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World History
Rise and Expansion of Islam: Quiz #2 Review
The Basics of Islam/Islam After Muhammad’s Death
The Five Pillars
Other
Restrictions/Rules of
the Faith Learned?
Faith
Testimony of faith—Muslims repeat often that saying in which they declare
that there is only one God and that Muhammad is his prophet
Prayer Pray five times a day facing the holy city of Mecca
 Ritual washing before prayer
Alms (Charity) Give 2.5 percent of income to charity
Fasting Fast during the holy month of Ramadan (no eating or drinking anything from
sunrise to sunset)
 Commemorates the month in which Muslims believe Muhammad received his
revelations from the Angel Gabriel
Pilgrimage The Hajj
 Make a pilgrimage to Mecca and perform religious rituals at the Ka’aba and
out in the desert around Mecca
 Halal—dietary restrictions…no pork, no alcohol, and meat must be prepared
correctly
 No gambling
The Importance of the
Quran
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Muslims believe the Arabic words are God’s direct and exact words
Muslims believe it is a miracle and is very important
What is the
Sunnah/Hadith?
What do Muslims use
it for?
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Examples of Muhammad’s behaviors, words, and deeds
Muslims use Muhammad’s example as a guide for living/behavior
Why was Abu Bakr
important?
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He reunited Islam after Muhammad’s death
After Muhammad died, the faith momentarily broke down
First of the “rightly guided caliphs”
Who were the “rightly
guided” caliphs? Why
are they called
“rightly guided?
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Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali
Called rightly guided because they were elected and because they followed
the Quran very closely
Caliph means “successor”
What does the term
“People of the Book”
mean?
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How did the
Umayyads change the
empire of Islam?
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What divisions did the
Umayyads cause?
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Muslims refer to Christians and Jews as “people of the book” because they see
the Islamic faith as a continuation of the Jewish and Christian traditions
They believe that the Quran is the last and final message of the
Jewish/Christian God
The Umayyad family took over the empire
No more elections of caliphs
Their taking over the faith led to a split in the faith between Sunnis and Shiites
Sunnis—Muslims that thought that any good Muslim could be a leader of the
faith
Shiites—Muslims that believed that only a relative of Muhammad could be a
leader of the faith (Ali, the last rightly guided caliph, was Muhammad’s
relative)
What is the
importance of the
Ka’aba to Muslims?
Why is Jerusalem an
important city for
Muslims?
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Sunnis and Shiites have different practices and customs
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They believe the Ka’aba was built by Abraham, who was God’s first prophet
ALSO, they believe that God gave Abraham a special stone, which is built into
the wall of the Ka’aba
It is the holiest site for Muslims
They believe Muhammad made a midnight journey to Jerusalem for Mecca.
Muslims believe that Muhammad stood on the spot of the ancient Jewish
temple and from that point he ascended into heaven.
Muslims built the Dome of the Rock over this spot in Jerusalem
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Name:
World History
The Basics of Islam/Islam After Muhammad’s Death: Quiz Review Sheet
The Five Pillars
Faith-
Prayer
Alms (Charity)-
Fasting-
Pilgrimage-
Other
Restrictions/Rules of
the Faith Learned?
The Importance of the
Quran
What is the
Sunnah/Hadith?
What do Muslims use
it for?
Why was Abu Bakr
important?
Who were the “rightly
guided” caliphs? Why
are they called
“rightly guided?
What does the term
“People of the Book”
mean?
How did the
Umayyads change the
empire of Islam?
What divisions did the
Umayyads cause?
What is the
importance of the
Ka’aba to Muslims?
Why is Jerusalem an
important city for
Muslims?