The Islamic Golden Age
The House of Wisdom prioritized translating these ancient texts.
Greek and Roman texts (both required)
This is the holy book of Islam believed to be the word of God as revealed to Prophet Muhammad.
Quran
This city is where Muhammad was born (and so was the religion of Islam)
Mecca
This type of word can be a person, place, thing, or idea
Noun
Another word for an attention-grabber is this
This city was home to the House of Wisdom during the Islamic Golden Age.
Baghdad
The Quran is written in this language.
Arabic
There are approximately this many Muslims in the world
2 billion or 1.5 billion
This type of word describes a verb
Adverb
Name the three parts of an introduction (in order)
Hook (or attention-grabber), Lead-in (or context), and Thesis statement
This brilliant scholar of the Golden Age wrote books on medicine that were used for centuries.
Ibn Sina
Muslims believe this angel revealed God's wisdom to Muhammad.
Gabriel
Name one way BESIDES war that Islam spread
This symbol can show possession or a contraction (must be the actual word)
Apostrophe
Name the three things every thesis statement has (no order)
Topic, Claim, Reason(s)
Al-Khwarizmi invented this field of mathematics, which uses letters to represent quantities and solve equations.
Algebra
"Sharia" translates to this in English
Law
This Pope ordered the First Crusade
Pope Urban II
("Urban" and "II" both required)
This kind of word refers to an individual person, place, or organization
Proper noun
Name the three main parts of a conclusion paragraph (in order)
Restatement of thesis, summary of key points/evidence, interesting final thought
This inventor of the Islamic Golden Age designed a pen that held its own ink.
Al-Jazari
Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem (all must be included + in the correct order)
Islam broke into these two sects because of disagreement over whether Abu Bakr or Ali should succeed Muhammad (must name both)
Sunni and Shia
Words that are pronounced the same are called these
Homophones
Evidence ______ us something, but the writer needs to _______ it.
***Must provide both missing words, in order
Evidence shows us something, but the writer needs to explain it.