Chapter 11 World Cultures Review – Flashcards
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Spain
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The spread of Islam into Europe was halted by Charles Martel's victory in what country?
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Father-in-law; Abu Bakr
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The first caliph was Muhammad's
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Mecca
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The holiest city of Islam is
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Hijrah
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The first year of the Muslim calendar marks the
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Baghdad
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The symbols known as Arabic were developed in
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Ma'mun
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The House of Wisdom was founded by
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Moses Maimonides
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Great Jewish philosopher who wrote in Egypt
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Baghdad
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Capital of the Abbasid Empire was
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Southwestern area
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Arabian Peninsula is composed of arid plains and deserts with the exception of the
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Polytheistic idols were destroyed
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The Kaaba became a place for Islamic worship after the
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Calligraphy
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Arabic script was used to create an art form called
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Shiite
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Followers who backed Ali's claim to Islamic leadership became known as
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A.D. 570
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Muhammad was born around
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al-Razi
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Substances were classified as animal, mineral, or vegetable by the chemist
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Fast
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During Ramadan, Muslims are expected to
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Sunni & the Shiite
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Muslim split into two branches, the
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Mecca
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Birthplace of Muhammad
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Abbasid Dynasty
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Islamic world experienced a great scientific awakening during the rule of the
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Hajj
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All Muslims are expected to make a pilgrimage called
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Bedouins
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The nomadic herders who inhabited the Arabian Peninsula were called
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Forbid killing of them, let women own property
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Islam improved the position of women by
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Hijrah
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The departure of Muhammad from Mecca to Yathrib is called
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Algebra
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Islamic mathematicians invented
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Caliph
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After the death of Muhammad, Muslims chose a new leader called
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A.D. 650
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Muslim control of the Persian Empire was achieved by
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Harun al-Rashid
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The Abbasid Empire reached its height under the rule of
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Ibn-Khaldun
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The great Islamic historian who examined cause-and-effect history was
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Quran
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The holy scriptures of Islam are called
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Dries mud/brick; provide max privacy/keep people cool
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Homes in Muslim cities were typically constructed with______. Why?
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Yathrib
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The city that Muhammad fled to in the Hijrah, later became known as Madinah
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Ibn Sina
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The doctor who produced the Canon of Medicine that described all medical knowledge of the time
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Baghdad
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The capital city of the Abbasid Dynasty rule
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Sheikh
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A chief
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Cordoba
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The Umayyad center with 70 libraries
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Damascus
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The capital of the Umayyad rule that was moved from Madinah
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Omar Khayyam
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A Persian mathematician and poet who wrote the One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights)
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Imams
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Prayer leaders
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Arabesque
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Geometric designs entwined with plant stems, leaves, flowers and stars
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Husayn
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Ali's son who rejected Mu'awiyah's rule and was massacred by Umayyad troops
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Shari'ah
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Islamic moral principles organized into a body of law
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Bazaar
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Marketplaces
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Kaaba
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The holiest Arab shrine as a place of worship for the Islamic religion that previously held polytheistic idols destroyed by Muhammad's followers
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Hanifs
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Holy men that denounced the worship of idols and believed in one god
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Gabriel
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The angel that sent Muhammad messages over a 22 year period
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Madrasas
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Theological schools
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Khadija
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Muhammad's first wife that was a wealthy widow
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Mongols
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A group of people that ended the Abbasid Dynasty rule by assassinating their first caliph and burning Baghdad
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Astrolabe
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A device the Arabs used to make navigation safer and easier, that determined the Earth was round, was used in religious practices, and determined movements of the planets and time
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Mu'awiyah
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The governor of Syria who became the first caliph of the Umayyad rule
