Vocabulary
What is the name for God in Arabic?
Allah
What is the Islamic holy book?
The Qur'an
What did Mulims create to keep themselves clean?
Soap
What was the area, surrounded by water on three sides, where the empire started?
The Arabian Peninsula
Who was the first caliph?
Abu Bakr
What is the religious trip Muslims are supposed to make once in their life?
Hajj
True or False? Muslims pray 6 times a day.
False
What is the large library that was later turned into a university?
House of Wisdom
What word describes the groups traders and merchants traveled in?
Caravans
Who invaded the Abbasid Empire and ended the Golden Age?
The Mongols
What is the tool used to tell time?
Astrolabe
What is the name of the holiest site in Mecca?
The Kaaba
What is the water-based weapon we think Muslims created?
Torpedo
What was the trade route system they traded on called?
The Silk Road
Where did the Abbasid Dynasty move their capital to?
Baghdad
85% of Muslims are...
Sunni
What is the name of the Angel that appeared to Muhammad?
Angel Gabriel
What was the popular game played in the House of Wisdom?
Chess
What was the name of the tax that all non-Muslims have to pay if they go near the Kaaba?
Jizya Tax
Was it mandatory to convert to Islam?
No
What is the code of law based on the Qur'an?
Sharia Law
What is the name of the Christian church in Constantinople that was later turned into a mosque?
Hagia Sophia
What process did they use to make perfume?
Distillation
What is the name of the Arab traveler that provided us with knowledge of the Islamic world in the 1300s?
Ibn Battuta
Was it mandatory to convert to Islam?
The Tigris River