ASB222 Final Exam Questions With Correct
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Anthropology - answer✔✔The study of humankind. (the study of human culture)
Umayyad Caliphates - answer✔✔AD 661-650. Capital: Damascus
Spread of Islam throughout Arab world; middle east, north Africa, Moorish Spain
Abbasid Caliphates - answer✔✔AD 750 when Baghdad was founded, when the switch occurred
AD 750-1258, Capital: Baghdad; guardians of Classical learning; Baghdad is center of
enlightened culture
Archaeology - answer✔✔The study of human society, primarily through the recovery and
analysis of the material culture and environmental data which they have left behind.
Quran - answer✔✔Islamic holy book written by Muhammad after he was supposedly visited
from the angel Gabriel
Torah - answer✔✔The "Bible"of the Hebrew people. It is the first 5 books of Moses which are :
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. it was revealed to Moses at Mount
Sinai
Bible - answer✔✔The Christians guide to life. It has the works of the Old Testament and New
Testament. NT is when Jesus comes and after his death and resurrection. OT is more about the
Israelites and their relationship with God.
Theory - answer✔✔A coherent group of general propositions used as principles of explanation
for a class of phenomena
Sunni and Shia Islam - answer✔✔Two of the 3 main branches of Islam. Sunni believe that
anyone can be the next descendant of Muhammad, whereas Shia Islam believe it should be a
blood relative of some sort.
Hypothesis - answer✔✔A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited
evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
Test Implications - answer✔✔Empirical data scientist expects if hypothesis is correct or not
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Shahada - answer✔✔1st Pillar of Faith - Declaration of Faith: "there is no god but Allah and
Muhammad is his messenger."
Salat - answer✔✔2nd Pillar of Faith - Prayer five times a day in the direction of the Ka 'abah in
Mecca. Prayers are performed at dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset and night; as signated by
muezzins singing the call to prayer, which begins "Allahu akbar;"
Sawm - answer✔✔3rd Pillar of Faith - Fasting during Ramadan (on the lunar calendar); abstain
from food, drink, tobacco, sex during daylight hours. Commemorates the first revelation of the
Qu 'ran; unifying and spiritually purifying. End of Ramadan celebrated as Eid al-Fitr, Feast of
Breaking the Fast
Zakat - answer✔✔4th Pillar of Faith - Alms-giving (tithing) to the poor and needy, normally at
the end of Ramadan (ideally 2.5% of wealth)
Hajj - answer✔✔5th Pillar of Faith - Pilgrimage to Mecca during month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
Expected at least once in lifetime. If unable, many sponsor someone to go in their place. A
village may pool their money to pay the way for one individual to go on behalf of all. The end of
Dhu al-Hijjah celebrated as Eid al-Aida, Feast of the Sacrifice.
Diaspora - answer✔✔Word used to mark the end of the Israelites having a homeland. Started in
the Iron Age after the first Temple was destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar (Babylonian King)
and ended in 1948 when WWII ended.
Hijra - answer✔✔Arabic world meaning migration or flight.
Mongol Conquest - answer✔✔The outward push of the Mongol Empire. The siege and capture
of Baghdad in 1258 is considered the single most catastrophic event in Islam's history.
Semitic - answer✔✔A major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Hebrew, Arabic,
Syrian, Babylonian. modern and ancient languages.
Arabic - answer✔✔A Semitic language spoken in the Middle East
Hebrew - answer✔✔A Semitic language spoken by the Israelites. Old Testament in bible is
written in this language.
Dead Sea Scrolls - answer✔✔Hundreds of thousands of fragments found in the 1940's - on in the
city of Qumran near the shore of the Dead Sea (where it gets its name).
Aramaic - answer✔✔Ancient language spoken by Jesus.
Bronze Age - answer✔✔3500 - 1200 BC, consisted of first fortified settlements - TOWNS. The
primary group of people associated with the Bronze age are the Canaanites.