Origins
Geography
Beliefs
Muslim
Achievements
World Religions
100
a place in a desert where water can be found
What is an oasis?
100
The name of this peninsula
What is Arabia?
100
Islam's holy book
What is the Quran?
100
The arabic word for "successor" (leader of the Muslim community)
What is a caliph?
100
These are woven fabrics
What are textiles?
100
The religion founded by Muhammad in 610 CE
What is Islam?
200
The religion that Muslims practice
What is Islam?
200
The name of this city
What is Mecca?
200
A buildings where Muslims go to pray
What is a mosque?
200
The question of Muhammad's successor split Muslims into these two groups
What are Sunnis and Shias?
200
This was a series of trade routes that connected China to Europe
What is the Silk Road?
200
The religion based on the teachings of Jesus
What is Christianity?
300
The name given to nomadic Arabs
What are Bedouins?
300
The name of this city:
What is Medina?
300
All able bodied Muslims must go on one of these in their lifetime
What is a hajj?
300
This Muslim dynasty made Persia, present-day Iran, a Shia state
What is the Safavid dynasty?
300
This what we call the symbols that we use for numbers today (0, 1, 2, 3,...9)
What are Arabic numerals?
300
The religion that believes in one God but does not focus on the existence of an afterlife
What is Judaism?
400
The most important difference between Islam and the religion practiced by Arabs in earlier time
What is monotheism (belief in only one god)?
400
The capital city of the Umayyad Dynasty
What is Damascus?
400
Islam's other main source of teaching besides the Quran
What is Sunnah?
400
Under this dynasty, the Arab Muslim empire reached its greatest size
What is the Umayyad Dynasty?
400
This is an Islamic lifestyle that emphasized controlling desires, giving up worldy attachments, and seeking nearness to God
What is Sufism?
400
Religion that believes the purpose of life is attain Nirvana and escape the cycle of rebirth
What is Buddhism?
500
The name given to Muhammad and his followers' journey to Medina from Mecca
What is the Hijra?
500
The capital city of the Abbasid Dynasty
What is Baghdad?
500
The Arabic word for "the way"; provides Muslims with specific rules of personal conduct
What is Sharia?
500
These invaders destroyed the city of Baghdad in 1258 and killed the Abbasid caliph
Who are the Mongols?
500
This was the greatest Mulsim doctor who wrote a medical encyclopedia that became the standard medical text in Europe for hundreds of years
Who is Ibn Sina?
500
Religion that believes in many gods and goddesses, and that the purpose of life is to gain release from rebirth or at least attain a better rebirth
What is Hinduism?