Geography
What is a small area of the desert watered by springs and well?
Oasis
The name of the pilgrimage to Mecca that all financially able Muslims must take.
Hajj/ Hegira
Place where Muhammad had a vision and received a message from the angel Gabriel
Cave outside Mecca
Islamic art includes which types of images because depicting humans is considered sacrilegious.
Geometric shapes, repetition, and vines/ flowers.
After the prophet Muhammad died, the name of the Islamic Empire.
Caliphate
Shifting hills up to hundreds of feet high found in desert that are blown around by wind.
Sand Dunes
Percentage of income that Muslims are required to provide for Zakat as charity.
2.5 %
Name of the people who followed Muhammad and believed in the idea of one God
Muslims
Artful handwriting that Muslims use that is considered sacred and used in the Koran
Calligraphy
Golden Age of Islam was under this caliphate/ empire.
Abbasid Dynasty
Name of the area where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet to form a vast agricultural area. Present day Iraq.
Mesopotamia, the Fertile Crescent, or Levant
Fasting during the month of Ramadan required Muslims to not do what?
Eat from sunrise to sunset
After many years of fighting, Muhammad and his followers defeated which people, spared their lives, and rededicated their city to Islam.
Instrument that Muslims used to track the position of the stars and provide for a more precise direction for prayer toward Mecca.
Astrolabe
Name of Muhammad's cousin, the Fourth Caliph, who was killed by members of the Umayyad Clan
Ali
Name of the desert in southern Arabian Peninsula. Means the "Empty Quarter".
Rub al'Khali
The Shahada, or profession of faith, requires that children recite the words "There is no god but ........ , and ...... is the messenger of God."
God/ Allah, Muhammad
Place where Muhammad was taken in a dream by a giant Eagle and met Jesus, Abraham, and Moses. Considered a holy city by Muslims.
Jerusalem
Canon of Medicine or book that compiled all known diseases and medical treatments
Ibn Sina
Name of the group of Muslims who supported the succession of Muslim caliphs after Ali.
Sunni Muslims
Three goods that could be found at an Arabian Souk
Milk, meat, leather, cooking utensils, or clothing.
The Salat, or five prayers, must be done at which time throughout the day?
Sunrise, Noon, Mid-Afternoon, Sunset, Early Evening
Name of widow that Muhamad married and had four daughters with.
Khadijah
Written accounts of the Sunnah, which tell the stories of men and women and the moral expectations of Muslims. Inspired art and architecture.
Hadith
Name of the group of Muslims who believed that Ali and members of Muhammad's family were the rightful leaders of Islam.
Shiite Muslims