What city were the first people converted to Islam?
Medina
100
What was the capital of the Abbasid Empire?
Baghdad
100
Calligraphy is a type of what?
Handwriting
200
Muslim mystics who sought communion with God through meditation and fasting.
Sufis
200
This is an Islamic house of worship.
Mosque
200
This group represents over 90% of Muslims today
Sunni muslims
200
The title of the Safavid leader.
Shah
200
Al-Khwarizmi pioneered this study of mathematics
Algebra
300
Muhammad became the prophet of Islam after
He heard the voice of the angel Gabriel calling him.
300
This is a nomadic, desert tribesman who joined with other tribesmen to begin the settlements from which the Muslim Empire sprang.
Bedouins
300
Sikhism blends the beliefs of these two religions
Islam and Hinduism
300
Mughal emperor Akbar won support from his Hindu subjects by
He established a policy of toleration
300
How did the famous Persian physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna) improve the practice of medicine?
a.He suggested treating the mind as well as the body.
b.He compiled a huge encyclopedia of medical knowledge.
c.He set up a system of hospitals throughout the Muslim empire.
d.He developed a series of diagnostic tests for physicians.
400
What are the FIVE pillars of Islam to a Muslim...in order???
1. Belief in one true God
2. Turn toward Mecca and pray five times daily
3. Give Charity (Alms) to the poor
4. Fast during the month of Ramadan
5. Take a hajj (pilgrimage) at least once in lifetime if able
400
This became Yathrib's new name.
Medina
400
The beliefs of Shiite and Sunni Muslims differ by
Shiites are followers of Muhammad’s son-in-law, Ali, and Sunnis are followers of Muhammad's teachings (Abu Bakr)
400
The Ottoman's moved their capital to this location after defeating the Byzantines.
Constantinople, renamed to Istanbul
400
Why did Muslim artists not portray human figures in religious art.
Because their religion forbid's the use and worshiping of icons
500
The Kaaba was rededicated to Allah in this city.
Mecca
500
Successor to Muhammad
Caliph
500
This practice is shard by both Sikhs and Muslims
Rejection of the caste system
500
This leader named the "men of the sword" as the highest social group of the Ottoman society
Suleiman the Magnificent
500
How was Muslim society in the 8th and 9th centuries more open than that of medieval Christian Europe?
*Hint - Society