Place
The birthplace of Muhammad and the most holy Islamic city
What is Mecca?
A follower of the religion of Islam
What is a Muslim?
The founder of Islam
Who is Muhammad?
A veil worn by Muslim women that covers the head and chest
What is a Hijab?
The most holy month of the Islamic calendar.
What is Ramadan?
The Muslim place of worship
What is a mosque?
The leader of the Muslim world and ruler of the Caliphate.
What is a Caliph?
The most sacred book of the Islamic religion.
What is the Quran?
A tax placed by the Islamic Empire on non-Muslims.
What is Jizya?
People that have no permanent home and travel from place to place looking for new land and water for their livestock.
A tall, narrow tower that is used to call Muslims to prayer.
What is a Minaret?
A group of slave warriors who eventually came to power and ruled Egypt
What is Mamluks?
An Islamic religious leader who often leads the worship services at a mosque.
Who is an Imam?
A collection of sayings from the prophet Muhammad.
Charitable giving typically used to help poor people
What is Zakat?
A united Islamic state under a single leader called the Caliph.
What is Caliphate?
A person originally from the Arabian peninsula who speaks Arabic.
What is an Arab?
The main framework of the Islamic religion
What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?
A type of decoration or design used in Islamic art that uses scrolling patterns of foliage, lines, and leaves.
What is Arabesque?
Led the Islamic Empire after the death of Muhammad.
What is Four Caliphs?
The region of the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal) under Islamic rule for much of the Middle Ages
What is AL-ANDALUS?
Ruled the Islamic Empire from 750-1258 CE and 1261-1517 CE. The Islamic Empire experienced a period of cultural and economic prosperity.
What is ABBASID CALIPHAT?
A pilgrimage to Mecca that each Muslim must carry out at least once in their life.
What is a Hajj?
A gold coin used by the Islamic Empire
What is Dinar?
A collection of sayings from the prophet Muhammad.
What is the Hadith?