Geography/Background
Geographic region where Islam originated
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
The final prophet of Islam
Who is Muhammad?
Capital city of the Umayyad
What is Damascus?
Capital city of the Abbasid
What is Baghdad?
Location of the House of Wisdom
Where is Baghdad?
Cities that serve as holy cities in Islam
What is Mecca and Medina?
The holy book of Islam
What is the Quran?
What caused the split in Islam and what are the differences between the two?
What is who should be caliph?
Sunni: chosen leader, modern
Shiite: related to Muhammad, traditional/strict
Fields of achievements in the Abbasid Caliphate
What are science, art, and literature?
Role of the House of Wisdom in Islamic civilization
What is a center of learning, translation, and preservation of knowledge?
Trade route helped spread Islam
What is the Silk Road?
Similarity to Judaism or Christianity
Extent of the Umayyad Caliphate
What is the Atlantic Ocean to the Indus River Valley?
Economic developments in the Abbasid
What is a single currency established (dinar), banks established, use of checks, and different professions?
Major fields of study at the House of Wisdom with examples
What are mathematics (algebra), astronomy (astrolabe), medicine (hospitals), and philosophy?
The early nomadic people on the Arabian peninsula
Who are the bedouins?
How does Islam affect the lives of its followers?
What is no drinking, no gambling, no eating pork, no illegal drugs, no engaging in dishonest behavior, etc?
Head tax for non-Muslims to practice their religion
What is a jizya?
Caliph during the Golden Age of the Abbasid Caliphate
Who is Haroun al-Rashid?
Languages translated in Arabic at the House of Wisdom
What are Persian, Indian, Ancient Greek, and Ancient Roman?
The holy site that contains the black stone
What is the Kaaba?
The 5 Pillars of Islam
What is Declaration of Faith (Shahada), Prayer 5 times a day (Salah), Giving alms to the poor (Zakat), Hajj, and Fasting (Sawm)?
Causes for the Umayyad decline
What is legitimacy challenged, luxurious spending (viewed as decadent), warriors often not paid for their fighting to expand the empire, and the revolt of the Abbasid?
Consequence of the Mongol invasion of the Abbasid
What is the destruction of Baghdad and the end of the Abbasid Caliphate?
Impact of the scholars at the House of Wisdom
What is assisted in encouraging openness to new ways of thinking?