Islam and Muhammad
The Arabian Peninsula can be found in southwest _______________.
Asia
A system of departments and agencies that carry out the work of the government is called a ___________________.
bureaucracy
A standing army is a fighting force that is maintained in times of peace as well as war. Which group stationed army units at military posts throughout the empire to quickly put down any trouble that broke out?
Abbasids
This term means receiving little or no rainfall; dry
Arid
The study of _______________ and the work of al-Birundi enabled Muslims everywhere in the empire to fulfill the requirement to pray while facing Mecca.
astronomy
Products from three continents would be traded through sea and land routes around Arabia. What are these three continents?
Asia, Africa, and Europe
Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali are known as.....
The Rightly Guided Caliphs
A ________________ is a four-line poem in which the first, second, and fourth lines rhyme.
quatrain
A desert area that contains water is known as a(n) ____________________.
oasis
The Muslim holy book is called the _______________ and is written in _________________. (must have both answers for credit)
Qu'ran, Arabic
The six trade routes in Arabia met at a central location known as ________________.
Mecca
The _______________ took power and set up a hereditary dynasty.
Umayyads
Abbasids declared that all Muslims, whether Arab or non-Arab were ________________.
equal
__________________ are people who move from place to place, instead of settling permanently.
noamds
The Persian doctor, Ibn Sina, wrote a book about medical knowledge around 1000 called "__________________"
Canon of Medicine
Arab herders called __________________ have adapted their lives to arid land for centuries.
Bedouins
__________ means "party of Ali"
Shi'a
Al-Khwarizmi used his knowledge of mathematics and astronomy to create a very accurate ________________.
calendar
Groups of people who shared a common ancestor are known as __________________.
clans
List the Five Pillars of Islam...
Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, and Pilgrimage
The journey to a sacred place is known as a ____________________.
pilgrimage
The ________________ overthrew the Umayyads and ruled during the Golden Age of Islam.
Abbasids
The art of fine handwriting is known as ___________________.
calligraphy
_______________ is the definition for peace through the submission to the will of God.
Islam
The _____________ is the name given to the migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina.
Hijrah
______________ was an important religious & trading center, home to the Ka'aba, and the people who lived here persecuted Muhammad and his followers at first.
Mecca
Abd al-Malik declared ______________ the language of government for all Muslim people.
Arabic
In 756, Abd -al-Rahman declared himself emir of al-Andalus (Muslim Spain), and made ______________ the capital city.
Cordoba
Thea teachings and practices of Muhammad used as guides for living are known as the _____________.
sunnah
Omar Khayyam was said to be a master of the ___________________.
quatrain