This religion's name means "submission to the will of god".
What is Islam?
100
This political, military, and religious leader preached that there is only one god, Allah.
Who is Muhammad?
100
This economic activity was important on the Arabian Peninsula because of the areas locations as a crossroads for three continents.
What is trade?
100
This branch of mathematics, created by Al-Khwarizmi, is commonly used throughout the world today.
What is algebra?
100
These buildings are used for Muslim worship and always face Mecca.
What are mosques?
200
This Muslim holy book is believed to contain the revelations passed from Allah to Muhammad.
What is the Qur'an?
200
This fertile area in a desert provides water for travelers and traders.
What is an oasis?
200
Around the year 800, Muslim economy and culture was at its peak. This term is used to describe a society at its peak.
What is a "Golden Age"?
200
Muslim artists used this craft to create elegant Arabic writing on buildings, armor, swords, and other works of art.
What is calligraphy?
200
This term means a journey to a sacred place.
What is a pilgrimage?
300
These are the set of duties that all Muslims must try to perform, including giving to the poor and traveling to Mecca.
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
300
This city is an important religious center and home to the Ka'aba.
What is Mecca?
300
This system of agencies and departments was used to govern the Ummayad empire.
What is bureaucracy?
300
These were first setup in the Abbasid empire providing free services to those who could not pay.
What are hospitals?
300
These groups were important to survival on the Arabian Peninsula because they provided security and support.
What are clans?
400
This is the Arabic word that describes the journey all Muslims must try to make to the city were Muhammad was born and the location of the Ka'aba.
What is hajj?
400
After Muhammad's death, his father-in-law, Abu-Bakr became his successor. This title was given to Muhammad's successors.
What is a caliph?
400
Like in the Roman Empire, conquered peoples in the Islamic Empires had to pay this to their conquerers.
What is a tax?
400
These are two areas of study that Muslim scholars created encyclopedias of knowledge in.
What are geography and medicine?
400
Disagreements over how Islam's leaders would be chosen lead to a split between Sunnis and this Muslim sect.
What are Shi'a?
500
According to Muslims these groups are called "People of the Book".
Who are Christians and Jews?
500
These two cities were centers of learning and science throughout the Muslim world.
What is Cordoba and Baghdad?
500
These bodies of water border the Arabian Peninsula and allowed for transportation, natural resources, and the establishment of routes from all of the world. (name 3 of 4)
What is the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Med. Sea, and the Persian Gulf?
500
Muslim scholars contributed to the process of bookmaking using knowledge of this inventions from this civilization.
What are paper and China?
500
This city was renamed in the year 622 by Muhammad and his followers.