Islam is the world's second largest religion after ___________.
What is Christianity?
100
Where did Muslims often go when they were sick (somewhere Europe didn't have!)?
What is hospitals?
100
A series of holy wars launched by European Christians to reclaim holy sites in the Middle East from Muslims are called the ____________.
What is the Crusades?
100
What was the name of the wars Christians launched to reconquor the Iberian Peninsula (Spain) back from Muslims?
What is the Reconquista?
200
What was the city where Muhammad was born?
What is Makkah (Mecca)?
200
What is the name of the holy book of the religion of Islam?
What is the Qur'an (Koran)?
200
Name 3 important adaptations/innovations medieval Muslims made.
What is City Building & Architecture; Scholarship & Learning; Science & Technology; Geography & Navigation; Mathematics; Medicine; Bookmaking & Literature, Art & Music; Recreation
200
Who were 2 important Christians who whose experiences in the Crusades we discussed?
What is Richard I and Anna Comnena?
200
The Empire who captured Constantinople in 1453
What is the Ottoman Empire?
300
Belief in more than one god is called _________?
What is Polytheism?
300
The example that Muhammad set for Muslims about how to live is called ___________.
What is Sunnah?
300
The spread of cultural elements from one society to another is called _____________?
What is cultural diffusion?
300
Hostility or discrimination against Jews is called
What is anti-semitism?
300
A judicial body established by the Roman Catholic Church to combat forms of religious error (torture people into confession/converting)
What is the Inquisition?
400
What does the word "Muslim" mean?
What is "Those who surrender to God"?
400
The 9th month of the Islamic calendar, during which Muslims are required to fast is called _________.
What is Ramadan?
400
What type of design took its beauty from the natural world?
What is arabesque?
400
Two effects of the Crusades on the Muslims was:
What is exposure to new military ideas and weapons; lost lives; destroyed property; new trade routes with the west; standing armies
400
The Mongol leader who attacked China and swept through central Asia.
What is Ghenghis Khan?
500
Where did Muhammad go on his Night Journey?
What is Jerusalem?
500
What is Zakat?
What is Charity (one of the 5 Pillars of Islam).
500
What navigational instruments did Muslim scientists adapt and perfect?
What is the compass and astrolabe?
500
Which sultan united Egypt, Syria, and other lands to the east on top of leading a renewed fight against the Crusaders in the Holy Land and took back most of Palestine?
What is Salah al-Din (Saladin)?
500
Which country has more Muslims than any other country in the world today?