Religion 101
What are the Big 3 Religions?
What is a crusade?
A holy/religious war
How many named stars in the night sky were named by Islamic scholars?
2/3rds
What geographical feature prevent the spread of Islam into the middle of Africa?
The Sahara Desert
Which angel appeared to Mohammed?
Gabriel
Who is the founder(s) of Judaism?
Moses and/or Abraham
Who started the Crusades?
Pope Urban II
How did Islamic scholars preserve knowledge for future generations?
Translating ancient text (like Greek or Hebrew) into Arabic.
Which continent is the Arabian peninsula a part of?
Asia
What caused the end of the Islamic Golden Age?
The Crusades
What is Ramadan?
The month in which Muslims fast between sunrise and sunset.
How did the Crusades affect the relationship between Christians, Muslims, and Jews?
It led to increased tension and hostility
What internal systems did we gain a better understanding of due to the work of Islamic scholars?
(2 possible answers, I need only 1)
Circulatory/Nervous System
Skeletal System
What modern-day countries made up the westernmost part of the Islamic empires?
Spain and Portugal
Which continent is to the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula?
Europe
What is the Torah?
The Jewish Holy Book
What are the names of the 2 Crusades that are not called by a number? (Ex. 1st Crusade)
People's and Children's Crusade
Al-Khwarizmi is considered the father of what math discipline?
Algebra
What city is at the center of the Holy Land?
Jerusalem
What was the cultural capital of the Abbaside Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age?
Baghdad
Name the Big 3 religions from oldest to newest based on when they were founded.
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
How did the Crusades affect trade between Europe and Asia?
It reopened the trade routes that had been lost after the fall of Rome.
Ibn Al-Haytham was the first scientist to do what part of the modern scientific method?
Test a hypothesis
What are the 4 bodies of water that surround the Arabian Penisula?
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Arabian Sea
Mediterranean Seas
What are the start and end years of the Crusades period?
1095-1291