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1. What are the Five Pillars of Islam? • Get your notes in order, stapled, and with your name on them. You will turn these in tomorrow before your test • Chapter 1-1 (Fill in the Blank Notes) • Chapter 1-2 (Graphic Organizer) • Chapter 1-3 (Graphic Organizer) • Chapter 1-4 (Graphic Organizer) Bellringer

2. What are three facts you have learned from this chapter? • Put your stapled notes in the tray • Put your Five Pillars of Islam Worksheet in the tray • Get out an old Scantron to use on the test if you have one • Get out your signed Midterm and/or highlighted work to turn in; I will collect it after attendance Bellringer

3. Chapter 1 Test Review

4. One great contribution of the Islamic golden age was • Algebra • Taxes • Singing stars • Golden goblets

5. Constantinople grew rich because it • Borrowed money from the Roman Empire • Was located in a natural crossroads of trade • Used “Greek fire” to defend its capital against attacks • Had an unpredictable ruler

6. Scholars see Islam’s golden age as • One of the worst periods in world history • A period when the arts suffered • A period when many gold objects were made • One of the most brilliant periods in world history

7. The Byzantines recorded and saved the knowledge of • Ancient China • Only ancient Rome • Ancient Greece and Rome • Only ancient Greece

8. What do followers of Islam and the Jewish and Christian religions all believe in? • One God alone • Muhammad • Ramadan • Journeying to Mecca

9. Mecca lay on a trade route on the edge of the desert that takes up most of • The Red Sea • Syria • The Kabah • The Arabian Peninsula

10. Which of the following is one of the Five Pillars of Islam? • Prophecy • Caliphs • Prayer • Memorizing

11. Why was Islam so attractive to the peoples of the Arabian Peninsula? • Islam offered people a way of life in contrast to the oppressive rules of the nearby Byzantine and Persian empires • Islam tried to enforce complicated law codes • Islamic beliefs spread out over North Africa, Spain, and southern France • Islam could not compete with Medina in trade

12. Islam quickly spread to Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean Coast because • People in those areas had no religion • Muhammad migrated to those regions • Muslim traders took their religion there • Mecca was no longer an important religious center

13. The Byzantine empire lasted a long time because it • Had no religious disputes • Had rulers with limited powers • Grew rich from trade • Had little contact with the rest of the world

14. Harunar-Rashid was great supporter of • The arts • The Code of Justinian • The army at Mecca • The Sufis

15. The Code of Justinian clearly stated • The history of Byzantium • Future events • The laws and what they meant • How to make “Greek fire”

16. After the death of Uthman, the Islamic world split into two groups: the Shiites and the • Meccans • Sunnis • Muslims • Greeks Orthodox

17. Which statement best describes the Bedouins? • They moved from one place to another • They lived in walled cities • They followed the Code of Justinian • They were farmers

18. Muslims must pray five times • A day • An hour • A week • A year

19. Why did Islam spread so fast? • The Byzantine and Persian empire had good roads • Muslims were expert traders and traveled widely • Islam divided Arabs into separate communities that moved away • People of all religions made pilgrimages to Mecca

20. They saying, “There is no god but God,” expresses the importance of the Muslim belief in • Prophets • Muezzins • One God • Tolerating others

21. Islam treated Jews and Christians with respect, but did make them • Pay higher taxes • Worship Abraham and Moses • Follow the nomadic way of life • Work together

22. Make sure you can also answer the questions that we review after each section • Make sure you have a basic understanding of the Map from Chapter 1 (found in the beginning and end of the chapter) Other Items to Know!