HST 100: Final Exam Global History from
the 1500 well answered to pass
Islamic View of Christianity and Judaism - correct answer ✔✔Muslims see Islam as the final,
complete, and correct revelation in the monotheistic tradition of the three faiths. The Islamic
tradition recognizes many of the Jewish and Christian prophets, including Abraham, Moses, and
Jesus (although he is not considered to be the son of God).
Islam - correct answer ✔✔submission, surrender, obedience to God, and peace.
Muslim - correct answer ✔✔"one who submits" to God (called Allah in Arabic). A Muslim is a
follower of a religion named "Islam." A Muslim is someone who seeks to follow God's
commands.
Prophet Muhammad - correct answer ✔✔Born: 570 CE in Mecca
Profession: merchant
1st wife: Khadija
7th C. CE: 1st revelation; Hijra- emigration from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina)
Qur'an - correct answer ✔✔Islamic bible; Uncreated (eternal) word of God
Mecca - correct answer ✔✔Pre-islamic trade and religious center; major pilgrimage center of
Islam
Kaaba - correct answer ✔✔("cube") Located in Mecca. A cube shaped building that housed 360
idols of tribal patron deities. Those gods were the objects of rituals (sacrifice, prayer, and
pilgrimage).
, Why was Medina responsive to the message of the Prophet? - correct answer ✔✔Originally
known as Yathrib, they invited Muhammad to serve as a chief administrator and judge in a bitter
feud between its Arab tribes. Muhammad built a new community of believers and became
responsible for defending it from internal and external assaults. This new community was not
built on common ancestry but on common faith. It soon developed its own government,
economy, and army.
Hijra - correct answer ✔✔The migration or journey of Muhammad and his companions from
Mecca to Medina in 633 CE.
Marks the commencement of the Muslim era/calandar
Quraysh Tribe - correct answer ✔✔Muhammad's original tribe
Why did the Quranic revelations threaten the traditional tribal structure and Meccan oligarchy?
- correct answer ✔✔* the revelations threatened the traditional Arabian tribal structure. - the
revelations insisted that there was only one God.
- the revelations called all true believers to join the community of God, a universal community
that transcended tribal bonds and authority, a community led by Muhammad, not by the
Quraysh.
- the revelations dismissed the authority of the old Bedouin sunna. One's ancestors could not
be guides to proper conduct. Religious loyalty had precedence over clan loyalty.
* the revelations threatened the powerful and prosperous Meccan oligarchy. - the revelations
forbade the worship of other Gods and demanded the destruction of statues and images. Those
revelations threatened business people, particularly those engaged in the pilgrimage trade of
Mecca.
- the revelations condemned the socioeconomic inequities of Meccan life. The prophet
denounced usury (lending money at exorbitant rates), the false contracts, the neglect and
exploitation of the poor, orphans, and widows. He asserted that the rich had an obligation to
the dispossessed in the form of religious tithes.
the 1500 well answered to pass
Islamic View of Christianity and Judaism - correct answer ✔✔Muslims see Islam as the final,
complete, and correct revelation in the monotheistic tradition of the three faiths. The Islamic
tradition recognizes many of the Jewish and Christian prophets, including Abraham, Moses, and
Jesus (although he is not considered to be the son of God).
Islam - correct answer ✔✔submission, surrender, obedience to God, and peace.
Muslim - correct answer ✔✔"one who submits" to God (called Allah in Arabic). A Muslim is a
follower of a religion named "Islam." A Muslim is someone who seeks to follow God's
commands.
Prophet Muhammad - correct answer ✔✔Born: 570 CE in Mecca
Profession: merchant
1st wife: Khadija
7th C. CE: 1st revelation; Hijra- emigration from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina)
Qur'an - correct answer ✔✔Islamic bible; Uncreated (eternal) word of God
Mecca - correct answer ✔✔Pre-islamic trade and religious center; major pilgrimage center of
Islam
Kaaba - correct answer ✔✔("cube") Located in Mecca. A cube shaped building that housed 360
idols of tribal patron deities. Those gods were the objects of rituals (sacrifice, prayer, and
pilgrimage).
, Why was Medina responsive to the message of the Prophet? - correct answer ✔✔Originally
known as Yathrib, they invited Muhammad to serve as a chief administrator and judge in a bitter
feud between its Arab tribes. Muhammad built a new community of believers and became
responsible for defending it from internal and external assaults. This new community was not
built on common ancestry but on common faith. It soon developed its own government,
economy, and army.
Hijra - correct answer ✔✔The migration or journey of Muhammad and his companions from
Mecca to Medina in 633 CE.
Marks the commencement of the Muslim era/calandar
Quraysh Tribe - correct answer ✔✔Muhammad's original tribe
Why did the Quranic revelations threaten the traditional tribal structure and Meccan oligarchy?
- correct answer ✔✔* the revelations threatened the traditional Arabian tribal structure. - the
revelations insisted that there was only one God.
- the revelations called all true believers to join the community of God, a universal community
that transcended tribal bonds and authority, a community led by Muhammad, not by the
Quraysh.
- the revelations dismissed the authority of the old Bedouin sunna. One's ancestors could not
be guides to proper conduct. Religious loyalty had precedence over clan loyalty.
* the revelations threatened the powerful and prosperous Meccan oligarchy. - the revelations
forbade the worship of other Gods and demanded the destruction of statues and images. Those
revelations threatened business people, particularly those engaged in the pilgrimage trade of
Mecca.
- the revelations condemned the socioeconomic inequities of Meccan life. The prophet
denounced usury (lending money at exorbitant rates), the false contracts, the neglect and
exploitation of the poor, orphans, and widows. He asserted that the rich had an obligation to
the dispossessed in the form of religious tithes.
