Chapter 8 Study Guide: The Rise of Islam, 600-1200
I. KEY TERMS:
1. Empty Quarter:
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2. Mecca: _________________________________________________________________________________
3. Quraysh: ________________________________________________________________________________
4. Ka’ba: _________________________________________________________________________________
5. Muhammad: _____________________________________________________________________________
6. Khadija: ________________________________________________________________________________
7. Allah: __________________________________________________________________________________
8. Ali: ____________________________________________________________________________________
9. Abu Bakr: _______________________________________________________________________________
10. Muslim: _______________________________________________________________________________
11. Islam: _________________________________________________________________________________
12. Medina: _______________________________________________________________________________
13. Hijra: _________________________________________________________________________________
14. Umma: ________________________________________________________________________________
15. Khalifa / caliph: _________________________________________________________________________
16. Five Pillars of Islam: _____________________________________________________________________
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17. Caliphate: ______________________________________________________________________________
18. Quran: ________________________________________________________________________________
19. Mu’awiya: _____________________________________________________________________________
20. Umayyad Caliphate: ______________________________________________________________________
21. Shi’ites: _______________________________________________________________________________
22. Sunnis: ________________________________________________________________________________
23. Imams: ________________________________________________________________________________
24. Kharijite sects: __________________________________________________________________________
25. Umar: _________________________________________________________________________________
26. Abbas: ________________________________________________________________________________
27. Abbasid Caliphate: _______________________________________________________________________
28. The Arabian Nights: ______________________________________________________________________
29. Political fragmentation / decentralization: _____________________________________________________
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30. Mamluks: ______________________________________________________________________________
31. Samarra: _______________________________________________________________________________
32. Buyid: _________________________________________________________________________________
33. Samanid: ______________________________________________________________________________
34. Ghana: ________________________________________________________________________________
35. Soninke: _______________________________________________________________________________
36. Fatimid: _______________________________________________________________________________
37. Fustat: ________________________________________________________________________________
38. Abd al-Rahman: _________________________________________________________________________
39. Maimonides: ___________________________________________________________________________
40. Ibn Rushd / Averroes: _____________________________________________________________________
41. Ulama: ________________________________________________________________________________
42. Seljuk: ________________________________________________________________________________
43. Sultan: ________________________________________________________________________________
44. Manzikert: _____________________________________________________________________________
45. Four crusader principalities: _______________________________________________________________
46. Saracens: ______________________________________________________________________________
47. Saladin: _______________________________________________________________________________
48. Shari’a: _______________________________________________________________________________
49. Hadith: _______________________________________________________________________________
50. “People of the Book:” ____________________________________________________________________
51. Ulama: ________________________________________________________________________________
52. Madrasas: ______________________________________________________________________________
II. FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS (FRQs):
1. Explain the way Islam began to fragment along three separate paths. What were these paths, and how were
their beliefs different?
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2. Explain how Islam was able to spread from Spain to India in a relatively short period of time, dominating a
wide range of territories and societies.
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3. What were the major reasons for the decline of both the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates? What role did the
umma play in this?
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4. Describe the evolution of Islamic civilization. What was its effect on Europe?
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5. What does the chapter reveal about the status of Muslim women? Compare their status with the status of
women in other parts of the world at that time.
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