Key Terms
Section One
Section Two
Section Three
Random Figures and Facts
100
A spot in the desert where water is found
What is an oasis?
100
Arabia is a large peninsula surrounded by
What is water?
100
The Qur'an is studied and recited in this language
What is Arabic?
100
The chief religious Muslim leader
Who is a caliph?
100
Islam is the world's second largest religion after this religion
What is Christianity?
200
For Muslim's, the one all-powerful God (in Arabic)
Who is Allah?
200
Arabian nomads skilled at warfare
Who are Bedouins?
200
Muslim house of worship
What is a mosque?
200
Majority Muslim sect?
Who are the Sunnis?
200
Number of times a day faithful Muslims pray
What is five?
300
"Holy Struggle"
What is jihad?
300
Muhammad's wife
Who is Khadija?
300
When praying, Muslim's kneel and face towards this place
What is Mecca?
300
Minority sect of Islam who felt only those related to Muhammad should become caliph
Who are the Shiites?
300
The gulf that lies to the east of Arabia
What is the Persian Gulf?
400
The two types of life in ancient Arabia, sedentary and this...
What is nomadic?
400
100 miles long, Arabia is located in southwest Asia between Mesopotamia and this continent
What is Africa?
400
The month long period in which Muslims fast from dawn until sundown
What is Ramadan?
400
This fierce group of warriors spread Islam as they invaded western China and Central Asia
Mongolian Muslims
400
Number of chapters in the Qur'an
What is 114?
500
Muslims are required to give these to the poor and needy
What are alms?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! Waterproof in rain, Arabian desert tents were made of these two things
What are goat and camel hair?
500
In Arabic: the fifth pillar, required once in every Muslim's life
What is a hajj?
500
The first caliph following Muhammad's death, this man regained control of the Arabian peninsula, using force to bring rebel tribes back under Muslim rule
Who is Abu Bakr?
500
Currently, the country with the largest number of Muslims
What is Indonesia?