NAME: _____Jacalyn McCarthy_______

THE RISE OF ISLAM

1) What animal did the Bedouins/Arabs domesticate during the 2 nd millennium BC that
enabled them to participate in the caravan trade? CAMELS
2) Who was Allah? The Islamic God
3) What was Allah symbolized by? Where was this placed (what city)? The Black
Stone is placed in Mecca!
4) Who was Muhammad? When was he born? When did he die?
Founder of Islam, born in 570 AD and died in 632 AD.
5) In what book were his ‘revelations’ written? How many chapters does this book have?
The Quran which has 114 chapters
6) What were the followers of his faith called? Muslims
7) What did Muhammad do in 622 AD (CE)? Where did he go? Why?
Muhammad took his Hegira. The Hegira is the migration or journey of the Islamic
prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib to avoid
assassination.
8) What year was considered “year one” of the Muslim calendar? 622 AD
9) When did he return to Mecca? What did he do when he got there? 629 AD and he
conquered Mecca when he returned.
10) What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
1. The Shahadah (Declaration of faith)
2. Prayer (Salah) - Praying five times a day, kneeling towards Mecca
3. Charity or alms-giving (Zakat) - Each year a Muslim should give money to
charity (Usually 2.5% of their savings).
4. Fasting during the month of Ramadan (Sawm)
5. A pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) - Muslims should go to Mecca on a pilgrimage.
They should do this at least once in their lives.
11) What is Shari’a Law? Sharia, Sharia law, or Islamic law is the religious law
forming part of the Islamic tradition.
12) What happened after Muhammad died? What was the ‘dilemma’? Panic spread
because there was no leader.
13) Who succeeded him? The Rightly Guided Caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman,
Ali)
14) What is a Caliph? The chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the
successor of Muhammad
15) Who was general Muawiya? What did he do? What was his ‘dynasty’ called?
Muawiyah I established the Umayyad dynasty of the caliphate, and was the
second caliph from the Umayyad clan, the first being Uthman ibn Affan.
16) Those who follow the Umayyad Dynasty are called what? Sunnis
17) Those who follow and believe that the only true rulers should be descendants of Ali
(Muhammad’s son in law), are called what? Shia