Ch. 5 Study Guide Islamic Civilization

Group that believed that Umayyad caliphs should rule

• Sunnis

• Shiites

• Bedaiin

• Umayyads

The geography of the Arabian Peninsula could best be described as

• swampy

• forest like

• wavy green fields of grass

• dry desertlike

Arabic numbers that were passed on to Europeans by Persian and Arab scholars were actually borrowed from this culture

• Hindu

• Latin

• Hispanic

• Arab

The harsh desert climate caused the early Arabs who lived their to

• hide

• steal from everyone

• form tribes to help them survive

• never go into the desert

The name given to the followers of Islam is

• Shiites

• Sunnis

• Muslims

• Sufis

Where do Muslims gather to worship?

• minaret
• mosque
• muezzin
• imam

How do Bedouin nomads live?

• Travel on trade routes to buy and sell items
• They move from place to place with their animals
• They raise crops in places where there is water
• They build elaborate cities for Muslim believers 

Who did Shias want to be the first caliph?

• Someone related to the prophet
• Someone who was wealthy
• Someone with political skills
• Someone who had won in a battle

This provides Muslims with guidelines on how to love and stresses the need to treat others fairly

• Quran

• Bible

• Torah

Caliphs who governed the Arab empire from Damascus

• Umayyads

• Sunnis

• Hindu

• Shiites