Islamic Achievements
Geography
Major Religions
Islam and 5 Pillars
Potpourri
100
y= mx+b
Find the slope.
What? Is this a math question?
No, during the Golden Age of Islam there were many advancements in this area of mathematics.
algebra
100
Seen here, this sea is in between Egypt and Arabia.
I'm seeing this color...
Red Sea
100
This individual is the founder of Christianity.
The holy day for Christians is on ___________.
Jesus
Sunday
100
The fifth pillar of Islam is the hajj where people make a __________ to the city of Mecca once in their life time.
pilgrimage
100
_____________ is the founder of Islam.
His revelations or events during his lifetime are revealed in this scared text for Muslims.
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Muhammad
Quran
200
Part 1: Islamic achievements in this field include hospitals, understanding of the human body, development of surgical tools.
Part 2: They even figured out how the human ______ works.
medicine
eye
200
This area of the middle east shown in green is known as what?
Arabia
200
____________ is the founder of Judaism.
The Torah is the holy ______ in Judaism.
Abraham
text/book
200
The second pillar of Islam has Muslims pray _____ times a day.
They must face the direction of ___________.
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Mecca
200
There are 3 types of Islamic art that you may see in a mosque. Name each seen here in order:
calligraphy
geometric
organic
300
The Golden Age of Islam included people like al- Zahrawi who revolutionized the treatment of wounds by using ________ guts to create __________.
cat
stitches
300
Islam made its way into this geographic area shown here in green.
North Africa
300
Name the religion:
Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah, Passover=
Christmas, Easter=
Judaism
Christianity
300
These were two branches of Islam that developed following the death of the prophet Muhammad.
Sunni and Shia
300
This kingdom seen here in color on the map was north of Spain in the present day country of France. Oui!
Kingdom of the Franks
400
Islamic engineers created great time telling devices. Seen here is this type of famous water clock.
elephant clock
400
A holy city for Muslims and also the location of the kaaba. This is in _________.
Mecca
400
For Muslims fasting during the daylight hours is important for this holiday.
Ramadan
400
Name the house of worship.
Name the towers shown on the sides of the building.
Name the geometric design of the roof.
mosque
minarets
domes
400
_____________ barriers such as mountains, oceans and deserts made traveling across the difficult.
This slowed down the spread of ______________.
Geographic
Islam
500
This tool was used for navigation and would eventually help out explorers.
astrolabe
500
The city where Muhammad fled to after being persecuted for his beliefs.
Medina
500
Remember the schism in 1054.
There was the _____________ ______________ branch centered in Rome.
There was the _____________ ______________ branch centered in Constantinople.
Roman Catholic
Eastern Orthodox
500
The first pillar is the profession of _________.
There is no other _________ but Allah and ________ is his messenger.
faith
God; Muhammad
500
Aggression from other kingdoms & empires such as the ____________ and ______________ made it harder for Islam to spread into Europe and places to the north.
Additionally, the Islamic Empire was always united. Caliphs and other Islamic groups routinely got along with each other.
True or False
Franks; Byzantines
False