5 Pillars
Stating that you believe in Allah and Islam is called:
Profession
Medina and Mecca are on this peninsula...
Arabian Peninsula
The Founder of Islam
Muhammed
Arabic language spread with Islam and facilitated ________ across Islamic lands.
trade
In Islam, slavery was not based on ________.
race
Doing this 5 times a day facing Mecca
Daily Prayer
The first Muslim Empire spread across ______ and ________ and into _______
Asia and Africa, and into Spain.
The only major Muslim defeat was...?
The Battle of Tours
Not long after Muhammad's death, _______ arose within Islam over his successor.
divisions
The split between _________ and __________ Muslims had a profound impact on later Islamic history.
Sunni, Shiite
Giving to Charity and the poor
Almsgiving
Domed ________ and high _______ (towers) dominated Muslim cities.
mosques, minarets
Who wrote the Canon on Medicine?
Ibn Sina
____________ and the Arabic language facilitated trade and stimulated intellectual activity.
Unity
The Sunni felt that the _______ (successor to Muhammad) should be chosen by leaders of the Muslim community.
caliph
Mulsim month of fasting
Ramadan
Where would you find the Kabba?
In Mecca
al-Khwarizmi invented what?
Algebra
Muslims conquered __________ and _________.
(cities in modern day Israel and Syria)
Jerusalem, Damascus
The Shiites argued that the only true successors to the Prophet were _________ of Muhammad
descendants
If you are financially and physically able you must make this...
Pilgrimage (hajj)
The Prophet's Mosque is in this city...
Medina
The greatest Muslim center of learning.
Baghdad
Islam overcame geographic barriers and _______ political empires.
weakened
The word Qur’an means “_________”
Recitations