Vocabulary
What is the name of the holy book of Islam?
The Qur'an
What pillar involves donating 2.5% of your annual income to the poor/unfortunate/sick/traveling?
Zakat
What did Muslims create to start cleaning themselves?
Hard soap
How did soldiers help spread Islam?
Conquest
How was Abu Bakar related to to Muhammad?
Father-in-law
What do you call a person who is chosen by God and can allegedly speak on his behalf?
A prophet
Why is the year 632 CE important to Islam?
This is when Muhammad died
What is the Indian game made popular by Muslim intellects?
Chess
How did Muslims look at peoples value?
Everybody is equal
Where was the House of Wisdom located?
Baghdad
What do you call a public place of prayer for Muslims?
A mosque
What is the name of the pillar that that permits you from eating/drinking anything from sunrise to sunset during the month of Ramadan?
Sawm
What religion started in the Arabian desert?
Islam
Who helped spread Islam by speaking about Allah on the trade routes?
Who overthrew the Umayyads?
The Abbasids
What is the name of the holiest shrine in Mecca?
The Kaaba
Today, about 85% of Muslims fit into what category of Islam?
Sunni
What were trains of camels called?
What was the name of the African King who gave away gold if you joined Islam?
Mansa Musa
What was the name of the branch of Islam that believed that only direct descendants of Muhammad should be caliph?
Shi'ah
What is the name of the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that a Muslim has to do only once in their life?
The Hajj
How many chapters are in the Qur'an?
114
What is the Arabic name of the method used to solve difficult math problems for x,y, and z.
Al-Jabar
Jizyal
Under what dynasty did Islam have their golden age?
Abbasids