Rome
Byzantine
Basics of Islam
Spread/Pillars of Islam
Golden Age of Islam
100

Rome was built on how many hills?

7

100
What is another name for the Byzantine Empire?

The Eastern Empire.

100

Islam is Arabic for...

"Submission to God"

100

Name one reason Islam spread?

Trade/ Education / Conquest / Art / Religion

100

Name one art form the Muslims perfected.

Pottery, geometric patterns, mosaics, domes, columns, metalwork, bookbinding, calligraphy.

200

The Punic Wars were fought by Rome and which ancient culture/civilization?

Carthage

200

Who moved the capital from Rome to Byzantine?

Constantine

200

The holy book of the Muslims is called....

The Quran

200

What is a caliphates

Community of Islamic people ruled by an Islamic Lord

200

Before the Islamic Golden Age the number _______ did not exist.  

0 or 10

300

To the Romans, Barbarians were.....

Uneducated, and uncivilized people. 

300

Name one Byzantine Emperor.

Constantine // Justintine 

300

Muslims worship in a.....

Mosque

300

What does the Pillar Hajj say?

You must visit Mecca at least once in your life.

300

Mathematician al-Khwarizimi invented the study of... 

Algebra

400

Who rests at the top of the Roman social classes?

Patricians

400

Who is Constantinople named after?

Constantine 

400

The most Holy city in Islam is....

Mecca

400

Islam was able to spread because monotheism was becoming more and more popular. What other religions does Islam share the same God with? 

Christianity and Judaism 

400

Name 2 of the 10 achievements of the Islamic World. May not mention ones from this game

Navigation / Chemistry / Banking / Education / Chess / Architecture 

500

What is the story of Romulus and Remus?

Two twin boys were thrown in a river to be drowned. A mother wolf discovered them, and raised them as her own. The boys would later conquer the Italian peninsula and Romulus would settle Rome. 

500

Why was Constantinople more successful than Rome?

Fertile Land, superior trade spot, closeness to Middle East and Asia. 

500

Before becoming a prophet, Muhammad worked as a...

Trader / Merchant

500
To be a Muslim you have to recite the first Pillar of Islam. What is that Pillar and what does it say?

Shahada // God is Allah and Muhammad is the prophet

500

What is the definition of a Golden Age?

Rapid growth of culture, art, economics, and education over a long period of time.