Muhammad's revelations were eventually written down in this, the Islamic holy book
What is the Qur'an?
100
In China, this made it possible for husbands to confine their wives
What is foot binding?
100
Group of people believes that only members of Muhammad's family should lead the Muslim people
Who are the Shiites?
100
Jewish state established in 1948.
What is Israel?
100
Systematic genocide of the Nazis killing around 6 million European Jews during WWII:
What is the Holocaust?
200
Islamic term for pilgrimage
What is Hajj?
200
First used to create fireworks, then began to be used as a weapon during the Tang dynasty:
What is gunpowder?
200
Series of Christian military campaigns that took place over 200 hundred years, fought against Muslims for control of Jerusalem
What are the Crusades?
200
The discovery of this in the early 1900's led to foreign interest in the Middle East:
What is oil?
200
Movement for politically uniting the Arab nations of the Middle East
What is the Palestine Liberation Organization?
300
Muslim architects built these, a place where people could worship:
What are mosques?
300
Holiest city to followers of Islam
What is Mecca?
300
Ruler who revised many law codes and continued the expansion of the Ottoman Empire throughout Asia and Europe between 1520 - 1526 CE.
Who is Suleiman?
300
Extreme public violence for political purposes
What is terrorism?
300
Both sides have met violence with violence in this on-going conflict in the Middle East.
What is the Arab-Israeli conflict?
400
Phrase that describes the period of time in the 9th century AD when literature, art and science flourished
What is the Golden Age of Islam?
400
Most popular religion in India before the spread of Islam
What is Hinduism?
400
Movement that came about in the late 1800's to reestablish a Jewish homeland:
What is Zionism?
500
The establishment of credit and banks by Muslim merchants encouraged ___________ and ______________
What is trade and industry?
500
Muslims killed many Hindus -> Muslims became more tolerant -> many Hindus converted to Islam -> Muslims adopted elements of Hindu culture. This sequence of events shows:
What is the relationship between Hindus and Muslims over time?
500
This led to modernizing in Turkey and Persia, and it strengthened the peoples' will to resist colonial(European) rule. Loyalty or devotion to a nation.