Geography
Islam
Diffusion
Muslim Scholars
Ottoman Empire
100
What peninsula is home to the city of Mecca?
Arabian Peninsula
100
Where was Islam founded?
Arabian Peninsula
100
The spread of culture, including religion, language, and ideas.
Cultural Diffusion
100
What Greek invention did Muslim scholars improve?
Astrolabe
100
What religion were the Ottoman Turks?
Muslim
200
A traveling group of merchants and camels
Caravan
200
Islam was founded on the teachings of which prophet?
Muhammad
200
What language became the language of trade?
Arabic
200
Muslims encouraged artists to create images of __________.
Nature
200
Which Ottoman leader led the attack on Constantinople?
Mehmed II
300
What body of water separates Africa from the Arabian Peninsula?
Red Sea
300
What is the main holy text of Islam?
Koran/Quran
300
Muslim warriors from North Africa (spread Islam to Spain)
Moors
300
Which branch of mathematics did Al-Khamwarizmi invent?
Algebra
300
What major empire fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453?
Byzantine Empire
400
An area within a desert that provides water
Oasis
400
A religious journey (Muslims take a religious journey known as the hajj)
Pilgrimage
400
Trade route that allowed Islam to spread to Africa
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
400
These buildings show how far Islam spread
Mosques
400
What did the Ottoman's rename the city of Constantinople?
Istanbul
500
Nomadic peoples of Arabian Peninsula
Bedouin
500
What city in the Arabian Peninsula became a major center of Islam?
Mecca
500
City in Spain that became a center for Islam
Cordoba
500
Muslim scholars invented which branch of science?
Chemistry
500
Who led the Ottomans during the "Golden Age" ?
Suleiman the Magnificent