Islam Study Guide
Chapter 3 & 4


Vocabulary (book/packet)
Bureaucracy
emir
faction
dissent
empire
calligraphy

Chapter 3 and 4

¨ Source of conflict of nomadic tribes in Arabia. (book)
¨ Seljuk Turks (book)
¨ Who did Cordoba fall to? (book)
¨ Baghdad: What was invented there? What types of games where played there? What were their hospital like? Scientific study in Baghdad. (class packet/homework/book)
¨ What is an oasis? (book)
¨ What was Cordoba like when it was under Islamic rule? (class/book)
¨ Why was the Battle of Tours important? (book)
¨ The tax system of the Umayyad. (book/class packet)
¨ What helped to united the Umayyad. (class packet/book)
¨ Where was the Abbasid capital moved to? (book/packet)
¨ Who were the Fatimids? (book)
¨ Who gained control of Spain while the Abbasids ruled in the east. (book)
¨ Who was Muhammad? (book and class)
¨ What was the first word given to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel. (book/packet/homework)
¨ What do the Muslims believe the Koran is? (book/packet)
¨ Know the five pillars of Islam. (book/class)
¨ What position did the Muslims NOT want the first caliph to fill? (class/book)
¨ Why did the Shiites and Sunni spilt from one another? (packet/homework)
¨ Established religions: do they have a central religions figure (packet)
¨ Have religions successfully created peace? (packet)
¨ How many followers does Islam have? (packet/notes)
¨ What country is Mecca located in today? (book/packet)
¨ What is the name of the chapters in the Koran? (packet)
¨ What three colonial powers took over the Islam Empire in the 18th and 19th century? (packet)