House of Worship
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Mosque
What is the name of the house of worship in Islam
100
Mecca
What is the holiest city in Islam?
100
Muslim
Followers of Islam are called what?
100
Ramadan
What is the name of the ninth month of the Islamic calendar (the month in which Muhammad had his first revelation)?
100
Muhammad
According to Islam, who was the last prophet?
200
Minarets
What are the tall towers on a mosque (which are used for the call to prayer)?
200
Medina
Where is Muhammad buried?
200
Quran
What is the name of the holy book of Islam?
200
A lunar month (Ramadan begins when the moon first becomes visible after a new moon, until it is a new moon again).
How long is Ramadan?
200
5
How many times a day are Muslims supposed to pray?
300
Mihrab
What is the indentation on the wall in a mosque (which shows the direction of Mecca)?
300
Saudi Arabia
In what country are Mecca and Medina found?
300
Kaaba
What is the name of the cube-shaped building that was supposedly the first temple to the one God?
300
Fast during daylight hours
If you are a healthy Muslim, what should you do during Ramadan?
300
Alcohol and pork
What two things Muslim should abstain from (i.e. not eat or drink)?
400
The human form
What types of images are NOT found in a mosque?
400
Jerusalem
According to the Quran, where was Muhammad when he went up to heaven to meet Allah and the prophets?
400
Hajj
What is the name of the pilgrimage to Mecca?
400
Eid Al-Fitr - a huge feast and celebration to celebrate the breaking of the fast.
What celebration happens at the end of Ramadan?
400
Sharia
What is the term for Islamic law (based off the Quran and the life of Muhammad)?
500
fountains
What are found outside of mosques (or outside the prayer hall), which people use before they pray?
500
Indonesia
What SE Asia country is majority Muslim?
500
Hijab
What is another name for the headscarf that many Muslim women wear to dress modestly?
500
Eid Al Adha
What is the festival that remembers Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God?
500
7th century
In what century did Islam begin?
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