AP World History Ch 9 Flashcards

11288093303	What are the five pillars of Islam?	Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, Pilgrimage	0
11288098473	Bedouins	People who prepared Muhammad for desert life.	1
11288122758	Mecca	City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion.	2
11288126507	Blood feud	Fiercely independent Bedouin cities, clans, and tribes	3
11288141539	Kabba	A small, cubical building in the courtyard of the Great Mosque at Mecca containing a sacred black stone: regarded by Muslims as the House of Allah (God).	4
11288147095	Quraysh	Tribe of bedouins that controlled Mecca in 7th century C.E.	5
11288154457	Muhammad	Founder of Islam	6
11288159054	Khadija	Wife of Muhammad	7
11288304173	Quran	the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina	8
11288372037	True or False: It is considered sacrilegious to show Muhammad's face	True	9
11288437683	Seal of the Prophets	Muhammad's name for himself, signifying that he was the final prophet of Allah.	10
11288450354	Muslim	A follower of Islam, means "one who has submitted"	11
11288459203	Umma	The community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh-century Arabia, where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community.	12
11288465678	Hajj	A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims	13
11288472486	Jihad	A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal	14
11288478917	Hijra	Muhammad's move to Medina. Start of the Islamic calendar (632 CE)	15
11288493385	Sharia	Body of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life	16
11288509222	Battle of Talas River	Arab victory over the Chinese in 751 CE that checked Chinese expansion to the west and enabled the conversion of Central Asia to Islam	17
11288515713	Dhimmis	"the people of the book"-- Jews, Christians; later extended to Zoroastrians and Hindus	18
11288530173	Jizya	A tax for Dhimmis to pay in order to avoid military service	19
11288545714	Caliph	Military and religious leader	20
11288573541	Rightly Guided Caliphs	Lose companions of the Prophets	21
11288615205	Sunni	The rightful political and military leaders chosen by umma	22
11288638268	Imam	Blood relatives of Muhammad	23
11288654118	Shia	Leaders should derive from the blood relatives of Muhammad. Felt like oppressed minority and revolted	24
11288675531	Sunni-Shia Schism	Rift that still exists between the two on who should rule after Muhammad's death	25
11289152955	Umayyad Dynasty	Capital city is Damascus, turned into Monarch by overthrow and replaced by the Abbasid	26
11289182447	Ulama	Religious Scholars	27
11289271309	Umar	Second caliph	28
11289319984	Mansur	legislated a separate bridge for women	29
11289339114	Honor killing	Killing women by men for committing sexual taboos	30
11289364625	Clitoridectomy	Female genital cutting	31
11289385249	Hadiths	Poorly sourced traditions about the sayings or actions of Muhammad	32
11289410764	Mullah	Male and female leaders in Shia spiritual world	33
11289518746	Abbasid Dynasty	Capital city is Baghdad	34
11289532102	Sultanate of Delhi	Established in 1206 and caused Turkish rule to be more systemic	35
11289543101	Bhakti	Devotional	36
11289547575	Guru Nanak	Founder of Sikhism	37
11289560408	Sikhism	Blended Islamic elements and Hindu, Karma, and rebirth	38
11289584039	Ottomans	Turkish empire that overthrew Christian Byzantine	39
11289589477	Sonni Ali	15th CE Ruler of Songhai who observed Ramadan	40
11289598690	Cordoba	Was one of the largest and finest cities in the world	41
11289604709	Granada	Last Muslim stronghold, took over by Christians	42