Islam
What is the name of the man who started the Islamic religion?
Muhammad the Messenger
How did the middle eastern empires spread Islam to Africa?
Through trade
What is a Sultan?
An emperor
Islamic art is not allowed to have what depicted in it?
Allah or Muhammad
What language became a major language in East Africa?
Swahili
One of the five pillars of Islam involves praying five times a day, facing towards what?
Mecca
Name one of the main natural resource goods traded from Africa?
Gold, salt, Iron, etc
What is a Caliph?
The religious leader of the Islamic faith, successor of the first leader of Islam
The Thousand and One Nights middle eastern story tells many stories within itself, one of which is a Disney classic, for claps and giggles what movies is it?
Aladdin
What does the term social mobility mean?
The ability to move from one social class to another
There are five pillars of Islam one of which involves a month of doing what?
Fasting
Why were merchants honored in Muslim society?
Because the founder of the faith was merchant
What were the Janissaries or Janizaries in the Ottoman Empire?
They were the sultans protectors, and were boys who were from non-Muslim families.
Which type writing was considered both beautiful and spiritual in Muslim culture?
Calligraphy
What is the difference between patrilineal and matrilineal?
Patrilineal follows inheritance from father to son, matrilineal follows the mother to daughter.
What are Alms?
Giving good and money to the poor
What was Prince Henry the Navigator known for?
Sponsoring expeditions to the coastal exploration of West Africa.
What is a Caliphate?
A political-religious Islamic state
African art is often seen in the patterns on their textiles, what are textiles?
Clothing
What is oral history?
History told by word of mouth
Islamic women wear a head covering called a hijab, where did this Islamic tradition get its start?
The Persian veil covering traditions
What are guilds?
A union of skilled craftsman
What were the conquered peoples allowed to do under the Umayyad Empire?
Practice their faiths freely, but pay higher taxes to do so.
What are Griots?
African storytellers
What does Islam mean in Arabic?
Submission to god