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Chapter 11: Islam Study Guide
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________________ stretches over most of the Arabian peninsula.
A(n) ________________ is a green area in a desert fed by water.
____________________ were desert herders who traveled from oasis to oasis for water.
____________________ was the largest and richest town in Arabia and the birthplace of
Muhammad.
The _____________ is a low square building in the center of Makkah that attracts religious pilgrims.
The prophet _____________________ was the founder of the Islamic faith.
Muslims believe that Allah’s message was revealed to Muhammad through ___________________.
Islam means _________________________________________________________________________.
___________________ are followers of Islam.
_______________________ was a wealthy merchant woman who married Muhammad and spent her
wealth to promote Islam.
Muhammad and his followers journeyed from Makkah to ______________ during what is called the
Hijrah.
What happened when Muhammad and his followers left Makkah?
Muhammad built an army in Madinah and ______________________ Makkah.
What belief does Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have in common?
The ____________ is the holy book of Islam.
All Muslims must learn to read _________________.
The ______________________________________ are acts of worship that Muslims must fulfill.
Muslims must pray ________ times a day and face the city of _______________ during prayers.
Muslims must pay a charity tax called ____________ to help the poor.
List the Five Pillars of Islam.
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_______________ were the successors to Muhammad.
__________________ was the first of the “Rightly Guided Caliphs.”
After the murder of Ali in 661 AD, the __________________ caliphs began their rule.
Soon after Muhammad’s death, the Muslim world split into what two groups?
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25. The Umayyad dynasty moved the capital to ___________________.
26. The _______________ believed that Ali’s descendants should rule Islam.
27. The _________________ believed the Umayyad dynasty should rule.
28. Similar to Christian missionaries, _________________ spread the teachings of Islam.
29. In Muslim society, social groups were based on ______________________.
30. The _________________ dynasty replaced the Umayyads in AD 750, and moved the capital to
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31. The _________________ allowed non-Muslims to practice their own religion if they paid a special
tax.
32. The Seljuk Turks took Baghdad and their _______________ ruled the government and the army.
33. _____________________ was the most famous sultan of the Ottoman Empire in the 1500’s.
34. The ___________________ built a Muslim empire in India.
35. ____________________ was a Mogul ruler who brought peace to his territory and allowed Hindus to
practice their religion.
36. The Arab Empire ended when the __________________ burned Baghdad.
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37. A Muslim house of worship is called a _______________________.
38. __________________ are towers of a mosque from which an ___________ calls Muslims to prayer.
39. Every mosque has a ________________ at which worshipers can wash their faces, arms, hands, and
feet to show respect for God.
40. Arab merchants transported goods across the desert in ______________________.
41. Muslim traders were successful because they provided merchants with _________________.
42. Muslim scholars ____________________ ancient learning.
43. Muslims invented _________________, a type of mathematics still taught in schools today.
44. ______________________________________ was a popular collection of stories from India and
Persia written in the 10th century.
45. The Mogul ruler Shah Jahan built the _____________________, a Muslim tomb, for his wife in Agra,
India.