Islamic Geography
Islamic People
Islamic Vocab
100
The city Muhammad lived in prior to founding Islam.
What is Mecca?
100
He revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad.
Who is (the angel) Gabriel?
100
The place of worship for a Muslim person.
What is a mosque?
200
The city Muhammad fled from after facing persecution in his hometown.
What is Medina (or Yathrib)?
200
He was the first caliph, according to Sunnis.
Who is Abu Bakr?
200
Muhammad's words and deeds, not found in the Qur'an.
What is Sunnah?
300
The capital of the Islamic Empire was changed to this city after Medina.
What is Damascus?
300
He was the first true caliph according to the Shi'a, and the fourth caliph according to Sunnis.
Who is Ali?
300
A system of government that includes departments and agencies that carry out specific work.
What is a bureaucracy?
400
The capital of the Islamic Empire was changed to this city after Damascus.
What is Baghdad?
400
This word means "successor" and is someone who took leadership of the Islamic people after Muhammad.
What is caliph?
400
The month of the Islamic calendar that mandates fasting (during the daylight hours).
What is Ramadan?
500
This city and battle in 732AD stopped the Islamic Empire from expanding any farther north into Europe.
What is Tours?
500
This person was Muhammad's daughter, and the namesake of a famous Catholic city in Portugal.
Who is Fatima?
500
Spain and Portugal make up this geographical feature.
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
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