Religion related Questions
What is the book that is considered the “Teachings of Allah”?
Qu’ran
What symbols/letters are used to show unknown numbers in math?
X, Y & Z
By what year did France, Spain & Africa Fall to the Islam/Arabics?
750 A.C
By what year did the Mongol empire rise?
1200’s
What is a sacred or holy space dedicated to a specific god, ancestor, hero, martyr, or saint?
Shrine
What Language do you need to learn and understand to read the Qu’ran?
Arabic
What invention/system created by the Caliph allowed trade to flourish?
Banks
What was a form of Islamic art that used tiles?
Mosaics
"Caliph was put to death by wrapping him in a blanket and trampling him to death with horses. They killed somewhere between ______ and a million people." Fill in the blank.
100,000
What is it to not eat for some time often as a part of a religious practice?
Fasting
What is the action that you do once in a lifetime?
Travel To Mecca/Hajj
Where was chess played by scholars and thus made popular across the world?
The House of Wisdom
Al-Khwarizimi made a mathematical subject that would be useful for Islam. what was it?
Algebra
After Muhamads death, who was the new caliph?
Abu Bakr
What is a monotheistic religion founded by Muhammad of which followers are called Muslims?
Islamic
Name the third pillar of the five pillars.
Zakat
What tool was improved by the Muslims, showing direction, time of day, and where the location of Mecca was?
Astrolabe
Muslim merchants began to spread the religion in between what centuries?
The 8th and 9th
What was the dynasty that the Umayyads lost to?
The Abbasid Dynasty
What is in the religion of Islam the house of worship-400
Mosque
What did the Arabic people first think of Mohammad when he said he was given the word of god?
That he was insane
“Muslims artists used _________ and Floral patterns” Fill in the blank
Geometric
To become a Muslim, you have to recite what?
The Shahadah
When the dynasty was at its highest, what was the period called?
The Golden Age of Islam
What is a person who is believed to have contact with a god or gods and can speak on behalf of that being?
Prophet