Islam
This is the book containing the teachings of Mohammed.
What is the Koran
This major battle was fought between the Franks and the Muslims.
What is The Battle of Tours.
This Arabic word means "submission."
What is "Islam."
This was the title given to Charlemagne by the pope on Christmas Day, 800.
What is Holy Roman Emperor
The 3 most basic types of clouds are stratus, cumulus and this high, wispy type with a name meaning "curl"
Cirrus
This is the Arabic word for God.
What is Allah.
In this battle the Arabs destroyed the Byzantine Empire's army in 636.
Battle of Yarmouk
This word means successor to the prophet Muhammad and the spiritual and military leader of Islam.
What is "caliph."
This ruler known as "The Hammer" united the Frankish realms Neustria and Austrasia and subdued the German Bavarians during his rule.
Who is Charles Martel.
The smallest of the Great Lakes, it has a surface area of about 7500 square miles
Lake Ontario
The Battle of Yarmouk was fought between the Arab Muslims and this Empire.
What was the Byzantine Empire.
The Battle of La Janda was fought between the Muslims and this barbarian tribe.
Who are the Visigoths.
This word means both an inner struggle to submit to the will of God and a holy war against the infidel.
What is jihad.
This "short" ruler became king of the franks after his father, Charles Martel died.
Who is Pepin the Short.
This Italian word is used to mean music gradually getting softer, the same as decrescendo
Diminuendo
This is the main difference between Muslim's idea of Monotheism and Christian's idea of monotheism.
What is the Holy Trinity.
Don Pelayo defeated the Muslims in 718 during this famous battle.
What is Covadonga
This mixture of chemicals is not exactly known to modern scientists but it was shot as a liquid out of a pumped cannon and caught fire as soon as it was wetted.
What is Greek fire.
This "lion like" pope crowned Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor in 800 A.D.
Who is Pope Leo III
In the entrance hall of Monticello, Jefferson placed a bust of himself opposite which cabinet secretary
Alexander Hamilton
This is the city that the Abbasid caliphs built near the Tigris River.
What is Baghdad.
This famous battle was fought in the year 732.
What is The Battle of Tours.
This word literally means "image breaking." It was the rejection of the use of images depicting holy people and things as idolatry.
What is iconoclasm.
Emperor Leo III defeated this force in an important victory.
Who were the Muslims.
This 1987 comedy, directed by Mel Brooks, parodied Star Wars, and also caused Caroline McGrogan to fall asleep on three separate occasions.
Spaceballs