5 Pillars
Origins of Islam
Arabian Geography
Islamic Empires
Islamic Culture
100

This Pillar is a Specific Statement of Faith: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet"

Statement of Belief

100

This Man is the Prophet of Islam

Muhammad

100

This is the Peninsula that Islam was founded in

The Arabian Peninsula

100

Name one accomplishment that happened during the Islamic Empire.

Answers Vary

100

The Holy Book of Islam

The Quran

200

This Pillar says that Muslims must offer help to the poor/those in need.

Charity/almsgiving

200

Muslims believe Muhammad received a ___________ from the Angel Gabriel

A Vision/revelation

200

This is the term for a small body of water found in the middle of a desert.

Oasis

200

The Rulers of early Islamic Empires (Abassids, Umayyads) were called this.

The Caliphs

200

An Islamic place of Worship

A Mosque

300

Muslims are expected to Pray this many times per day.

300
The Holy Site in the City of Mecca.

The Kaaba

300

This City is the Birthplace of Muhammad

Mecca

300

Following Muhammad's Death, Islam split into these two Groups

Sunnis and Shias

300

Traders traveled through the desert traveled in these for protection.

caravans

400

This Islamic Holy Month involves the practice of Fasting each day.

Ramadan

400

Which City did Muhammad flee to after being ran out of Mecca?

Medina

400

This is a strip of Land surrounded by water on 3 sides

Peninsula

400

Why did Islam split into two groups?

Disagreement over who should succeed (take over) after Muhammad's death.

400

Like the Silk Road, the Islamic Empire covered which three continents?

Asia, Africa, Europe

500

This is the Arabic term for the Islamic Pilgrimage to the City of Mecca.

HAJJ

500
While in exhile in Medina, what did Muhammad do before going back to Mecca?

Got followers to go with him to take the city of Mecca back.

500

This type of ecosystem is the most common in the Arabian Desert.

Desert

500

The Islamic Empire had this type of government in which the rules of the religion are also the rules of the government.

Theocracy

500

The fact that the Islamic Culture created the House of Knowledge shows that their culture highly valued what?

Education