FREE WORLD HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APWH

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FREE WORLD HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APWH

CH. 6 KEY TERMS EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Quraysh

Answer:

tribe with Umayyad clan

Question 2: jihad

Answer:

misconception as holy wars launched to spread the Muslim faith forcibly

Question 3: mosque

Answer:

symbol of Islamic civilization, prayer meeting place, communal initially based on Muhammad's simple house, with qibla, minbars, minarets, domes (Dome of the Rock)

Question 4: Abbasid

Answer:

descent from Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas, rebeled against luxury and lethargy and non-military or political-ness of Umayyads, won throne

• 750, Persians eventually became locus of power when they became less interested in politics

Question 5: Shi'a

Answer:

those who backed Ali when he tried to claim the caliphate

Question 6: Karbala

Answer:

battle at which Husayn (Ali's second son) was assassinated when trying to revolt against the Umayyads

Question 7: zakat

Answer:

tax for charity, meaning all are equal and deserve to have something, one of five pillars

Question 8: Umayyad

Answer:

clan which founded Mecca, took over caliphate and founded dynasty with greater women's roles, lapsed in lives of luxury, conquered by Abbasids

• 750

Question 9: umma

Answer:

community of the faithful, universal (unification)

Question 10: Copts

Answer:

Christian sect in Byzantine Empire

Question 11: Ka'ba

Answer:

holy shrine in Mecca, originally housed idols of all tribal gods, eventually became religious center for Islam

Question 12: hijra

Answer:

flight to Medina

Question 13: caliph

Answer:

political and religious successor to Muhammad

Question 14: minarets

Answer:

towers from which Muslims were called to prayer

Question 15: five pillars

Answer:

• God is the only god and Muhammad is his prophet;
• play facing Mecca 5x a day;
• fast while the sun is up during month of Ramadan;
• zakat (charity);
• hajj to Mecca, made one a more complete Muslim

Question 16: qibla

Answer:

wall with decorated section pointing to Mecca, often with its own niche in the mosque

Question 17: Mecca

Answer:

Islam's holy city, Ka'ba shrine, key location along trade routes

Question 18: harem

Answer:

forbidden area for political leaders' wives and concubines

Question 19: ayan

Answer:

entrenched landed elite, either from Umayyad times or when booty was invested in land, had peasants working on land and paying part of crop

Question 20: Sunnis

Answer:

those who backed the Umayyads during Ali's claim to the caliphate

Question 21: Battle of the River Zab

Answer:

750 when Abbasids defeated Umayyads

Question 22: Nestorians

Answer:

Christian sect in Byzantine Empire

Question 23: Ali

Answer:

Muhammad's clansmen who secured Muhammad's flight to Medina in 622 by taking Muhammad's place, candidate for caliphate after Muhammad died and when the third caliph was murdered, lost both times (assassinated 661, both sons also assassinated)

Question 24: Qu'ran

Answer:

holy book of Muhammad's revelations, compiled mainly by his wife and daughters

Question 25: Ramadan

Answer:

month (based on lunar calendar) during which Muslims must fast from sunup to sundown

Question 26: jizya

Answer:

head tax for non-believers

Question 27: Mu'awiya

Answer:

660 proclaimed caliph to challenge Ali's claim