Islam Vocabulary
What is considered the most holy spot for Muslims?
The Kaaba
What is the last pillar of Islam?
Hajj
What type of building was built to show respect to Allah and Muhammed?
Mosque
Who was the first Caliph?
Abu Bakr
How did art help Islam spread?
It was new and interesting
What is the Muslim Holy Book?
The Quran
What do you need to do to follow Shahadah?
Believe that Allaah is God and Muhammad is the prophet
What famous board game did the Muslims create?
Chess
What Caliphate was the House of Wisdom in?
Abbasid Caliphate
What were one of the countries hat had Muslim influence on them?
What is fasting?
To not eat for a time period. (Often as a part of a religious practice.)
How many times a day do you have to pray for Salat?
5 times
What is one of the greatest Islamic art styles?
Poety
What city did the Umayyad's move their capital to?
Damascus
How did Muslim Merchants help Islam spread?
They talked about their religion and spread the world of Allah.
What were large trains of camels called?
Caravans
What percentage of your annual income do you give during Zakat?
25%
What was the method to solve difficult math problems?
Al-Jabar
What empire invaded the Abbasid Caliphate?
The Mongol Empire
What is one of the reasons people were converting to Islam?
Gave followers a simple thing to believe in, equality, new and easy alternatives.
Star taker
What does Ramadam celebrate?
Muhammad's first vist from the angel Gabriel
What were the Islamic scholars first to do in chemistry?
separate compounds
What were one of the reasons the rebellions overthrew the Umayyad's?
They favored Syrians, they treated newly-converted Muslims as second-class citizens, and they turned the Caliphate into a hereditary dynasty
Greeks, Romans, and Indians.