| Question | Answer |
| What was the name of the migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib? | Hijrah
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What is a caliph? | A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government
| What was the role of Muslim women? | Men are the managers of the affairs of women, and righteous women are therefore obedient. However, Muslim women had more rights than European women during the same period. Could receive an education
| What is the House of Wisdom? | A center of learning established in Baghdad in the 800's. Scholars of different cultures and beliefs went there to work together and translate Greek, Roman, Indian, and Persian texts. This helped set the stage for the Renaissance in Europe.
| Why did Muslims encourage learning? | Because of Muhammad's emphasis on study and scholarship
| What kinds of medical advances did Muslims make? | They compiled medical reference books and encyclopedias, putting together medical knowledge from all sources
| How did Muslim scientists solve problems? | Muslim scientists conducted experiments in laboratory settings using similar methods to those used today
| What contributions did Muslims make to mathematics? | Algebra, astronomy, Arabic numbers, and optics (vision)
| What goal did Islam and Greek philosophy share? | Finding the truth
| What is calligraphy? | The art of beautiful handwriting developed to provide beauty since creating images of living beings is prohibited in Islam
| What two religions do Muslims consider to be "people of the book." and why? | Christians and Jews are considered to be people of the book because they share the same God, believe in heaven and hell, a day of judgement, and all three trace their ancestry back to Abraham. |
