Beliefs
Define monotheism.
Belief in one God
Identify the Islamic place of worship.
Mosque
Define halal
Blessed food Muslims can eat
Define Golden Age.
A period of time in which a civilization is experiencing wealth and prosperity, has a strong central government, trades, has territory, advances in science and technology
What peninsula was Islam founded on?
Arabian Peninsula
Identify the name of the founder of Islam.
Muhammad.
Describe how Muslims pray.
5 times a day
facing Mecca
On a rug, on knees, face almost touching the ground
Define haram
Food that is not blessed that Muslims cannot eat
Pork, meat with blood, meat slaughtered not in the name of Allah
Identify advances in education.
Algebra
Astronomy
Medicine
What 3 continents did the Islam world occupy?
Africa, Asia, Europe
Identify the holy book of Islam.
Qu'ran (Koran)
Identify the name of the God Muslims worship.
Allah
Define calligraphy. Why is it used?
Beautiful handwriting, patterns, lines
Muslims could not draw or make life by drawing people within their art
Identify advances in art and architecture.
Domes and arches
Calligraphy
Geometric patterns
Identify how Islam spread.
Trade, Caliphs, military conquest, expanding territory, merchants
Identify the place of Islamic origin.
Arabian Peninsula
Middle East
Mecca
Describe Ramadan.
Ramadan is May-June
Families go to a mosque then they go home and spend family time eating the foods they did not eat during Ramadan.
In the ancient world, what kind of rights did Muslim women enjoy?
Economic and property rights
Education and take part of public life
Identify advances in Literature and poetry
poems of love and sorrow
Poems based on the holy book
story tellers share messages and stories from other cultures
Where do Muslims make their hajj to?
Declaration of faith - 1 God
Prayer - 5x a day facing Mecca
Charity- Alms
Hajj- Pilgrimage to Mecca, one time in their lives
Fasting- Muslims do not eat or drink during the day during Ramadan
What are the 5 pillars?
Rules or guidelines that all Muslims must abide by.
What does Muslims call Christians and Jews?
"People of the book"
Identify advances in math and science.
Astronomy, algebra
astronomical tables
telescope
earths rotation
Lamps, paved roads, marble bathtubs, metal pipes, legal systems, libraries, vaulted ceilings, stained glass, marble balconies, fountains