Religion
This religion was founded by Muhammad in Mecca
What is Islam?
This modern day country is home to the highest concentration of Shia muslims
What is Iran?
This beautiful handwriting was used by Muslims to worship God
What is Calligraphy?
These trade routes ran through North Africa and helped diffuse Islam
Trans Saharan Trade Routes
The name of the creator of the Mongol Empire is ________
Genghis Khan
Despite having different holy books and founders, these religions all practice monotheism and track their beliefs back to the same man from Southern Canaan
(double points if you remember the name for these religions collectively
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
(the Abrahamic Faiths)
This East African language combined elements of Arabic and Bantu languages
What is Swahili?
The creation of Arabic numerals led to this modern day mathematical field
What is Algebra?
West African Empires became so wealthy by trading these 2 items
What are salt and gold?
The name of the Mongol Golden Age is ___________
Pax Mongolica
Islam split into 2 sects when this group of people refused to accept Abu Bakr as Caliph because he was not descended from Muhammad
Who are the Shia?
This Islamic caliphate focused on conquest, expanding across North Africa and the Middle East, causing many to convert to avoid religious taxes
What was the Umayyad Caliphate?
This school in Baghdad translated and studied Greek, Persian, and Indian texts and led to many great scientific and cultural discoveries
What is the House of Wisdom?
The Mali ruler ___________ spread Islam through his extravagant Hajj.
Mansa Musa
What is the name of the Italian explorer/traveler who wrote about his journey's through Central Asia and China?
Marco Polo
These are the 5 Pillars of Islam
What are Faith, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, and Hajj
This Islamic caliphate focused on trade and ruled during the Golden Age of Islam
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
This city became a major center of trade and learning in West Africa, particularly during the Mali Empire
What is Timbuktu?
The fall of this empire showed the years of exploitation and abuse in Africa
Songhai Empire
This empire in North India fused Hinduism and Islam into Sikhism, Farsi and Indian languages into Hindi, and built the Taj Mahal
What is the Mughal Empire?
The combination of Muhammad's teachings (Sunna) and the Quran created this legal system used in some Muslim Countries
What is Sharia Law?
The were the first four caliphs after Muhammad who knew him personally
Who are the Rightly Guided Caliph?
This agricultural achievement allowed Islamic farmers to grow exotic plants in hostile desert climates by fusing them to desert plants
What is grafting?
Through the development of a new law code and advancements in art, science, and medicine _________ brought about the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire.
Suleiman the Magnificent
The Mongols led to the diffusion of many technologies and cultures, but also this disease which led to a major pandemic, killing between 1/3 and 2/3 of Europe
What is the Bubonic Plague?