The Roots of Islam
Islamic Beliefs and Practices
Islamic Empires
Cultural Achievements
Other Stuff About Islam
100
The founder of Islam
Who is Muhammad?
100
Acts of worship required of all Muslims
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
100
The Arabian Peninsula is located in the southwest corner of this continent
What is Asia?
100
Muslims invented this form of math
What is algebra?
100
Islam's holy text
What is the Qur'an?
200
A wet, fertile area in a desert
What is an oasis?
200
The holy month of fasting
What is Ramadan?
200
The title given to the highest leader of Islam
What is a caliph?
200
Muslim scholars made advances is these four subjects
What are math, geography, astronomy, and science?
200
Islam's building of prayer
What is a mosque?
300
A group of traders that travel together
What is a caravan?
300
The fifth pillar, Hajj, requires Muslims to visit this city at least once in their lifetime; the holy city of Islam
What is Mecca?
300
This group of Muslims believed that only Muhammad's descendants could become caliphs.
Who are the Shia?
300
Muslim scholars refined the ______________, an instrument invented by the Greeks to chart the position of the stars.
What is astrolabe?
300
This word means "to make an effort, or to struggle."
What is jihad?
400
The three bodies of water that border Arabia to the east and west
What are the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, and the Arabian Sea?
400
The Qur'an and the Sunnah form the basis for Islamic law, also known as ________________
What is Sharia?
400
This group of Muslims did not believed that Muhammad's successors had to be related to him
Who are the Sunni?
400
Muslim scholars made more accurate _____________, and developed better ways of calculating distances.
What are maps?
400
Which angel is reported to have appeared to Muhammad?
Who is Gabriel?
500
Islam began to spread when Muhammad moved from Mecca to this city
What is Medina?
500
Muslims must pray daily facing _______________at these five times during the day
What is Mecca and before sunrise, at midday, in later afternoon, right after sunset, and before going to bed?
500
Islam's first caliph
Who is Abu Bakr?
500
Islamic literature Literature preserved and improved on literary works by these two groups of people.
Who are the Greeks and the Romans?
500
Islam's most sacred place (building)
What is the Kaaba?
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