People
Places
Ideas
Africa
RANDOM!!!!
100
This man is often simply known as "The Prophet"
Who is MUHAMMAD?
100
This city in modern day Saudi Arabia is the city Muslims must pray toward.
What is MECCA
100
Pre-Islamic Arabs worshiped many gods. This means they were...
POLYTHEISTIC
100
The economy of the region was influenced by extensive trade of these two goods
What is GOLD and SALT
100
Interstate 45 runs in these directions
What is NORTH and SOUTH
200
"One who submits to the will of Allah"
What is a MUSLIM
200
It is the holiest shrine of Islam, to which practicing Muslims must make a pilgrimage once in their life
What is the KAABA
200
One of the 5 pillars of Islam, Muslims must go on this pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their life.
What is the HAJJ
200
One important way in which the Silk Road and West African trade routes were similar was that goods as well as ________ were traded along all of these routes.
What are IDEAS
200
How far away from the Earth is the Sun?
1 AU (Astronomical Unit)
93,000,000 miles
150,000,000 km
300
The successor of Muhammad as spiritual and temporal leader of the Muslims, this title was held by Abu Bakr, Ali, and many others.
What is the CALIPH
300
Formerly called Yathrib, Muhammad left the city of Mecca for this city on his trip, which is called the hegira or hijrah.
What is MEDINA
300
The main holy book and scriptures of Islam
What is the QURAN?
300
The slave trade in Africa originated with Arab Muslim merchants. African slaves could earn their freedom if they...
What is CONVERTED TO ISLAM
300
Spongebob and Patrick are obsessed with these crime-fighting superheroes.
Who are MERMAID MAN and BARNACLE BOY
400
This ruler of Mali was extremely wealthy from the gold-salt trade.
Who was MANSA MUSA
400
800 POINTS POSSIBLE!
The continuing dispute between Sunnis and Shiites stems from a controversy over who should succeed Mohammed after his death. Most Muslims are Sunni, but these countries have a majority Shia population.
What is IRAN or IRAQ
400
"Peace through submission to the will of Allah"
What is ISLAM
400
This Caliphate used the Seljuk Turks as soldiers and had their capital in Egypt.
What was THE FATIMID CALIPHATE
400
On sheets of music, this is the term for the symbol on the left end of the staff that indicates the pitch of the notes written on it.
What is a CLEF
500
These Arab explorers left descriptions of what they witnessed on their travels
Who are IBN BATTUTA and IBN FADLAN
500
These seasonal winds influenced trade in the Indian Ocean
What are the MONSOONS
500
As described in the Five Pillars of Islam, practicing Muslims are required to do this during the month of Ramadan
What is FASTING or SAWM (NOT EATING DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS)
500
Swahili, the language spoken on most of the east African coast, is generally a combination of these two languages
What are BANTU and ARABIC
500
In the event that the president cannot be the president anymore, this person comes after the vice president to assume the presidency.
Who is the SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE