbasid |
Which caliphate had the poet Omar Khhayam and the famous book 1001 Arabian Nights?
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Which caliphate restricted women more with mandatory veiling and harems?
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Abbasid |
Which caliphate restricted women more with mandatory veiling and harems?
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After the death of Muhammad, the Muslims remained unified through what leadership?
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4 Rightly Guided Caliphs |
After the death of Muhammad, the Muslims remained unified through what leadership?
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Who were the 'people of the book'?
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Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians |
Who were the 'people of the book'?
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In Medicine, Razi and Ibn Sina discovered that diseases were...
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airborne and started quarantine /hospitals in medicine |
In Medicine, Razi and Ibn Sina discovered that diseases were... |
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What African Kingdom is located between the Red Sea and the Nile River? |
Aksum |
What African Kingdom is located between the Red Sea and the Nile River? |
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Ghana became wealthy because of its location between? |
Saharan salt mines and tropical gold mines |
Ghana became wealthy because of its location between? |
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The Kingdom of Axum became wealthy because it was close to: |
The Red Sea |
The Kingdom of Axum became wealthy because it was close to: |
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Why was the city of Timbuktu important? |
center of trade and learning |
Why was the city of Timbuktu important? |
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Mali and Songhai were this religion while Ghana was this religion. |
Islam-- Mali and SonghaiAnimism--Ghana |
Mali and Songhai were this religion while Ghana was this religion. |
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Identify this building and Kingdoms-- |
Timbuktu in Africa-Ghana, Mali and Songhai Kingdoms |
Identify this building and Kingdoms-- |
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Identify the kingdom to which this photo belongs? |
Aksum (Axum) |
Identify the kingdom to which this photo belongs? |
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Identify which empire? |
Zimbabwe, Great Zimbabwe |
Identify which empire? |
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Who is this and what empire? |
Mansa Musa and Mali Empire |
Who is this and what empire? |
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Ghana made its wealth from the: |
Saharan Salt mines and Tropical Gold mines |
Ghana made its wealth from the: |
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What was the religion of the Mali and Songhai empires? |
Islam |
What was the religion of the Mali and Songhai empires? |
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What was the religion of the Ghana empire? |
Animism |
What was the religion of the Ghana empire? |
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Know your African Kingdoms Map and all landforms including rivers, desert and highlands |
Refer to Map from class |
Know your African Kingdoms Map and all landforms including rivers, desert and highlands |
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What are the 5 factors contributing to European exploration of Africa? |
Demand for gold, spices and natural resources Pioneering role of Prince Henry the navigator Navigational innovations of Europe and Islam Support for diffusion of Christianity Competition for trade among European empires |
What are the 5 factors contributing to European exploration of Africa? |
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What did the Europeans leave behind in Africa to establish long term contact? |
Trading posts on the coasts of Africa |
What did the Europeans leave behind in Africa to establish long term contact? |
