For Muslims, obeying Allah's will means to obey the:
A) Ten Commandments
B) Quran
C) Five Pillars of Islam
D) The Shar'iah
C) The Five Pillars of Islam
100
Who was the prophet of Islam?
Muhammad
100
What were the two different "branches" of Muslims?
Shiite and Sunni
100
This is another term for "covered market."
Bazaar
100
The ________________________ in Baghdad was the home of Arabic translations of popular Greek works.
House of Wisdom
200
What is the Arabic word for "pilgrimage to Mecca?"
Hajj
200
What year did Muhammad die?
632 C.E.
200
The ___________________ dynasty had their capital in Damascus.
Umayyad
200
____________, _______________, and ___________ were the centers of administrative, cultural, and economic activity for their regions.
Baghdad, Cairo, and Demascus
200
The _____________________ is an instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the positions of the stars and planets.
Astrolabe
300
What is the Third Pillar of Islam?
Charity / Alms for the poor
300
During the "hijrah," Muhammad and his followers traveled to what city?
Yathrib
300
The _____________________ dynasty had their capital in Baghdad.
Abbasid
300
Baghdad became a powerful trade city because of its location to the ________________.
Tigris River
300
The ______________________ is a tower on a mosque in which a crier calls down to the people to pray five times a day.
Minaret
400
What is the Second Pillar of Islam?
Prayer - 5 times a day facing Mecca
400
What is the "shar'iah?"
A law code that provides believers with a set of practical laws to regulate their daily lives.
400
This Abbasid ruler's reign is often described as the golden age of the Abassid caliphate...
Harun al-Rashid
400
The Quran granted women ________________________ with men.
Spiritual and social equality
400
This Islamic scholar was the most prominent Muslim historian of the age.
Ibn-Khaldun
500
In Arabic, what are the names of all Five Pillars of Islam?
Shahada, Salat, Zakat, Sawm, Hajj
500
What European country was, at one time, part of the Muslim empire?
A) France
B) England
C) Greece
D) Spain
D) Spain
500
This Mongolian leader was the first to lead Mongolian armies into Central Asia.
Genghis Khan
500
Customs of requiring women to cover virtually all parts of their bodies when appearing in public is owed more to ________________________ than to the Quran.
Arab practices
500
This collection of Middle Eastern literature is a collection of folktales, fables, and romances that blend the natural with the supernatural.