A major Muslim city in Spain, where trade became the center of profit.
What is Cordoba?
100
The type of religion Islam is; they only believe in one god.
What is a monotheistic religion?
100
The name of the Islamic God Muslims worship.
Who is Allah?
100
These were small lakes or springs in the middle of the desert with vegetation growing around them.
What are oases or an oasis?
200
People who roamed the desert looking for food and water sources.
Who are nomads?
200
Three major bodies of water that surrounded the Islamic Empire.
What are the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, Arabian Sea?
200
The name of the holy book of Islam.
What is the Qur'an?
200
One of the two main Islamic factions; Shiites are the other.
Who are the Sunnis?
200
The name of the towers built into mosques where a person would call the Muslims to prayer.
What is a minaret?
300
These people were responsible for trade, it was their job, and they helped spread the Arabic language and religion.
Who are merchants?
300
The city that all Muslims are expected to go to at least once in their life.
What is Mecca?
300
Where are Muslims supposed to face when praying?
What is the direction of Mecca?
300
One of the pillars of Islam known as the Hajj. Required of all Muslims if they possibly can make it.
What is a pilgrimage to Mecca?
300
The box in Mecca that is of religious significance because Muslims believe objects from Muhammad are held inside.
What is the Kaaba?
400
This person was Muhammad's father in law and close friend, and many believed he was the next rightful prophet of Islam.
Who is Abu-Bakr?
400
The main country where the Arabian Empire began, where Mecca is located.
What is Saudi Arabia?
400
The definition of a pilgrimage.
What is a journey made to a sacred place to show religious devotion?
400
One of the Five Pillars of Islam; Muslims fast in this month between sunrise and sunset.
What is the month of Ramadan?
400
The major achievement in math that Muslims created.
What is algebra?
500
These two countries traded with the Islamic Empire and had to pass through the empire in order to trade with each other, putting the Islamic Empire at the center of trade.
What are Italy and China?
500
"The city of the Prophet;" originally was called Yathrib.
What is Medina?
500
The major achievement in art where Muslims told their stories instead of drawing them.
What is calligraphy?
500
The name for an Islamic church; many beautiful examples of these were built throughout the Middle East.
What is a mosque?
500
The Five Pillars of Islam.
What are faith, charity, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)