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The term that means belief in many gods:
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polytheism
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The book based on the teachings of Muhammad and means "recitations":
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Qur'an
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The term that means belief in many gods:
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The book based on the teachings of Muhammad and means "recitations":
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What does the term "Islam" mean?
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Which group within Islam believes Ali was to be Muhammad's successor and calls their leader an imam?
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Which group within Islam believes any worthy Muslim could be selected to lead Islam, calls its political leader a caliph, and calls its spiritual leader an imam?
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The term Muslims use to describe those who did not accept Islam:
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The two large empires that lost territory or were destroyed by a Muslim invasion:
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What Muslim dynasty moved the capital of the Muslim Empire to Damascus?
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Were non-Muslims initially required to convert to Islam?
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What circumstances led to forced conversions?
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What were the Muslims viewed as by the war-torn and oppressed people of the Byzantine and Sassanid empires?
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What Muslim scholar is regarded as the Father of Modern Medicine?
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What Greek invention that aided naval travel did the Muslims improve?
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What farming improvement did the Muslims make to increase productivity?
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What natural resources did the Muslims harness to produce power?
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Which Muslim dynasty focused primarily on military expansion?
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Which Muslim dynasty focused primarily on culture and scholarship?
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What empire delayed the Muslims advance into Asia Minor?
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What title did Charles, ruler of the Franks, receve after defeating the Muslim forces?i
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Because of its defensible location, its thick walls, and Greek fire, this city was able to withstand Muslim conquest into the Byzantine Empire from the seventh through the tenth centuries:
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What technological contributions did the Muslim world make that you use today?
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What battle halted the expansion of Islam into Europe (aside from the Iberian Peninsula)?
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The man who founded Islam:
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In what city was Muhammad was born?
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The collected writings of Muhammad's followers that were copied from Muhammad's recitations of the visions he claimed to have received from the angel Gabriel:
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The name for the god of Islam:
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The term for Muhammad's flight to Medina:
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The first battle in which Muhammad's defeated the army of Mecca:
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The name for the arguments after Muhammad's death over whether Islam should continue to be the ruling religion in the land :
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The Muslim holy book containing a description of Muhammad's life, including what he said, did and approved of:
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Which one of these is NOT one of the five pillars of Islam:
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True/False: The Islamic faith promotes generosity to the poor and moral living.
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Law developed early in the history of Islam; considered divine law; contains laws about diet, marriage, and divorce; protects Jews and Christians but demands death penalty for Muslims who convert to another religion:
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The Arabic term that means "holy war against non-Muslims" according to its most original meaning in the Qur'an:
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True/False: The Qur'an denies the doctrine of the Trinity.
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How does Islam view Jesus?
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According to Islam, Allah predestines each Muslim to Paradise or Hell as he pleases. However, what must a Muslim practice in order to have a chance of being chosen to go to Paradise?
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The sacred, cube-shaped building in Mecca to which Muslim pilgrims must travel at least once in their lifetime:
