What is peninsula?
A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
What were the names of the two cities in Arabian Peninsula that fought and quarreled?
Medina and Mecca
Name an empire that was bigger than the Muslim empire.
The empire of China
Japan is surrounded by water (all four sides). This type of land is called _______________.
Island
Fill in the blank. Muhammad's teachings became known as ___________________.
Islam
What is the holy city of Islam?
What is dynasty?
One family that rules a country for years and years.
True or false? Korea and Japan copied many things from the Chinese.
True
Those who followed Muhammad's teachings were called __________________.
Muslims
True or false? Muhammad came back to life.
FALSE! Only Jesus came back to life!
True or false? The Tang Dynasty lasted more than three hundred years.
True
True or false? The Japanese learned about Christianity from the Koreans.
False. Buddhism.
What is the holy book of Muslims called?
the Koran
What is the name of the city that was known for its beautiful buildings, its running water, its public libraries, and its thinkers? Philosophers, scientists, astronomers, and writers came to this city to study, to learn, and to write books.
Baghdad
Name a few examples of what Golden Age means.
Rich and at peace, created beautiful art, music, stories, beautiful jewelry, etc.
What is the oldest dynasty in the world?
The Yamato dynasty
Name the five pillars (five duties) every Muslim should do.
1. Each Muslim must believe that Allah is the one true God.
2. Muslims pray to Allah five times every day.
3. Muslims must give away part of their money every year to those who need help.
4. Muslims must fast every year during Ramadan.
5. Every Muslim should go Mecca at least once during his or her life.
Who was Sinbad?
Sinbad was fictional character, a brave sailor who went on magical adventures across the sea.
One of the most famous Islamic books, The Thousand and One Nights
Chinese scientists thought that China could become even richer if they could learn how to make gold. So they spent years combining different metals and chemicals, trying to figure out how to create gold. They never succeeded, but they made another discovery by mistake. What did they invent from this mistake?
Gunpowder
The Japanese call Japan "The Land of the ___________ _____________."
Rising sun.