Test Review for Islam Test on 11/3

Below is the Test Review for the Islam Test that will be on Friday 11/3. Remember if you turn in the review completed you will receive 10% towards the test. So if you get a B on the test it will be an A, etc.

• Who was Muhammad and why did he meditate in the hills?
• Know about Muhammad's life(ex. Where he was born, did he have sons?, etc)
• What are the Shariah laws's and their purpose?
• Name the Five Pillars of Islam
• What happened to  people in the Arab Empire that were not Muslims?
• What was the split in Islam that happened in 680 and why did it happen.
• What are devout Muslims prohibited from doing?
• The Uymayyad Dynasty and the lands that they conquered
• The Revolt by Hussein during the Uymayyad led to....
• Who was the Uymayyad Dynasty replaced by?
• With the rise of the Fatimid Dynasty, the focus of trade shifted from Baghdad to_____.
• Abu_Bakar unified the Muslim world by.....
• What happened when Abu Bakar died?
• What is a Vizier?
• What is Sultan?
• Camel caravans passed through what city when traveling through the Arabian Peninsula?
• How far did Arab trade routes extend?
• When does the official Muslim calendar begin? 
• Was slavery widespread in the Islamic world?
• Are all people of Islam equal in the eyes of Allah?
• Because of the above belief was the Arab world a classless society? Was everyone truly equal?
• Did Muslims distinguish between religious and political authority? 
• Know what continent the Arabian Peninsula is on, what continents the empire spread to by 632 and 1000 A.D. 

We will be doing a kahoot review together on Thursday. If you have any questions about the review, let me know and I will point you in the right direction. The Test is Friday 11/3.

The Arab Empire and the Caliphates Notes Continued 10/31

Today as a class we finished the questions that we started last week on the Arab Empire:
If you did not copy down the questions here they are below with the answers on a separate file at the bottom of the page.

The Arab Empire and the Caliphates Reading Questions

1.       How had Abu Bakr been involved in the founding of Islam? P. 210

2.       How and why do empires develop and grow? P. 210

3.       What advantages did the Arabs have?   P. 211

4.       Who was Mu’awiyah? P. 212

5.       Why was the battle of tours a turning point in European history? P. 212

6.       Why was there a break between the Sunni and Shia groups of Islam? P. 213

7.       How did Islam impact Asia and Africa? P. 213

8.       Why did the Umayyad dynasty begin to lose the support of the people? P. 213

9.       What brought about the fall of the Abbasid dynasty? P. 214

10.   How might the weakened condition of the empire have led to a division within the Arab Empire? P. 214

Link to Answers:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-PJ88yWVb9cV0hwVERHYUJyN0U