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GHW.2.1 Map the development over time of world religions from their points of origin, and identify
those that exhibit a high degree of local and/or international concentration.
● Examples: Universal religions/beliefs: Judaism (Jerusalem), Christianity (Jerusalem), Islam (Mecca,
Medina), and Buddhism (Varanasi); Ethnic religions: Hinduism (Indus River), Confucia
GHW.2.2 Analyze and assess the rise of fundamentalist movements in the world’s major religions
during contemporary times (1980–present), and describe the relationships between
religious fundamentalism and the secularism and modernism associated with the Western
tradition. (E)
1
One of the Five pillars of Islam is zakat, or _____ , where rich Muslims give a percentage of their income to the poor.
2
The Islamic Empire didn’t require its subjects to convert to Islam, but their stunning successes certainly convinced a lot of people that _____ was legit.
3
One of the five pillars of Islam is sawm, a fast during the month of _____ , when Muslims do not eat or drink during the day.
4
Much of the world between Spain and the Indus River wasn’t Arabized, but most of it was thoroughly Islamicized, so much so that we can’t think of the _____ _____ without thinking of it as Islamic.
5
One of the five pillars of Islam is salat, or _____ _____ at dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, late evening.
6
Islam and Muhammed took a small group of people and created a great empire from an area with no _____ _____ .
7
One of the five pillars of Islam is shahada, or profession of faith, meaning there is no god but god and Muhammad is God’s prophet, sometimes translated “There is no god but _____ and Muhammad is _____’s prophet”
8
The Islamic empire was really good at winning wars, so it’s still tempting to chalk up the Arabs’ success to the _____ of _____ , and a lot of the people they conquered felt that way.
9
One theme in the Quran is taking care of the _____ _____ and another theme is monotheism.
10
Abu Bakr stabilized the community, and recorded the Quran in writing, and started the military campaigns against the Byzantine and Sassanian Empires that allowed the _____ _____ to go from this to this, in 116 years.
11
The Hebrew and Christian Bibles are different from the Islamic _____ ; The _____ is the actual word of God, & not written from the point of view of people.
12
Muhammad died, & the first leader (caliph) was Abu Bakr, Muhammad’s father-in-law, but many people wanted Ali as caliph, Muhammad’s son-in-law, & this divided Islam into the _____ and the _____ .
13
Jesus & Moses sought to restore Abrahamic monotheism after the people strayed, so did Muhammad. Muslims believe that God sent Muhammad as the final prophet to bring people back to the worship of a single and _____ _____ .
14
Because the _____ and _____ coexisted from the beginning, that there’s no separate tradition of civic and religious law like there is in Christianity and Judaism.
15
The _____ _____ was a religious melting pot when Islam entered the world. It was home to monotheism like Christianity and Judaism, but most Arabs worshipped Mesopotamian gods
16
Islam was as powerful a _____ _____ as it was a religious one, because Muhammad was a prophet & a general; In 630 the Islamic community took back Mecca & destroyed the idols in the Kaaba.
17
The Angle Gabriel told _____ to begin reciting the word of God, back when _____ was a caravan trader in his 40s.
18
Quraysh _____ _____ out of Mecca because he wouldn’t shut up about how there was only one God, and this was bad business to the Quraysh tribe, because if all those gods were false, it would be a disaster economically.
19
In the 600s C.E., one world religion went from not existing to being the largest religious and political empire in the world, and that religion was _____ .
20
One of the five pillars of Islam is hajj, or the _____ to _____ that Muslims complete at least once, if they have the money.
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