Voracious Vocab
Livin' Life
Super Society
Arab Art
Berry Hard Questions
100
These are the two main branches of Islam.
Who are the Sunnis and the Shiites?
100
This is what governs Muslim daily routines.
What are the Five Pillars?
100
These are the rulers of individual Islamic states.
Who are sultans?
100
This is an instrument that is designed to measure and plot the position of stars.
What is an astrolabe?
100
This is Mr. Berry's favorite superhero.
Who is Batman?
200
This is the Islamic law code.
What is Sharia?
200
This was who the Umayyad caliphate allowed to be a part of and hold important government positions.
Who were non-Muslims?
200
This was the capital of the Abbasid empire?
What is Baghdad?
200
This person wrote a history of the world that tried to explain the rise and fall of dynasties.
Who was Ibn Khaldun?
200
This is Mr. Berry's cat's name.
Who is Jade?
300
This is the name of a family that holds political power through many generations.
What is a dynasty?
300
This group of people was treated with honor unlike this same group in China.
Who were merchants?
300
This group took over after the Umayyads were removed from power.
Who were the Abbasids?
300
This is sacred Muslim art that produced intricate and beautiful writing.
What is calligraphy?
300
This was the university Mr. Berry represented last year.
What is Oregon?
400
This book was considered to be the exact words of Allah.
What is the Qur'an?
400
This is how often and in what direction that Muslims pray.
What is 5 times every day towards Mecca?
400
This is how women were seen in Islamic society.
What is inferior to men?
400
This was a famous collection of stories including elaborate fables, romantic stories, and fantasies.
What is The Thousand and One Nights?
400
This is Mr. Berry's favorite vegetable.
What are carrots?
500
This is the name for religious schools in Islamic society.
What are madrasas?
500
The Umayyad's changed the caliphate to be passed on by this.
What is hereditary?
500
Rank the 4 classes of Islamic society from most to least important.
What is Arabs, Non-Arab converts, Jews & Christians, and slaves.
500
This was a popular pattern of curved shapes and lines resembling flowers and vines.
What is arabesque?
500
This is where Mr. Berry went to college.
What is Chapman University?
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