The Levant
Name the 4 countries in the Levant
Name 5 countries in South Asia
India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan
Name 4 North African Countries
Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Sudan
The name of the Islamic Empire that controlled parts of the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and North Africa for over 600 years.
Ottoman Empire
The names of the prophet (PBUH) parents?
Aminah and Abdullah
The year of Al-Nakba
1948
What two countries in South Asia primarily practice Islam?
Pakistan and Bangladesh
The name of Morocco's largest city
Casablanca
Why did the Ottoman Empire fall?
It was defeated in World War 1 and had already been in decline for centuries as it struggled to maintain its bureaucracy after attempts of reform
How did Allah protect the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and Abu Bakr (R.A) when they migrated?
Allah instructed the spiders to weave a web and a pigeon to lay a nest at the mouth of cave thaur where they were hiding.
What is the name of the first Palestinian-Israel peace agreement and what was it meant to do?
The Oslo Accords: They were meant to initiate further peace talks and were supposed to bring about Palestinian self-determination (obvi that didnt happen........ :/)
This man is known as the Great Leader in Pakistan who is a symbolic figure behind the 2 nation theory.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
The name of the ethnic group indigenous to North Africa. Most Algerians are descendants of this group.
Amazighs/Berbers
Where was the Abbasid Empire based and what was the capital?
Modern Day Iraq and the capital was Baghdad
Name all the prophets (pbuh) daughters.
Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthum, Fatima, Zainab
The year which Syria gained independence
A) 1948 B) 1956
C)1946 D)1940
C) 1946
What was the 9-month event that spurred international push for the self-determination of Bengali people and what year did it occur in?
1971 Bangladesh Genocide
Which North African country has 8 UNESCO heritage sites?
Tunisia
The first ruler of the Umayyad Empire?
A) Selim I. B) Muʿāwiyah I
C) Mehmed II. D) Pasha
B) Muʿāwiyah I
After the revelation, how many years did the prophet (PBUH) spend in Mecca, how many in Madina?
13 years in mecca, 10 years in madina
List the 5 territories that Israel captured after the Six-Day War with Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.
The Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Golan Heights
The Maldives consists of a chain of about (blank) small coral islands and sandbanks
a) 1200 b) 3100
c)520 d) 750
a) 1200
What are the four main languages spoken in Morocco
Standard Arabic
Standard Berber
French
Spanish
What is the Mughal Empire most known for?
The Mughal emperors were among India's greatest patrons of art, responsible for some of the country's most spectacular monuments, like the palaces at Delhi, Agra, and Lahore (in present-day Pakistan) and the famous mausoleum, the Taj Mahal
Give at least 4 key themes in the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم final sermon?
a) Trust and Accountability
b) Financial obligations
c) Interest (ribaa is haraam)
d) Treatment of wife (spouse)
e) Warning about satan
f) Brotherhood
g) Superiority is only in piety and submission
h) We must obey both Allah and his صلى الله عليه وسلم messenger
i) Observe the pillars of Islam
j) Responsibilities regarding those working under us