What animal started the major turning point in commercial life in Africa?
What is the Camel
100
When did Islam spread to North Africa?
When is 632-750
100
What geographical locations did the Islamic Empire consist of?
What is North Africa and Southwest Asia, mainly the Arabian Peninsula.
100
Who is the God of the Muslims?
Who is Allah
200
What is the set of obligations Muslims must observe?
What is Pillars (The Five Pillars)
200
What two languages were mixed to make Swahili in Africa?
What are Bantu and Arabic
200
In the High Middle Ages, Egypt was a part of which Caliphate?
What is the Fatmid Caliphate
200
What factors contributed to the fall of the Abassid Caliphate?
What is the rise and power of the Turkish Empire and Hulagu Kahn established religious authority.
200
What two things about society do Muslims believe go hand-in-hand?
What is Church and State
300
What is “Lawful as defined by Allah”?
What is Halal
300
What was the religion of the Saharan Empire?
What is Islam.
300
What region were the Kushites originally from?
What is the Nile River Valley
300
What was significant about the Umayyad Caliphate?
What is it covered more than 5 million square miles (one of the largest empires the world had ever seen at this time) and was the 7th largest continuous empire ever to exist.
300
What word is the best comparison to what Muslims view marriage as?
What is a Contract
400
What is another name for Muhammad?
What is Ahmad
400
When did the vast Islamic empire expand across North Africa?
When is 900
400
Who occupied North Africa during Justinian's conquest in the mid 6th century?
Who are the Vandals
400
What 3 empires contributed to the building of the Islamic Empire?
What is the Ottoman Empire (Asia Minor), the Savafid Empire (Persia), and the Mughal Empire (India).
400
What is the great pilgrimage called that all Muslims take at least once in their lifetime?
What is the Hajj
500
What is the ‘little pilgrimage’ performed with ritual purity?
What is Umra
500
What was the main purpose of the sand roads?
What is Trade
500
Who ruled North Africa during the Carolingin Empire in the 9th century?
Who is the Muslims
500
Which of the 3 empires was primarily a Shi’ite Empire?
What is the Savafid Empire of India.
500
What are a few values of the Qur’an?
What are Equality, Solidarity, Concern for the Poor