AP World History - Chapter 8 Flashcards
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| 13550131483 | Islam, one, Allah | The fastest growing religion in the world...is centered around the belief in...god called... | 0 | |
| 13550131484 | Arabian Peninsula | Where were the Bedouins living in the 6th century? | 1 | |
| 13550131485 | Nomadic, tribal, and polytheistic | The Bedouin culture was mostly... | 2 | |
| 13550131486 | Sheikhs | Who ruled each clan or tribe in the Bedouin culture? | 3 | |
| 13550131487 | Polygyny | ...is when a man has more than one wife at a time | 4 | |
| 13550131488 | Polytheistic | Were the Bedouins polytheistic or monotheistic? | 5 | |
| 13550131558 | Arabian Peninsula |  | 6 | |
| 13550131489 | Mecca | City in Saudi Arabia that is considered to be a holy city | 7 | |
| 13550131490 | Relic, word | The black stone of Mecca is a...because it has the...of God | 8 | |
| 13550131491 | Honesty, generosity | The Bedouin tribes valued...and... | 9 | |
| 13550131492 | Land trade, camels | The Bedouins...routes with...formed the basis of the Arabian economy | 10 | |
| 13550131493 | Water travel | ...eventually became more popular than overland routes | 11 | |
| 13550131494 | Merchant | Muhammad was a... | 12 | |
| 13550131495 | Caravan manager | Muhammad became a... | 13 | |
| 13550131496 | Revelations, Allah | Muhammad experienced...that he attributed to the angel of the deity... | 14 | |
| 13550131497 | Quran | An Islamic sacred book said to be the literal word of God | 15 | |
| 13550131498 | Yes | Did it take long for Muhammad to gather followers of Allah? | 16 | |
| 13550131499 | Prophet | Muhammad is the last... | 17 | |
| 13550131500 | Medina | The city that Muhammad and his followers fled to when they were persecuted, and where the first Muslim community was: | 18 | |
| 13550131501 | Hegira | The name of the flight of Muhammad and his followers because of persecution | 19 | |
| 13550131502 | Ka'aba | The most important holy building of Islam | 20 | |
| 13550131503 | Military conquest, movement | A way that Islam was spread was...and the...of people | 21 | |
| 13550131504 | Egalitarian | Islam is an...religion | 22 | |
| 13550131505 | Was | When Islam was spread through military conquest and they had conquered a region, Islamic rule was/wasn't tolerant of the religion | 23 | |
| 13550131506 | Monotheistic | Was Islam polytheistic or monotheistic? | 24 | |
| 13550131507 | Salvation and hope, Allah, Quran | Principles of Islam: The ideas of...of an afterlife, the importance of submission to the will of...and a belief in the...as the sacred book | 25 | |
| 13550131508 | Five Pillars | Core set of obligations for Muslims | 26 | |
| 13550131509 | God, Allah, five, alms, Ramadan, pilgrimage | Belief in one...called... Praying...times a day Giving...to the poor Fasting during the month of... Making a...to Mecca once in your life | 27 | |
| 13550131510 | Jihad | Concept of struggle to strive in the way of Allah and to improve both oneself and society | 28 | |
| 13550131511 | Shariah | A code of law that outlines behavioral requirements for daily life that was developed after Muhammad's death. (Based on the Quran) | 29 | |
| 13550131512 | Ali and Abu Bakr | After Muhammad's death, who were the two people that were running to become the leader of the Islamic community? | 30 | |
| 13550131513 | Caliph | Religious ruler | 31 | |
| 13550131514 | Bakr | Who became the first caliph? | 32 | |
| 13550131515 | Ali | Who became the fourth caliph? | 33 | |
| 13550131516 | Sunnis | Supporters of Abu Bakr | 34 | |
| 13550131517 | Shia, Shiites | Supporters of Ali became the...group, also known as... | 35 | |
| 13550131518 | Byzantine, Persian Sassanid, taxes | When Bakr seized lands from the...Empire and the...Empire, he didn't force religious conversion. Instead the...were lower if you converted. | 36 | |
