Vocab Terms
The piece of land in the Middle East that is home to the Arab people; contains the modern-day Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, etc.
Arabian Peninsula
Early Arabs were organized into tribes ruled by _______________.
Sheikhs
Shahada
Declaration of Faith
Empires in the Muslim world are known as ______________.
Caliphates
Which Middle Eastern country (from our map quiz) has the largest population?
Egypt (113M)
The name of the supreme god of early Arabs; the only god in Islam.
Allah
Arabs trace their ancestry to ___________ and his son Ishmael.
Abraham
Salah
Prayer
Caliphates are ruled by ___________.
Caliphs
Which Middle Eastern country (from our map quiz) has the smallest population?
Bahrain (1.3M)
The founder of Islam; the final prophet of the faith.
Muhammad
City where Muhammad founded Islam.
Mecca (Makkah)
Zakat
Alms-giving (donation to the poor)
After Muhammad's death, Islam split into two main branches: _____________ and _____________.
Shi'a and Sunni
Which Middle Eastern country (from our map quiz) has the largest population of Christians?
Egypt (10-15M)
Elite soldiers of the Ottoman Empire.
Janissaries
Gabriel
Sawm
___________ Muslims believe that only the descendants of Ali should have been named Caliph.
Shi'a
Which Middle Eastern country (from our map quiz) has the smallest Christian population?
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman (all tied with an estimated 10 or less)
Law code developed by Muslims following the examples of Muhammad.
Shari'ah Law
The name of the wealthy widow that Muhammad married before founding Islam.
Khadija
Hajj
Pilgrimage to Mecca
_______________ Muslims make up the large majority of the Muslim population in the world today (~83%).
Sunni
Closest guess wins -- how many people make the Hajj to Mecca each year?
2,269,145 (based on 2000-2019 estimates)