Life of Muhammad
Rashidun Caliphates
Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
This is the name of Muhammad's first wife.
Who is Khadijah?
100
This person was the second caliph of Islam.
Who is Umar?
100
This person was the first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate?
Who is Mu'awiya?
100
What is the pilgrimage to Mecca called?
What is the hajj?
100
This word means "Islamic community."
What is umma?
200
This is the city where Muhammad lived when he first received his revelations.
What is Mecca?
200
This caliph standardized the Qur'an.
Who is Uthman?
200
The first caliph of the Umayyads was related to which Rashidun caliph?
Who is Uthman?
200
What is the tower on a mosque called?
What is a minaret?
200
This country was once called Mesopotamia.
What is Iraq?
300
These are written descriptions of what Muhammad said and did during his life.
What is the hadith?
300
This caliph kept the umma together after the death of Muhammad.
Who is Abu Bakr?
300
In what century were the Umayyads overthrown by the Abbasids?
What is the 8th century?
300
This part of the mosque is the niche facing Mecca.
What is the mihrab?
300
This sect of Islam is the majority of the umma.
What is Sunni?
400
Muhammad was invited to this city to be an arbitrator.
What is Medina?
400
What does "rashidun" mean?
What is rightly guided?
400
At this battle, Yazid killed Husain.
What is the Battle of Karbala?
400
Shi'ites have this title for descendants of Muhammad who should have been leaders of the umma.
What is Imam?
400
This word means "struggle" and is sometimes translated as "holy war."
What is jihad?
500
This is the name for Muhammad's trip to Jerusalem and Heaven, guided by the angel Gabriel.
What is the Night Journey?
500
Umar conquered this city from the Byzantines.
What is Jerusalem?
500
This holiday remembers Husain's murder.
What is Ashura?
500
This word means "protected" and refers to Jews and Christians under Islamic rule.
What is dhimmi?
500
This year begins the Islamic calendar. (Not 0. The western version.)
What is 622?
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