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Islamic Vocabulary
Prophet's Words & Deeds
Roots of Islam
Empire of Islam
Spread of Islam
100
What is the word for a Muslim house of worship?
Mosque
100
Islam
What is another name for the Muslim religion?
100
Muslims believe that Muhammad was not God, nor the son of God, but a _______________ of God.
messenger
100
Why fault did other Muslim groups find with the Umayyads?
worldliness
100
Islam began in the mountainous area of what area?
Arabia
200
What is the central building of the Muslim faith, built in a cubic shape, which contains a sacred black stone?
Kaaba
200
Allah
What is the name the Muslims give to God.
200
What made Mecca different from other Arabian trading cities?
the Kaaba- an important religious shrine is there
200
While the Abbasids ruled in the east, which forces gained control of most of Spain?
Umayyads
200
Name the city that is the origin and center of Islam.
Mecca
300
What word best fills in the blank in the following sentence: "Under the rule of Muawiya, each province was ruled by an appointed _________ who reported directly to the caliph."
emir
300
What is a Muslim who believes all Muslim rulers should be descendants of Muhammad.
Shiite
300
What is the Qur'an (Koran)?
a completion of the earlier religious writings of Jews and Christians. Also the words recited by Muhammad who heard them from the Angel Gabriel.
300
Which of the following helped the Umayyads to unite the diverse peoples of the Islamic empire? a. forcing pagans/infidels to convert to Islam b. moving the capital to Damascus. c. keeping the Arab culture free of outside influences. d. establishing Arabic as the official language of the empire
d. establishing Arabic as the official language of the empire
300
Name the money system that helped to unify the Ummayad Empire.
Common coinage
400
What is the word that best fills the blank in the following sentence. "Muawiya encouraged those he appointed to rule strictly, in order to stamp out __________ among the conquered people."
dissent
400
Imam
What is a Muslim prayer leader?
400
According to Muhammad, the first word that the angel Gabriel said to him in his first vision was this word.
Recite
400
What is the name of the battle that prevented Muslim forces from taking over Europe?
Tours
400
What is the name of the Abbasid capital city where the inner city was built with a circular design?
Baghdad
500
What is the word that best fits the blank in the following sentence? "The Abbasids struggled to deal with the Fatimid ____ which was made up of descendants of Muhammad's daughter."
faction
500
Hadith
What is the name given to the collected sayings and traditions of Muhammad
500
What are the names of the religions who Muslims view as "people of the book"
Judaism (Jews), Christianity (Christians)
500
What Spanish city contained the "Great Mosque" the largest of the city's 3000 mosques, attracted many scholars and artists (many from the Abbasid cultural center of Baghdad), and engendered a love of learning- often viewed as its greatest legacy- in its inhabitants?
Cordoba
500
The Muslim word for leader or ruler.
caliph