Five Pillars
The first pillar
What is Confession of Faith
The Qu'ran
A random patch of water in the middle of a desert
What is an oasis?
The prophet and creator of Islam
Muhammed
The name of God in Islam
Who is Allah
The second pillar
What is Prayer
The way the first caliphs were chosen
What is election
Where Islam spread Northwest to
What is Africa
The political and religious leader of Islam
Caliph
The holy month during which Muslims fast during daylight hours
The third pillar
What is Almsgiving
Written traditions and guidelines for Muslims
What is the Sunnah
The trade route that went throughout the Arabian Peninsula
What was the Silk Road
The family dynasty that changed caliphs from elected to hereditary
The Umayyads
The social class breakdown
Who were Muslims, Christians and Jews, non-monotheistic
The fourth pillar
What is Fasting
Law defining the path that Allah wants them to follow
What is Sharia
The name of the circle city
What is Baghdad
Ushered in the Golden Age of Islam
Who were the Abbasids
The tower in which people were called to pray
Minaret
The fifth pillar
What is the Pilgrimage to Mecca
The oral tradition where Muhammed illustrated how to live a good life
What are the Hadiths
The bodies of water on either side of the Arabian Peninsula
What are the Red Sea and Persian Gulf
The first elected caliph
Who was Abu Bakr
The group that toppled the Islamic Empires in 1258
Who were the Mongols