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Who is the founder of Islam?
Who is Muhammad?
100
Why was Islam able to spread so quickly? (what policy did they follow with conquered peoples)
What is tolerance toward conquered peoples
100
Where was the Muslim advance into Europe stopped
What is the Battle of Tours
100
What written language was developed and spread by the Islamic culture?
What is Arabic alphabet
100
What is the Arabic word for God?
What is Allah
200
What is the holy book of Islam?
What is the Qur'an
200
Name three ways(means) Islam spread out from the Arabian Peninsula?
What is trade**, travel, and conquest
200
IN what modern day nation is Tours located?
What is France
200
Which type of artwork/ design did the Islamic culture adapt from the Byzantine empire?
What is Mosaic
200
Which city is sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims?
What is Jerusalem
300
What is the core collection of beliefs in Islam?
What is the Five Pillars
300
What caused the split between the two Islamic sects?
What is a disagreement over who should be caliph?
300
Which two cities were capitals under Islamic empires?
What is Damascus and Baghdad
300
Which structure is an example of Arabic/Muslim architecture?
What is the Dome of the Rock
300
Which two cities are most sacred to Muslims?
What is Mecca and Medina
400
What is journey all Muslims must take at least once in their lifetime to Mecca?
What is the hajj
400
Name and describe the two Islamic sects
What is Sunni (any devout Muslim can be caliph) and Shiite (only a blood descendant of Muhammad can be caliph)
400
Which European ethnic group turned back the Muslim advance at Tours?
What is the Franks
400
From whom did the Arabic culture adapt their numeral system?
What is India
400
List the Five Pillars
What is 1. devotion to the one true God, 2. pray 5x a day facing Mecca, 3. Charity, 4. Fast during Ramadan, 5. Hajj
500
What is the most sacred structure in Islam, which followers pray toward five times a day?
What is the Kaaba
500
What areas did Islam spread to?
What is North Africa, Middle East (Mesopotamia/Middle East), Spain, and central Asia
500
Which group of conquerors swept in a conquered the Islamic empire twice?
What is the Mongols
500
What city is the Dome of the Rock located?
What is Jerusalem
500
Name three Islamic empires
What is Umayyad, Abbasid, Seljuk, Mongol, Ottoman, Safavid