Muhammad
What is read and write?
The duties and obligations of all Muslims.
What are the Five Pillars?
Language of the Qur'an
What is Arabic?
Type of stylized Arabic script popular in Muslim culture.
What is calligraphy?
First successor of Muhammad
Who is Abu Bakr?
Muhammad's wife.
Who is Khadija?
Zakat
What is charity?
Islamic law based on the Qur'an
What is sharia?
Number of social classes in the Abbasid empire.
Four
The term for the territory controlled by the Islamic empire
What is the caliphate?
God's message was delivered to Muhammad through this "being".
Who is the angel, Gabriel?
The fifth Pillar, means pilgrimage.
What is hajj?
Written works describing Muhammad's actions and the example he set as an observant Muslim.
Type of Islamic architecture that is unique to Muslims, resembles a slender tower.
What is the minaret?
The thing that Christians and Jews had to do if they didn't want to convert to Islam
The term for the four men that knew Muhammad directly and converted to Islam as his first followers.
Who are the Four Rightly-Guided Caliphs?
What is Ramadan?
The shared similarity between the Jewish Torah, Christian Bible, and Muslim Qur'an.
What is the Old Testament?
Capital of the Abbasid Empire
What is Baghdad?
Group of Muslims that believe that the caliph should be directly related to Muhammad
Who are Shiite/Shia Muslims?
What is the Quraysh Tribe?
The term for the way meat must be prepared in order for Muslims to be able to eat it.
What is hilal?
An Arabic term that means to strive or struggle. Lesser and greater forms.
What is jihad?
Academy/Library where they translated, studied, and preserved ancient Greek and Roman texts on math, science, astronomy, philosophy, etc.
What is the House of Wisdom?
A majority Sunni country in the Middle East
Egypt, Saudia Arabia, Oman, Yemen, Syria, Jordan, UAE