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SOCIAL & ECONOMIC ADVANCES
ART, LITERATURE & ARCHITECTURE
MUSLIMS SEEK KNOWLEDGE
ISLAM: A WAY OF LIFE
TEACHINGS OF ISLAM
100
"Ships of the desert"?
What are camel caravans?
100
Author of "Book of Kings" DOUBLE BONUS
Who is Firdawsi?
100
Centers of learning are ________.
What are libraries?
100
Definition of Sharia.
What is a body of law that includes interpretation of the Quran?
100
The sacred text of Islam.
What is the Quran?
200
Indian numeric system.
What are Arabic numerals?
200
The great work of the Islamic literature.
What is the Quran?
200
Name one of the advances that scholars made while being in the centers of learning.
What is philosophy, mathematics, medicine, etc.?
200
In some communities, Islam women were active in _____. Name one.
What is religion, trade, politics?
200
YES or NO. Does the Quran teach about God's will and provide a guide to life?
What is YES?
300
Traders carried _____ from India and ______ from China. DOUBLE BONUS
What are sugar and papermaking?
300
Author of The Rubaiyat.
Who is Omar Khayyam?
300
Name one of the main jobs done by many scholars in the centers of learning.
What is translating documents?
300
True or False. Arab women could inherit property.
What is FALSE?
300
"People of the Book"
Who are the Jews and Christians?
400
The English word check comes from the Arabic word ____.
What is sakk?
400
Arab writers appreciated the art of ______________. TRIPLE BONUS
What is storytelling?
400
Arab pharmacists were the first to mix _______ medicines into _____-tasting syrups and gums.
What is bitter and sweet?
400
TRUE or FALSE. The Quran prohibits women to reject a marriage offer.
What is FALSE?
400
All converts to Islam learn _______, the original language of the Quran.
What is Arabic?
500
Names of rivers where massive irrigation projects took place and where swamlands were drained.
What are Tigris and Euphrates?
500
Calligraphy was used to decorate __________.
What are walls and ceilings of mosques/decorations on buildings?
500
Arabic medical texts were translated into Latin and used at European schools for _____ years.
What is 500?
500
TRUE or FALSE. Women inherited less than men.
What is TRUE?
500
Definition of hajj. TRIPLE POINTS
What is pilgrimage to Mecca?