Vocabulary
What is a leader who succeed Muhammad and, at times, a political leader?
Caliph
How many times do Muslims pray a day?
5 Times a day
Where did merchants go to cash their money?
The Bank
What country was the religion of Islam started?
Saudi Arabia or Mecca
How many square miles did the Umayyad Caliphate control?
5 million
What is the language of much of Southwestern Asia and Northern Africa?
Arabic
What is the name of the Islamic religion's place of worship?
Mosque
What game did the Indians create that was very popular to the Muslims?
Chess
What building brought many intelligent people to their empire?
The House of Wisdom
How long did the Umayyad Caliphate last?
89 years.
What is a powerful family that maintains its position of control for a considerable time similar?
Dynasty
Where is the Kabba located?
Mecca
What method did they invent to help solve difficult math problems?
Algebra
What are the five things that help Islam spread?
Conquest, Trade, Art, Religion, Education.
What was one achievement for architecture that was built in the Umayyad Caliphate?
Dome of Rock.
What is the monotheistic religion founded by Muhammad of which followers are called muslims?
Islam
What is the Journey that you are expected to make at least once in your lifetime, located in Mecca?
Hajj
Where is the Dome of Rock located?
Jerusalem
To follow the religion, what do you have to do to accomplish your first pillar?
Say that Allah is God
How many years did the Abbasid Caliphate last?
508 years.
What does it mean to not eat for a certain period of time for a religious practice?
Fasting
Today, what percent of the religion of Islam is Sunni?
85%
Who was the Kabba believed to have built by?
Abrahem
Who was the Mathematician that invented the the study of algebra and wrote the textbook on the subject?
al-Khwarizimi
Who overthrew the Abbasid Caliphate?
The Mongols