The Rise of Islam
Prophet of Islam
Muhammad
Struggle in the way of God"
Jihad
Title of Turkish leader
Sultan
Gift of money or property.
Dowry
Calls the Islamic faithful to prayer five times a day.
Muezzin
Name of people who practice Islam
Muslims
Who was the governor of Syria?
A. Hussein C. Muawiyah
B. Abu Bakr. D. Saladin
Mauwiyah
Mongols advanced as far to the south and west to reach the shores of this sea.
Red Sea
Covered market, was an important part of every Muslim city or town.
Bazzar
Decorations repeated over and over in geometric patterns.
Arabesques
Wife of Muhammad
Khadija.
What weakness in Arab rule led to revolts against the Umayyads?
Local administrators favored the Arabs.
Mongol ruler who died in the year 1227
Genghis Khan
Group of people in the Islamic world that were not considered equal.
Slaves
Philosopher, scientist, who wrote a medical encyclopedia.
Ibn Sina
Name of the angel who appeared to Muhammad
Gabriel
Two sects of Islam
Sunni and Shia
Name of wars between Christians and Muslims
Crusades
Europe's second largest city after Constantinople.
Cordoba
Astrolabes do all of the following except:
A. calculate the length of the day.
B. solve astrological problems.
C. telling time and predicting sunrises and sunsets.
D. determine longitude.
determine longitude.
Month of refraining from food and drink from dawn to sunset
Ramadan
Defeated Arab forces at the Battle of Tours ended Arab expansion in Europe.
Franks or Charles Martel
As a result of the Mongol destruction of Baghdad, the new center of Islamic civilization was relocated here.
Cairo, in Egypt.
A veil that completely covers the face and body.
Burka
Muslim mathematicians advanced in trigonometry and furthered mathematics from what earlier civilization?
Greek or Indian