Vocabulary
What is a powerful family that maintains its position of control over great territories for a considerable time?
Dynasty
Who founded the religion of Islam?
Muhammad
What system did the Muslim Caliphs create to solve money problems?
Banking
What activity helped spread Islam?
Trading
How long did the Umayyad Dynasty rule?
100 years
Who is the person believed to have contact with a god or gods and can speak on behalf of that being?
Prophet
What is the holy book of Islam called?
Qur'an
What water-based weapon were the Muslims thought to have created?
Torpedo
Where did the Islamic scholars study?
House of Wisdom
Where did the Abbasids move their capital?
Baghdad
What is the language of much of Southwestern Asia and Northern Africa?
Arabic
What is the most sacred shrine in Islam?
Kaaba
What is the building called that is used to show respect to Allah and Muhammad?
Mosques
Islamic art did not use people or animals, what did they use?
Geometric Shapes
Where was the Umayyad capital?
Damascus
What is the land in southwest Asia mostly covered in the desert where the religion of Islam was founded and is the homeland of Arab people?
Arabian Peninsula
What is the 1st pillar of Islam?
Shahada
What did Muslims create to clean themselves
Soap
How far west did the religion of Islam spread?
Spain
Who brought the end to the Abbasid Caliphate?
Mongols
What is, not eating for a while often as a part of religious practice?
Fasting
What is the 2nd most sacred shrine in Islam?
The Dome of the Rock
What problem-solving method of math did Islam invent?
Algebra
What military strategy aided in Islam’s expansion?
Conquest
Who are the people that think the next ruler needs to be a blood relative?
Shi'ah