Pillars of Faith
Comparative Religion
The Spread of Islam
Muslim Contributions
The Crusades
100
All Muslims are required to do this once in their lifetime.
What is make a pilgrimage to Makkah.
100
The holy book of Islam is called this.
What is the Qur'an.
100
By the year 750, the Muslim Empire had expanded to these three continents.
What are Asia, Africa and Europe.
100
The story of Aladdin and the lamp is part of this famous Muslim book.
What is 1001 Tales of the Arabian Nights.
100
After the First Crusade, Christians set up four of these in the Holy Land.
What are feudal Christian kingdoms.
200
All Muslims are instructed to fast during this period.
What is Ramadan.
200
Islam, Christianity and Judaism consider this city to be holy.
What is Jerusalem.
200
In the 900s, a Umayyad caliph built a great center of learning in Cordoba, in this country.
What is Spain.
200
This field of mathematics was invented by a 9th century Muslim named al-Khwarizmi.
What is algebra.
200
Richard I of England, Phillip II of France, and Frederick I of Germany led this Crusade.
What is the Third Crusade, of the Crusade of Kings.
300
Five times a day, Muslims should do this.
What is pray facing Makkah.
300
Muhammad's personal examples of good Muslim practice are collected in this book.
What is the Sunnah.
300
In a dispute over who should lead Islam, the religion split into these two branches.
What are Shi'a and Sunni.
300
A key Muslim advance in medicine was treating patients at the first one of these.
What is a hospital.
300
The Fourth Crusade ended with the sack of this city.
What is Constantinople.
400
The Pillar of Faith called Zakat tells Muslims to do this.
What is give alms for the poor/give to charity.
400
A prophet common to all three monotheistic religions.
Who is Abraham or Moses.
400
The Muslim Empire had three capital cities in its first hundred years. Name two.
What are (2 of) Makkah, Damascus, Baghdad.
400
Muslim astronomers discovered this about the Earth.
What is rotation (or spinning) or circumference.
400
This Muslim leader's capture of Jerusalem in 1187 sparked the Third Crusade.
Who was Salah al-Din.
500
In the first Pillar of Faith, Muslims declare this.
What is their belief in one God and Muhammad as his greatest prophet.
500
Muhammad called Muslims, Christians and Jews "people of the book" for this reason.
What is they all believe in one God.
500
These two factors unified the diverse people and cultures in the vast Muslim empire.
What are Islam and Arabic.
500
Depictions of these are generally missing from Islamic art.
What are people and animals.
500
Before the First Crusade, Seljuk Turks threatened Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land and this ruler.
Who is the Byzantine emperor.
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