Muslim mathematicians produced many major advances, including these, still used today.
What are Arabic numerals?
100
Suleiman the Magnificent is almost always depicted with this article of clothing.
What is a giant turban?
100
Name two Ancient Greek city-states.
What are Athens and Sparta?
200
This is the art of beautiful handwriting, highly respected in the Muslim world.
What is calligraphy?
200
This is the name of Muslims' sacred text.
What is the Qur'an?
200
This world-famous piece of literature consists of a group of stories from various genres, all narrated by a fictional princess.
What is "The Thousand and One Nights"?
200
This building was constructed as a tomb for the wife of the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan.
What is the Taj Mahal?
200
This social science is the study of people and cultures through their material remains.
What is archaeology?
300
When the Byzantines ruled this strategically-located city, its name was ______, but after the Ottomans captured it, they renamed it ______.
What is Constantinople --> Istanbul?
300
This is was Muslims call Jews and Christians, as a way of emphasizing their shared heritage.
What are "people of the book"?
300
Many scientific advances in the Muslim world (such as quadrants) were in this field.
What is astronomy?
300
This feature of Islam was highly attractive to many conquered people, but especially to Hindu Indians.
What is the equality of all Muslims?
300
The Aztecs and Maya both made use of this technology in order to increase their agricultural production.
What are chinampas?
400
This city is considered to be the birthplace of Islam.
What is Mecca?
400
These two sects of Islam argue over, among other things, the proper leadership of Islam.
What are Sunnis and Shiites?
400
Muslim art often focuses on patterns and shapes, because Islam forbids this act, considered highly disrespectful.
What is depicting Allah and Muhammad (as well as other humans)?
400
Under Ottoman rule, non-Christian families had to provide a young son to be raised by the government. Some of these boys would later become these elite soldiers.
What are Janissaries?
400
The Hellenistic Era, with its unique blend of cultures, is most closely associated with this person.
Who is Alexander the Great?
500
This is the term for laws based on Muslims religious teachings.
What is Sharia?
500
Name three of the Five Pillars of Islam.
What are (1) Declaration of Faith, (2) 5x Daily Prayer, (3) Charity, (4) Fasting during Ramadan, and (5) the Hajj?
500
"The Rubaiyat," by Omar Khayyam, is a collection of these.
What are poems?
500
This religion was founded by Nanak, an Indian holy man, who wanted to blend Islam and Hinduism.
What is Sikhism?
500
Name four of the five rivers associated with the four main early river valley civilizations.
What are the (1) Indus, (2) Tigris, (3) Euphrates, (4) Yellow/Yangtze, and (5) Nile?