Spread of Islam
What was the word "God" in Arabic?
Allah
What was the place that scholars went to study and was a vast amount books.
The house of wisdom
What's the Arabic name of the fourth pillar?
Swam
True or False? Abu Barker was Muhammads friend and father in law
True
Sacred or holy place dedicated to a specific god.
Shrine
Mathematician al-Khwarizmi invented the study of what?
Algebra
What math method did the Islamic people develop?
Algebra
What is recited on a daily basis?
First Surah
What is the Muslim Government and religious ruler called?
Caliph
The Muslim holy book
Quran
True or false? Muslim painters painted religious leaders faces.
False
What does astrolabe mean in Arabic?
Startaker
True or false? The Dome of the Rock is NOT located in Jerusalem
False
Who was the leader of the Umayyads?
Mu’awiyah
A shrine in Mecca considered the most holy spot on earth which most Muslims orient themselves for prayer
Kaaba
What year did Muhammad die?
632 AD
What was one of the most famous Islamic art styles in literature?
Poetry
What is it called when a county biases their laws on the Qur’an?
Sharia law
What helped to unite the diverse Umayyad Caliphate?
The Arabic language
A powerful family that maintains its position of control for a considerable amount of time over great territories
Dynasty
Between which Centuries did the Merchants begin to spread the religion in northern Africa as a new business?
8th and 9th centuries
What was the process to make perfume?
Distillation
What percent of Muslims are Sunni?
85%
In what year did the Umayyads move their capital to Damascus?
661
The Muslim pilgrimage to mecca that takes place in the last month of a year, and that all Muslims are expected to take at least once in their lifetime.
Hajj