Hines’ History Spot

APWH – Ch.6 test is tomorrow. The study guide is due as well. Questions are at the bottom. CH. 7 & 8 vocab will be due Wed, Oct.10.

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APWH – Ch.6 Study Guide – Islam: The First Global Civilization

1. Define Islam
2. Note all world regions affected by Islam by 1600
3. Define Bedouin, their importance, and their lifestyle
4. Who were the shaykhs?
5. Discuss inter-clan relationships in Bedouin societies.
6. What resulted from inter-clan rivalries?
7. Who were the Umayyads?
8. What was the Ka’aba?
9. What was the major difference between Medina and Mecca?
10. Discuss the status of women in Bedouin society prior to Islam.
11. What was the nature of pre-Islamic Bedouin religion?
12. What were some of the pressures for pre-Islamic societies to change?
13. Which clan was Muhammad born into?
14. When did Muhammad receive his first revelations?
15. Why were the Umayyads initially opposed to Muahammad’s teachings?
16. Discuss several reasons for Muhammad’s flight to Medina and the date.
17. What was the advantage of the Islamic concept of the ummah?
18. Discuss the ethical system of early Islam.
19. What were Muhammad’s teachings compared to the revelations of other monotheistic religions?
20. What are the 5 pillars of Islam?
21. What happened to Islam after Muhammad’s death?
22. What were the Ridda Wars?
23. What is a caliph?
24. Why didn’t Arab warriors want to convert large numbers of people to Islam?
25. Which parts of the Byzantine Empire were not conquered by the Muslims by 650 C.E.?
26. Why was the Caliph Uthman disliked?
27. What was the result of the 1st civil war between Ali and the Umayyads?
28. Who were the Shi’as and Sunnis?
29. Where was the political center under the Umayyads? The Abbasids?
30. Discuss citizenship under the Umayyad empire?
31. What are the mawali?
32. Who were the dhimmis?
33. What was the attitude of the Umayyads toward other religions?
34. How did the Abbasids transform the Islamic community?
35. Discuss the nature of the Abbasid government.
36. Discuss the nature of the economy of the Abbasid Empire.
37. Who were the ayan?
38. Discuss the status of artisans in Abbasid cities.
39. Discuss the nature of slavery in the Abbasid social system?