Geography
Islam
Muhammed
Contributions
Hard trivia
100
The central location of Southwest Asia made it a hub for this
What is trade?
100
Islamic place of worship
What is a mosque?
100
Birthplace of Muhammed
What is Mecca?
100
The area of math created by Muslims
What is algebra?
100
The names of the two branches or groups of Islam
What are Sunni and Shi'ite?
200
Most of Southwest Asia had this type of geography
What are mountains and deserts?
200
Guidelines that a Muslim must follow
What are the five pillars?
200
Muhammed's job before the revelations
What is a merchant?
200
Used by Muslims to find the direction of Mecca
What is an astrolabe?
200
Two types of literature that were made popular by Muslims
What are poetry and short stories?
300
The part of Europe that became part of the Islamic Empire
What is Spain?
300
The reason that Muhammed relocated to Medina
The merchants in Mecca did not like the pillar asking them to give their wealth to the poor
300
The city Muhammed moved to after the revelations
What is Medina?
300
An important improvement that came from the Muslim culture was a test for this profession
What is a doctor?
300
A famous short story from SW Asia that has been made into a Disney movie
What is Aladdin?
400
The largest country in the Arabian peninsula, taking up about 4/5 of the area
What is Saudi Arabia?
400
The reason there are no paintings of Muhammed
Islamic faith prohibits pictures of people and animals
400
Muhammed's revelations are recorded in this book
What is the Qu'ran?
400
Name one of the important contributions made by improving on ideas from India
Eye surgery, decimals and the zero, an encyclopedia of medicines, the development of a scientific approach to health
400
Identify this picture
The Kaaba
500
One of the three major rivers in the Arabian Peninsula
The Tigris, the Euphrates, and the Jordan
500
The reason there are two branches of Islam
One group believed descendents of Muhammed should lead, the other wanted a vote
500
Muslims believe that the major religious figures from these faiths were prophets
What are Judaism and Christianity?
500
This discovery of these important natural resources led to wealth and an improved lifestyle for many Arab countries (name one)
What are oil and natural gas?
500
Identify this picture
The Dome of the Rock