Vocab
What is the name of the Islamic god?
Allah
What is the most important pillar of Islam?
Shahadah
What was the name of the library in Baghdad that scholars from all around the world came to?
House of Wisdom
What idea did Muslims encourage which taught that everyone was morally the same?
Equality
Who was the first Muslim caliph before the Umayyad Caliphate who was also father-in-law and friend of Muhammad?
Abu Bakr
What is the holy book of Islam?
Qur'an
What city do Muslims pray towards?
Mecca
What was the name of the tool that helped people to navigate and find the direction of Mecca?
Astrolabe
What was the year of Muhammad's death?
632 A.D/C.E.
The schism that occurred during Umayyad rule split Muslims into what two groups?
Sunni and Shia
What is the name of the specific place or thing in which Muslims regard as the holiest?
Kaaba
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What is the name of the famous collection of Arabic folktales and literature about a genie and a magic lamp?
Arabian Nights
Islam mainly spread to Africa along what?
Trade routes
The Umayyad Caliphate at its peak expanded to what area in Europe?
Spain
Muslims only eat after sundown during the month of what?
Ramadan
What is, specifically, a Muslim leader of prayer?
Imam
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What were the two things people had to believe to be considered a Muslim?
Allah is God, and Muhammad is the prophet
The Abbasid caliphate fell to what empire?
Mongol Empire
What is the title given to a historical chief Muslim leader (both political and religious)?
Caliph
What is, in Islam, a ceremonial procedure where one washes their hands, feet, and arms?
Wudha
Islamic scholars discovered that all metals contain a mixture of what two elements?
Sulfur and mercury
What was the name of the well-known African king who encouraged Islam's teachings?
Mansa Musa
Whose death divided Muslims into Sunni and Shia shortly before the Umayyads claimed the Rashidun caliphate?
Ali