| 13550131519 | Merchants, generals, and armies, Umayyad | When Ali was assassinated a group of...took power and founded the...Dynasty | 37 | |
| 13550131520 | Sunni | Was the Umayyad Dynasty in Damascus and Córdoba Sunni or Shia? | 38 | |
| 13550131521 | Damascus | Where was the Umayyad Dynasty moved to? (From Medina) | 39 | |
| 13550131522 | Abbasids, Umayyads, Baghdad | The...conquered the...and made a new city for their capital called... | 40 | |
| 13550131523 | Caliphate | An Islamic state | 41 | |
| 13550131524 | Baghdad | Where were the Abbasids? | 42 | |
| 13550131525 | Learning | Baghdad became the center of... | 43 | |
| 13550131526 | Paper | The invention of thicker...was an achievement of Baghdad | 44 | |
| 13550131527 | Hierarchical, bureaucracy | The Abbasids became increasingly...with a continually growing... | 45 | |
| 13550131528 | Viziers | Prime ministers in the Abbasid Empire | 46 | |
| 13550131529 | Assassination | Being a ruler in the Abbasid empire because you risked potential...attempts | 47 | |
| 13550131530 | Attacks from outside groups | The Abbasid Empire suffered from... | 48 | |
| 13550131531 | Group that defeated the Abbasids | The Mongols | 49 | |
| 13550131532 | Economic, military | The Abbasids faced both...and...troubles | 50 | |
| 13550131533 | Cordoba | Where did the Umayyads move their capital to after it was moved to Damascus? | 51 | |
| 13550131534 | Islamic expansion, Western Europe | The loss of the Battle of Tours for the Islamic military marked the limit of...into... | 52 | |
| 13550131535 | Tolerant, Abbasids | Umayyad rulers in Córdoba were...in terms of religion, like the..in Baghdad | 53 | |
| 13550131536 | Trade | The Umayyad rulers in Córdoba promoted... | 54 | |
| 13550131537 | Dhows | The trade that was promoted by the Umayyad rulers in Córdoba occured because of goods traveling ships called... | 55 | |
| 13550131538 | Learning | The Islamic state in Córdoba, Spain became a center for... | 56 | |
| 13550131539 | Aristotle, Greek | Islamic scholars saved the works of...and other...thinkers | 57 | |
| 13550131540 | Farmers, sailors, nomads | Before Muhammad there were more...and...than pastoral... | 58 | |
| 13550131541 | Byzantine, Islamic, Muslims, Christians, and Jews | Trade between the...and the...empires created contacts between the religious groups:... | 59 | |
| 13550131542 | Weren't, ruler | When Islamic expansion occurred, the Islamic soldiers were/weren't allowed to own property that they took over, which allowed the people's lives to not be changed greatly. They would just be paying to a different... | 60 | |
| 13550131543 | Merchants, European, Asian | The role of...in Islamic society was greater than in other...and...societies at the time. | 61 | |
| 13550131544 | Did | Islam did/didn't allow slavery. | 62 | |
| 13550131545 | No, couldn't Muslims | When slaves converted to Islam, were the owners allowed to keep them enslaved? Y/N? Because Muslims could/couldn't enslave other... | 63 | |
| 13550131546 | Slave women, | Did slave women or wives have more independence? | 64 | |
| 13550131547 | Markets, buy | Slave women were allowed to go to...or run errands. They could gather enough money to...their freedom. | 65 | |
| 13550131548 | Hijab | Headscarf/veil used by women to cover their heads | 66 | |
| 13550131549 | Raised, love, devotion, educated, business | Muhammad...the status of women by treating his wives with...and...Also Muhammad's first wife was...and owned her own... | 67 | |
| 13550131550 | Higher | Islamic women had a...status than Christian and Jewish women | 68 | |
| 13550131551 | Umma | A whole community of Muslims | 69 | |
| 13550131552 | Harem | The separate part of a Muslim household for the wives, concubines, and the women's children | 70 | |
| 13550131553 | Sufis | A new Islamic group in India and Persia | 71 | |
| 13550131554 | Rituals, chants, God | The Sufis followed...and...to attempt to unite with... | 72 |