This word means "striving" or "struggle." It also means a holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty and a personal struggle in devotion to Islam especially involving spiritual discipline.
What is jihad?
100
The Arabian peninsula is the crossroads of these three continents.
What are Africa, Asia, and Europe?
100
This place was a combination library, academy, and translation center. There, scholars of different cultures and beliefs worked side by side translating texts from Greece. India, Persia and elsewhere into Arabic.
What is the House of Wisdom?
100
This woman was the first wife of Muhammad
Who is Khadija?
100
This philosopher is considered by many to be the most important of all Muslim philosophers.
Who is Ibn-Rushd?
200
These are the 5 Pillars of Islam.
What are Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, and Pilgrimage?
200
Islam helped spread Arabic culture through this way.
What is a trade route?
200
This cube-shaped building in Mecca is the most sacred shrine in Islam. Each day, Muslims turn in its direction while praying.
What is the Ka'aba?
200
After receiving a revelation from Gabriel, Muhammad believed this message should be spread.
What is 'Allah is the one and only God and that all other gods must be abandoned?'
200
The Thousand and One Nights is about this.
What is a collection of stories tied together using a frame story?
300
Muhammad's journey to Yathrib is known as this.
Every Muslim must make this journey to Mecca if they are physically and financially able to.
(Must get both answers in correct order for points.)
What is the hijrah and what is the hajj?
300
These land and climate features forced the Bedouins to settle down and create a family life.
What are the extreme conditions of the desert and little fertile land to support agriculture?
300
The capital city of the Abbasid caliphate was so impressive for these reasons.
What is its distinctive circular design formed by three circular protective walls, its palace of marble and stone, and its grand mosque.
300
After Muhammad died, the Muslims had to find a way to deal with what he failed to do. This task was this.
What is finding a successor?
300
This battle prevented the spread of Islam into Europe and preserved Christianity.
What is the Battle of Tours?
400
These people used the Qur'an and Muhammad's actions as guides to leadership.
Who are the "rightly-guided" caliphs?
400
Non-Muslims were attracted to Islam and Islamic culture because of this.
What is their devotion and sincerity?
400
This holy place is the earliest surviving Islamic monument. This is the spot where Muslims say Muhammad ascended to heaven to learn of Allah's will.
What is the Dome of the Rock?
400
This issue of leadership that took place after Muhammad's death would eventually lead to these consequences.
What is the division of the Muslim world?
400
The Umayyads started a fundamental division in the Muslim community by doing this.
What is moving the Muslim capital to Damascus and abandoning the simple life or previous caliphs and surrounding themselves with wealth and ceremony?
500
This sacred text is accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics and was dictated to Muhammad by this person.
(Must get both answers in correct order to get points.)
What is the Qur'an and who is the archangel Gabriel?
500
Cordoba, Damascus, Cairo, and Baghdad were successful examples of Muslim culture and learning because of this.
What is the cultural blending of architecture?
500
This place in Spain was where the Berbers settled after being halted at the Battle of Tours.
What is al-Andalus?
500
This is the difference between the Sunna and shari'a
What is the Sunna is Muhammad's examples of the best model for proper living and the shari'a is a body of law that regulates the family life, moral conduct, and business and community life of Muslims?
500
This group of Muslims only make up 16% of the Muslim community and believe that Ali, the Prophet's son-in-law, should have succeeded Muhammad.